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.
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Key services include AdRule, AudienceSegment, and Creative services, among others. The `CmsMetadataService` and its inherited `ApiError` manage errors with `StringFormatError` highlighting input issues such as illegal characters or invalid formats. It includes field descriptions like `fieldPath`, `trigger`, and `reason` for identifying the source of errors.\n"],null,["# type StringFormatError (v202411)\n\n**Service** \n[AdRuleService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/AdRuleService.StringFormatError) [AdjustmentService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/AdjustmentService.StringFormatError) [AdsTxtService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/AdsTxtService.StringFormatError) [AudienceSegmentService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/AudienceSegmentService.StringFormatError) [CdnConfigurationService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/CdnConfigurationService.StringFormatError) **CmsMetadataService** [CompanyService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/CompanyService.StringFormatError) [ContactService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ContactService.StringFormatError) [ContentBundleService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ContentBundleService.StringFormatError) [ContentService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ContentService.StringFormatError) [CreativeService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/CreativeService.StringFormatError) [CreativeSetService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/CreativeSetService.StringFormatError) [CreativeTemplateService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/CreativeTemplateService.StringFormatError) [CreativeWrapperService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/CreativeWrapperService.StringFormatError) [CustomFieldService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/CustomFieldService.StringFormatError) [CustomTargetingService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/CustomTargetingService.StringFormatError) [DaiAuthenticationKeyService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/DaiAuthenticationKeyService.StringFormatError) [DaiEncodingProfileService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/DaiEncodingProfileService.StringFormatError) [ForecastService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ForecastService.StringFormatError) [InventoryService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/InventoryService.StringFormatError) [LabelService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/LabelService.StringFormatError) [LineItemCreativeAssociationService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/LineItemCreativeAssociationService.StringFormatError) [LineItemService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/LineItemService.StringFormatError) [LineItemTemplateService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/LineItemTemplateService.StringFormatError) [LiveStreamEventService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/LiveStreamEventService.StringFormatError) [MobileApplicationService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/MobileApplicationService.StringFormatError) [NativeStyleService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/NativeStyleService.StringFormatError) [NetworkService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/NetworkService.StringFormatError) [OrderService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/OrderService.StringFormatError) [PlacementService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/PlacementService.StringFormatError) [ProposalLineItemService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ProposalLineItemService.StringFormatError) [ProposalService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ProposalService.StringFormatError) [PublisherQueryLanguageService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/PublisherQueryLanguageService.StringFormatError) [ReportService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/ReportService.StringFormatError) [SegmentPopulationService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/SegmentPopulationService.StringFormatError) [SiteService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/SiteService.StringFormatError) [StreamActivityMonitorService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/StreamActivityMonitorService.StringFormatError) [SuggestedAdUnitService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/SuggestedAdUnitService.StringFormatError) [TargetingPresetService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/TargetingPresetService.StringFormatError) [TeamService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/TeamService.StringFormatError) [UserService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/UserService.StringFormatError) [UserTeamAssociationService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/UserTeamAssociationService.StringFormatError) [YieldGroupService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/YieldGroupService.StringFormatError) **Inheritance** \n[ApiError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/CmsMetadataService.ApiError) \n▼\n[ApiVersionError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/CmsMetadataService.ApiVersionError) [AuthenticationError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/CmsMetadataService.AuthenticationError) [CollectionSizeError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/CmsMetadataService.CollectionSizeError) [CommonError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/CmsMetadataService.CommonError) [FeatureError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/CmsMetadataService.FeatureError) [InternalApiError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/CmsMetadataService.InternalApiError) [MetadataMergeSpecError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/CmsMetadataService.MetadataMergeSpecError) [NotNullError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/CmsMetadataService.NotNullError) [ParseError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/CmsMetadataService.ParseError) [PermissionError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/CmsMetadataService.PermissionError) [PublisherQueryLanguageConte...](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/CmsMetadataService.PublisherQueryLanguageContextError \"PublisherQueryLanguageContextError\") [PublisherQueryLanguageSynta...](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/CmsMetadataService.PublisherQueryLanguageSyntaxError \"PublisherQueryLanguageSyntaxError\") [QuotaError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/CmsMetadataService.QuotaError) [RangeError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/CmsMetadataService.RangeError) [RequiredCollectionError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/CmsMetadataService.RequiredCollectionError) [RequiredError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/CmsMetadataService.RequiredError) [ServerError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/CmsMetadataService.ServerError) [StatementError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/CmsMetadataService.StatementError) **StringFormatError** [StringLengthError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/CmsMetadataService.StringLengthError) [UniqueError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/CmsMetadataService.UniqueError)\n\nA list of error code for reporting invalid content of input strings.\n\n*** ** * ** ***\n\nNamespace\n:\n `https://www.google.com/apis/ads/publisher/v202411`\n\n| Field ----- ||\n|-------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| **`ApiError` (inherited)** ||\n| ### `fieldPath` | ` `xsd:`string` The OGNL field path to identify cause of error. |\n| ### `fieldPathElements` | ` `[FieldPathElement](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/CmsMetadataService.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)}. |\n| ### `trigger` | ` `xsd:`string` The data that caused the error. |\n| ### `errorString` | ` `xsd:`string` A simple string representation of the error and reason. |\n| **`StringFormatError`** ||\n| ### `reason` | ` `[StringFormatError.Reason](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202411/CmsMetadataService.StringFormatError.Reason)` ` *** ** * ** *** **Enumerations** `UNKNOWN` : `ILLEGAL_CHARS` : The input string value contains disallowed characters. `INVALID_FORMAT` : The input string value is invalid for the associated field. \u003cbr /\u003e |"]]