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enum InventoryTargetingError.Reason (v202502)

AI-generated Key Takeaways

InventoryTargetingError.Reason lists the possible reasons for targeting errors related to inventory and placements.
Reasons include issues with targeting and excluding the same inventory, conflicts with ancestor targeting/exclusion, and restrictions on specific inventory unit types like landing page-only units.
Other reasons involve constraints with explicitly targeted units and limitations when using YouTube audience segments with non-YouTube inventory.
The UNKNOWN value is returned when the actual error reason is not exposed by the API version being used.

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InventoryTargetingError

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InventoryTargetingError.Reason

The reasons for the target error.

Enumeration	Description
`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.