type GeoTargetingError (v202411)

  • The GeoTargetingError object lists errors related to geographical targeting for line items in Google Ad Manager.

  • This error often arises when there's a conflict between targeted and excluded locations, such as targeting and excluding the same location or having children of excluded locations targeted.

  • Postal codes cannot be excluded as a targeting restriction.

  • The reason field provides a specific code indicating the nature of the geographical targeting error encountered.

  • The error is part of the LineItemTemplateService namespace and inherits properties from the ApiError object for detailed error information.

Lists all errors associated with geographical targeting for a LineItem.


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.

GeoTargetingError

reason

GeoTargetingError.Reason

The error reason represented by an enum.


Enumerations
TARGETED_LOCATIONS_NOT_EXCLUDABLE
A location that is targeted cannot also be excluded.
EXCLUDED_LOCATIONS_CANNOT_HAVE_CHILDREN_TARGETED
Excluded locations cannot have any of their children targeted.
POSTAL_CODES_CANNOT_BE_EXCLUDED
Postal codes cannot be excluded.
UNTARGETABLE_LOCATION
Indicates that location targeting is not allowed.
UNKNOWN
The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.