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GenericTargetingError.Reason identifies the cause of targeting errors within Google Ad Manager.
Possible reasons include conflicting criteria, such as including and excluding related items, or attempting to include items that are descendants of excluded criteria.
An UNKNOWN reason is returned if the specific error cause is not available in the current API version.
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