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complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-08-06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 allows you to include or exclude specific ad units for targeting.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eIt provides control over targeting by including or excluding descendant ad units with the \u003ccode\u003eincludeDescendants\u003c/code\u003e field.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eadUnitId\u003c/code\u003e field is used to specify the targeted or excluded ad unit.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],["This document details the `AdUnitTargeting` feature, used across multiple services like `AdRuleService`, `AdjustmentService`, `ForecastService`, and `ProposalLineItemService`. `AdUnitTargeting` specifies which ad units are targeted or excluded, utilizing `adUnitId` to identify them. The `includeDescendants` boolean field controls whether targeting an ad unit also includes its children; the default is `true`, including all descendants. It operates within the namespace `https://www.google.com/apis/ads/publisher/v202408`.\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](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/NativeStyleService.AdUnitTargeting) **ProposalLineItemService** [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/ProposalLineItemService.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. |"]]
