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enum AdSpotTargetingType (v202508)

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AdSpotTargetingType defines how line items target an ad spot within the AdRuleService.
The available targeting behaviors include NOT_REQUIRED, EXPLICITLY_TARGETED, and EXPLICITLY_TARGETED_EXCEPT_HOUSE.
The UNKNOWN value is returned for values not exposed by the requested API version.

Service

AdRuleService

Dependencies

AdSpot

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AdSpotTargetingType

Defines the targeting behavior of an ad spot.

Namespace: https://www.google.com/apis/ads/publisher/v202508

Enumeration	Description
`NOT_REQUIRED`	Line items not targeting this ad spot explicitly may serve in it.
`EXPLICITLY_TARGETED`	Only line items targeting this ad spots explicitly may serve in it
`EXPLICITLY_TARGETED_EXCEPT_HOUSE`	If house ads are an allowed reservation type, they may serve in the ad spot regardless of whether they explicitly target it. Ads of other reservation types (whose type is allowed in the ad spot), may serve in the ad spot only if explicitly targeted.
`UNKNOWN`	The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.

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Last updated 2025-08-13 UTC.