type InventoryTargetingError (v202411)

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• InventoryTargetingError identifies errors when associating line items with targeting expressions.

• This error occurs within the ForecastService and other Google Ad Manager services.

• It highlights issues such as targeting and excluding the same inventory, targeting child units when ancestors are targeted/excluded, and restrictions on explicitly targeted or landing page-only ad units.

• Reasons for the error are indicated by the reason field with specific enum values.

• This error extends the base ApiError which provides details about the error's location and cause.

Service

AdRuleService AdjustmentService ForecastService LineItemService LineItemTemplateService NativeStyleService OrderService ProposalLineItemService PublisherQueryLanguageService TargetingPresetService YieldGroupService

Inheritance

ApiError

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AdUnitCodeError ApiVersionError AssetError AudienceExtensionError AudienceSegmentError AuthenticationError ClickTrackingLineItemError CollectionSizeError CommonError CompanyCreditStatusError CreativeError CrossSellError CurrencyCodeError CustomFieldValueError CustomTargetingError DateError DateTimeRangeTargetingError DayPartTargetingError EntityChildrenLimitReachedE... EntityLimitReachedError FeatureError ForecastError FrequencyCapError GenericTargetingError GeoTargetingError GrpSettingsError ImageError InternalApiError InvalidUrlError InventoryTargetingError InventoryUnitError LabelEntityAssociationError LineItemActivityAssociation... LineItemCreativeAssociation... LineItemError LineItemFlightDateError LineItemOperationError MobileApplicationTargetingE... NotNullError NullError OrderActionError OrderError ParseError PermissionError PrecisionError ProgrammaticError PublisherQueryLanguageConte... PublisherQueryLanguageSynta... QuotaError RangeError RegExError RequestPlatformTargetingError RequiredCollectionError RequiredError RequiredNumberError RequiredSizeError ReservationDetailsError ServerError SetTopBoxLineItemError StatementError StringFormatError StringLengthError TeamError TechnologyTargetingError TimeZoneError TranscodingError TypeError UniqueError UserDomainTargetingError VideoPositionTargetingError

Lists all inventory errors caused by associating a line item with a targeting expression.

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Namespace

https://www.google.com/apis/ads/publisher/v202411

Field
ApiError (inherited)
fieldPath	xsd:string The OGNL field path to identify cause of error.
fieldPathElements	FieldPathElement[] A parsed copy of the field path. For example, the field path "operations[1].operand" corresponds to this list: {FieldPathElement(field = "operations", index = 1), FieldPathElement(field = "operand", index = null)}.
trigger	xsd:string The data that caused the error.
errorString	xsd:string A simple string representation of the error and reason.
InventoryTargetingError
reason	InventoryTargetingError.Reason The error reason represented by an enum. Enumerations AT_LEAST_ONE_PLACEMENT_OR_INVENTORY_UNIT_REQUIRED At least one placement or inventory unit is required INVENTORY_CANNOT_BE_TARGETED_AND_EXCLUDED The same inventory unit or placement cannot be targeted and excluded at the same time INVENTORY_UNIT_CANNOT_BE_TARGETED_IF_ANCESTOR_IS_TARGETED A child inventory unit cannot be targeted if its ancestor inventory unit is also targeted. INVENTORY_UNIT_CANNOT_BE_TARGETED_IF_ANCESTOR_IS_EXCLUDED A child inventory unit cannot be targeted if its ancestor inventory unit is excluded. INVENTORY_UNIT_CANNOT_BE_EXCLUDED_IF_ANCESTOR_IS_EXCLUDED A child inventory unit cannot be excluded if its ancestor inventory unit is also excluded. EXPLICITLY_TARGETED_INVENTORY_UNIT_CANNOT_BE_TARGETED An explicitly targeted inventory unit cannot be targeted. EXPLICITLY_TARGETED_INVENTORY_UNIT_CANNOT_BE_EXCLUDED An explicitly targeted inventory unit cannot be excluded. SELF_ONLY_INVENTORY_UNIT_NOT_ALLOWED A landing page-only ad unit cannot be targeted. SELF_ONLY_INVENTORY_UNIT_WITHOUT_DESCENDANTS A landing page-only ad unit cannot be targeted if it doesn't have any children. YOUTUBE_AUDIENCE_SEGMENTS_CAN_ONLY_BE_TARGETED_WITH_YOUTUBE_SHARED_INVENTORY Audience segments shared from YouTube can only be targeted with inventory shared from YouTube for cross selling. UNKNOWN The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.