type InventoryTargetingError (v202505)

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• The InventoryTargetingError lists errors related to associating line items with targeting expressions.

• This error type includes inherited fields from ApiError such as fieldPath, trigger, and errorString.

• The InventoryTargetingError itself has a 'reason' field which is an enum specifying various targeting restrictions and conflicts.

• Examples of inventory targeting errors include requiring at least one placement or inventory unit, and issues with targeting or excluding ancestor and child inventory units simultaneously.

• Other reasons for this error include attempting to target landing page-only ad units without children or targeting YouTube audience segments without corresponding inventory.

Service

AdRuleService AdjustmentService ForecastService LineItemService LineItemTemplateService NativeStyleService OrderService ProposalLineItemService PublisherQueryLanguageService TargetingPresetService YieldGroupService

Inheritance

ApiError

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ApiVersionError AuthenticationError CollectionSizeError CommonError CustomTargetingError DateError DateTimeRangeTargetingError DayPartTargetingError EntityLimitReachedError FeatureError ForecastAdjustmentError ForecastError GenericTargetingError GeoTargetingError InternalApiError InvalidUrlError InventoryTargetingError InventoryUnitError InventoryUnitSizesError NotNullError NullError ParseError PermissionError PublisherQueryLanguageConte... PublisherQueryLanguageSynta... QuotaError RequiredCollectionError RequiredError ServerError StatementError StringFormatError StringLengthError TechnologyTargetingError TrafficForecastSegmentError TypeError UniqueError UserDomainTargetingError

Lists all inventory errors caused by associating a line item with a targeting expression.

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Namespace

https://www.google.com/apis/ads/publisher/v202505

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.
InventoryTargetingError
reason	InventoryTargetingError.Reason The error reason represented by an enum. Enumerations 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.