type CreativeTemplateError (v202411)

  • CreativeTemplateError is a generic error encompassing issues related to Creative Templates in Google Ad Manager.

  • It covers various reasons like malformed XML, duplicate variable names, invalid characters in variables, issues with list choices, missing target platforms, and unrecognized placeholders.

  • The error provides details such as the field path, trigger, and a string representation of the error for debugging.

  • Reasons for the error are represented by the CreativeTemplateError.Reason enum, which includes values like CANNOT_PARSE_CREATIVE_TEMPLATE, VARIABLE_DUPLICATE_UNIQUE_NAME, and others.

  • Developers can use the information provided in the error to identify and resolve the specific issue with their creative templates.
Service
CreativeService CreativeSetService CreativeTemplateService LineItemCreativeAssociationService NativeStyleService
Inheritance
ApiError
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ApiVersionError AuthenticationError CollectionSizeError CommonError CreativeTemplateError CustomTargetingError EntityChildrenLimitReachedE... FeatureError ImageError InternalApiError InvalidUrlError InventoryTargetingError NativeStyleError NotNullError NullError ParseError PermissionError PublisherQueryLanguageConte... PublisherQueryLanguageSynta... QuotaError RequiredCollectionError RequiredError RequiredSizeError ServerError StatementError StringFormatError StringLengthError TeamError UniqueError

A catch-all error that lists all generic errors associated with CreativeTemplate.

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.

CreativeTemplateError

reason

CreativeTemplateError.Reason

The error reason represented by an enum.

Enumerations
CANNOT_PARSE_CREATIVE_TEMPLATE
The XML of the creative template definition is malformed and cannot be parsed.
VARIABLE_DUPLICATE_UNIQUE_NAME
A creative template has multiple variables with the same uniqueName.
VARIABLE_INVALID_UNIQUE_NAME
The creative template contains a variable with invalid characters. Valid characters are letters, numbers, spaces, forward slashes, dashes, and underscores.
LIST_CHOICE_DUPLICATE_VALUE
Multiple choices for a CreativeTemplateListStringVariable have the same value.
LIST_CHOICE_NEEDS_DEFAULT
The choices for a CreativeTemplateListStringVariable do not contain the default value.
LIST_CHOICES_EMPTY
There are no choices specified for the list variable.
NO_TARGET_PLATFORMS
No target platform is assigned to a creative template.
MULTIPLE_TARGET_PLATFORMS
More than one target platform is assigned to a single creative template.
UNRECOGNIZED_PLACEHOLDER
The formatter contains a placeholder which is not defined as a variable.
PLACEHOLDERS_NOT_IN_FORMATTER
There are variables defined which are not being used in the formatter.
MISSING_INTERSTITIAL_MACRO
The creative template is interstitial, but the formatter doesn't contain an interstitial macro.
UNKNOWN
The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.