CustomFieldService (v202502)

  • This page provides methods for creating and managing CustomField objects.

  • Operations include creating, getting, performing actions on, and updating CustomField objects and their options.

  • The service can return various errors related to API versions, authentication, collection size, common issues, custom fields, entity limits, features, internal errors, null values, parsing, permissions, PQL, quota, required fields, server issues, statements, string formats, string lengths, type errors, and uniqueness.

  • Required fields for creating CustomField objects are name, entityType, dataType, and visibility.

  • Required fields for creating CustomFieldOption objects are displayName and customFieldId.

Provides methods for the creation and management of CustomField objects.

Production WSDL
https://ads.google.com/apis/ads/publisher/v202502/CustomFieldService?wsdl
Namespace
https://www.google.com/apis/ads/publisher/v202502
Operations
Errors

createCustomFieldOptions

Creates new CustomFieldOption objects.

The following fields are required:

Parameters

Field Type Description
customFieldOptions CustomFieldOption[]

Response

Field Type Description
rval CustomFieldOption[]

createCustomFields

Creates new CustomField objects.

The following fields are required:

Parameters

Field Type Description
customFields
  1. CustomField[]
    1. DropDownCustomField

Response

Field Type Description
rval
  1. CustomField[]
    1. DropDownCustomField

getCustomFieldOption

Returns the CustomFieldOption uniquely identified by the given ID.

Parameters

Field Type Description
customFieldOptionId xsd:long

Response

Field Type Description
rval CustomFieldOption

getCustomFieldsByStatement

Gets a CustomFieldPage of CustomField objects that satisfy the given Statement.query. The following fields are supported for filtering:

PQL Property Object Property
id CustomField.id
entityType CustomField.entityType
name CustomField.name
isActive CustomField.isActive
visibility CustomField.visibility

Parameters

Field Type Description
filterStatement Statement

Response

Field Type Description
rval CustomFieldPage

performCustomFieldAction

Performs actions on CustomField objects that match the given Statement.query.

Parameters

Field Type Description
customFieldAction
  1. CustomFieldAction
    1. ActivateCustomFields
    2. DeactivateCustomFields
filterStatement Statement

Response

Field Type Description
rval UpdateResult

updateCustomFieldOptions

Updates the specified CustomFieldOption objects.

Parameters

Field Type Description
customFieldOptions CustomFieldOption[]

Response

Field Type Description
rval CustomFieldOption[]

updateCustomFields

Updates the specified CustomField objects.

Parameters

Field Type Description
customFields
  1. CustomField[]
    1. DropDownCustomField

Response

Field Type Description
rval
  1. CustomField[]
    1. DropDownCustomField

Errors

Error Reasons
ApiVersionError Errors related to the usage of API versions.
Enumerations
UPDATE_TO_NEWER_VERSION
Indicates that the operation is not allowed in the version the request was made in.
UNKNOWN
The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.
AuthenticationError An error for an exception that occurred when authenticating.
Enumerations
AMBIGUOUS_SOAP_REQUEST_HEADER
The SOAP message contains a request header with an ambiguous definition of the authentication header fields. This means either the authToken and oAuthToken fields were both null or both were specified. Exactly one value should be specified with each request.
INVALID_EMAIL
The login provided is invalid.
AUTHENTICATION_FAILED
Tried to authenticate with provided information, but failed.
INVALID_OAUTH_SIGNATURE
The OAuth provided is invalid.
INVALID_SERVICE
The specified service to use was not recognized.
MISSING_SOAP_REQUEST_HEADER
The SOAP message is missing a request header with an authToken and optional networkCode.
MISSING_AUTHENTICATION_HTTP_HEADER
The HTTP request is missing a request header with an authToken
MISSING_AUTHENTICATION
The request is missing an authToken
NETWORK_API_ACCESS_DISABLED
The network does not have API access enabled.
NO_NETWORKS_TO_ACCESS
The user is not associated with any network.
NETWORK_NOT_FOUND
No network for the given networkCode was found.
NETWORK_CODE_REQUIRED
The user has access to more than one network, but did not provide a networkCode.
CONNECTION_ERROR
An error happened on the server side during connection to authentication service.
GOOGLE_ACCOUNT_ALREADY_ASSOCIATED_WITH_NETWORK
The user tried to create a test network using an account that already is associated with a network.
UNDER_INVESTIGATION
The account is blocked and under investigation by the collections team. Please contact Google for more information.
UNKNOWN
The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.
CollectionSizeError Error for the size of the collection being too large
Enumerations
TOO_LARGE
UNKNOWN
The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.
CommonError A place for common errors that can be used across services.
Enumerations
NOT_FOUND
Indicates that an attempt was made to retrieve an entity that does not exist.
ALREADY_EXISTS
Indicates that an attempt was made to create an entity that already exists.
NOT_APPLICABLE
Indicates that a value is not applicable for given use case.
DUPLICATE_OBJECT
Indicates that two elements in the collection were identical.
CANNOT_UPDATE
Indicates that an attempt was made to change an immutable field.
UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION
Indicates that the requested operation is not supported.
CONCURRENT_MODIFICATION
Indicates that another request attempted to update the same data in the same network at about the same time. Please wait and try the request again.
UNKNOWN
The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.
CustomFieldError Errors specific to editing custom fields
Enumerations
INVALID_CUSTOM_FIELD_FOR_OPTION
An attempt was made to create a CustomFieldOption for a CustomField that does not have CustomFieldDataType.DROPDOWN.
UNKNOWN
The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.
EntityLimitReachedError An error that occurs when creating an entity if the limit on the number of allowed entities for a network has already been reached.
Enumerations
CUSTOM_TARGETING_VALUES_LIMIT_REACHED
The number of custom targeting values exceeds the max number allowed in the network.
AD_EXCLUSION_RULES_LIMIT_REACHED
The number of ad exclusion rules exceeds the max number allowed in the network.
FIRST_PARTY_AUDIENCE_SEGMENTS_LIMIT_REACHED
The number of first party audience segments exceeds the max number allowed in the network.
PLACEMENTS_LIMIT_REACHED
The number of active placements exceeds the max number allowed in the network.
LINE_ITEMS_LIMIT_REACHED
The number of line items excceeds the max number allowed in the network.
ACTIVE_LINE_ITEMS_LIMIT_REACHED
The number of active line items exceeds the max number allowed in the network.
DAI_ENCODING_PROFILES_LIMIT_REACHED
The number of not-archived encoding profiles exceeds the max number allowed in the network.
TRAFFIC_FORECAST_SEGMENTS_LIMIT_REACHED
The number of traffic forecast segments exceeds the max number allowed in the network.
FORECAST_ADJUSTMENTS_LIMIT_REACHED
The number of forecast adjustments exceeds the max number allowed in the network.
ACTIVE_EXPERIMENTS_LIMIT_REACHED
The number of active experiments exceeds the max number allowed in the network.
SITES_LIMIT_REACHED
The number of sites exceeds the max number allowed in the network.
USER_TEAMS_LIMIT_REACHED
The number of teams on the user exceeds the max number allowed.
ACTIVE_TARGETING_PRESETS_LIMIT_REACHED
The count of active targeting presets exceeds the limit.
UNKNOWN
The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.
FeatureError Errors related to feature management. If you attempt using a feature that is not available to the current network you'll receive a FeatureError with the missing feature as the trigger.
Enumerations
MISSING_FEATURE
A feature is being used that is not enabled on the current network.
UNKNOWN
The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.
InternalApiError Indicates that a server-side error has occured. InternalApiErrors are generally not the result of an invalid request or message sent by the client.
Enumerations
UNEXPECTED_INTERNAL_API_ERROR
API encountered an unexpected internal error.
TRANSIENT_ERROR
A temporary error occurred during the request. Please retry.
UNKNOWN
The cause of the error is not known or only defined in newer versions.
DOWNTIME
The API is currently unavailable for a planned downtime.
ERROR_GENERATING_RESPONSE
Mutate succeeded but server was unable to build response. Client should not retry mutate.
NotNullError Caused by supplying a null value for an attribute that cannot be null.
Enumerations
ARG1_NULL
Assuming that a method will not have more than 3 arguments, if it does, return NULL
ARG2_NULL
ARG3_NULL
NULL
UNKNOWN
The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.
NullError Errors associated with violation of a NOT NULL check.
Enumerations
NULL_CONTENT
Specified list/container must not contain any null elements
ParseError Lists errors related to parsing.
Enumerations
UNPARSABLE
Indicates an error in parsing an attribute.
UNKNOWN
The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.
PermissionError Errors related to incorrect permission.
Enumerations
PERMISSION_DENIED
User does not have the required permission for the request.
UNKNOWN
The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.
PublisherQueryLanguageContextError An error that occurs while executing a PQL query contained in a Statement object.
Enumerations
UNEXECUTABLE
Indicates that there was an error executing the PQL.
UNKNOWN
The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.
PublisherQueryLanguageSyntaxError An error that occurs while parsing a PQL query contained in a Statement object.
Enumerations
UNPARSABLE
Indicates that there was a PQL syntax error.
UNKNOWN
The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.
QuotaError Describes a client-side error on which a user is attempting to perform an action to which they have no quota remaining.
Enumerations
EXCEEDED_QUOTA
The number of requests made per second is too high and has exceeded the allowable limit. The recommended approach to handle this error is to wait about 5 seconds and then retry the request. Note that this does not guarantee the request will succeed. If it fails again, try increasing the wait time.

Another way to mitigate this error is to limit requests to 8 per second for Ad Manager 360 accounts, or 2 per second for Ad Manager accounts. Once again this does not guarantee that every request will succeed, but may help reduce the number of times you receive this error.

UNKNOWN
The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.
REPORT_JOB_LIMIT
This user has exceeded the allowed number of new report requests per hour (this includes both reports run via the UI and reports run via ReportService.runReportJob). The recommended approach to handle this error is to wait about 10 minutes and then retry the request. Note that this does not guarantee the request will succeed. If it fails again, try increasing the wait time.

Another way to mitigate this error is to limit the number of new report requests to 250 per hour per user. Once again, this does not guarantee that every request will succeed, but may help reduce the number of times you receive this error.

SEGMENT_POPULATION_LIMIT
This network has exceeded the allowed number of identifiers uploaded within a 24 hour period. The recommended approach to handle this error is to wait 30 minutes and then retry the request. Note that this does not guarantee the request will succeed. If it fails again, try increasing the wait time.
RequiredCollectionError A list of all errors to be used for validating sizes of collections.
Enumerations
REQUIRED
A required collection is missing.
TOO_LARGE
Collection size is too large.
TOO_SMALL
Collection size is too small.
UNKNOWN
The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.
RequiredError Errors due to missing required field.
Enumerations
REQUIRED
Missing required field.
ServerError Errors related to the server.
Enumerations
SERVER_ERROR
Indicates that an unexpected error occured.
SERVER_BUSY
Indicates that the server is currently experiencing a high load. Please wait and try your request again.
UNKNOWN
The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.
StatementError An error that occurs while parsing Statement objects.
Enumerations
VARIABLE_NOT_BOUND_TO_VALUE
A bind variable has not been bound to a value.
UNKNOWN
The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.
StringFormatError A list of error code for reporting invalid content of input strings.
Enumerations
UNKNOWN
ILLEGAL_CHARS
The input string value contains disallowed characters.
INVALID_FORMAT
The input string value is invalid for the associated field.
StringLengthError Errors for Strings which do not meet given length constraints.
Enumerations
TOO_LONG
TOO_SHORT
UNKNOWN
The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.
TypeError An error for a field which is an invalid type.
UniqueError An error for a field which must satisfy a uniqueness constraint