Whether or not all descendants are included (or excluded) as part of including (or excluding)
this ad unit. By default, the value is true which means targeting this ad unit will
target all of its descendants.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-08-06 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eAdUnitTargeting is used to include or exclude ad units for targeting purposes within Google Ad Manager.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eYou can specify individual ad units using their IDs (\u003ccode\u003eadUnitId\u003c/code\u003e) for targeting.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eTargeting can be extended to include or exclude all descendant ad units of a specified parent ad unit using the \u003ccode\u003eincludeDescendants\u003c/code\u003e field.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eAdUnitTargeting objects reside within the \u003ccode\u003ehttps://www.google.com/apis/ads/publisher/v202408\u003c/code\u003e namespace.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],["The document outlines various services related to ad management, including `AdRuleService`, `AdjustmentService`, `AudienceSegmentService`, `ForecastService`, `LineItemService`, `NativeStyleService`, `ProposalLineItemService`, `ProposalService`, `PublisherQueryLanguageService`, `TargetingPresetService`, and `YieldGroupService`. These services use `AdUnitTargeting`, which represents specific or excluded ad units. `AdUnitTargeting` utilizes `adUnitId` and `includeDescendants` to specify ad unit targets and whether descendants are included, defaults to `true`. `InventoryTargeting` is its dependency.\n"],null,["# type AdUnitTargeting (v202408)\n\n**Service** \n[AdRuleService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/AdRuleService.AdUnitTargeting) [AdjustmentService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/AdjustmentService.AdUnitTargeting) [AudienceSegmentService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/AudienceSegmentService.AdUnitTargeting) [ForecastService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/ForecastService.AdUnitTargeting) [LineItemService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/LineItemService.AdUnitTargeting) **NativeStyleService** [ProposalLineItemService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/ProposalLineItemService.AdUnitTargeting) [ProposalService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/ProposalService.AdUnitTargeting) [PublisherQueryLanguageService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/PublisherQueryLanguageService.AdUnitTargeting) [TargetingPresetService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/TargetingPresetService.AdUnitTargeting) [YieldGroupService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/YieldGroupService.AdUnitTargeting) **Dependencies** \n[InventoryTargeting](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/NativeStyleService.InventoryTargeting) \n▼\n**AdUnitTargeting**\n\nRepresents targeted or excluded ad units.\n\n*** ** * ** ***\n\nNamespace\n:\n `https://www.google.com/apis/ads/publisher/v202408`\n\n| Field ----- ||\n|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| ### `adUnitId` | ` `xsd:`string` Included or excluded ad unit id. |\n| ### `includeDescendants` | ` `xsd:`boolean` Whether or not all descendants are included (or excluded) as part of including (or excluding) this ad unit. By default, the value is `true` which means targeting this ad unit will target all of its descendants. |"]]
