type CreativeTemplateError (v202502)

  • CreativeTemplateError is a catch-all error for generic errors related to Creative Templates.

  • It inherits from ApiError and includes fields like fieldPath, trigger, and errorString.

  • CreativeTemplateError specifically includes a reason field which is an enum indicating the specific error, such as invalid variable names, issues with list choices, or problems with target platforms.

  • Possible error reasons include issues with parsing the creative template XML, duplicate or invalid variable unique names, problems with list variable choices, incorrect target platform assignments, and unrecognized or unused placeholders in the formatter.

  • The error reason UNKNOWN is returned when the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.
Service
CreativeService CreativeSetService CreativeTemplateService LineItemCreativeAssociationService NativeStyleService
Inheritance
ApiError
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ApiVersionError AuthenticationError CollectionSizeError CommonError CreativeTemplateError CustomTargetingError EntityChildrenLimitReachedE... FeatureError ImageError InternalApiError InvalidUrlError InventoryTargetingError NativeStyleError NotNullError NullError ParseError PermissionError PublisherQueryLanguageConte... PublisherQueryLanguageSynta... QuotaError RequiredCollectionError RequiredError RequiredSizeError ServerError StatementError StringFormatError StringLengthError TeamError UniqueError

A catch-all error that lists all generic errors associated with CreativeTemplate.

Namespace
https://www.google.com/apis/ads/publisher/v202502

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.

CreativeTemplateError

reason

CreativeTemplateError.Reason

The error reason represented by an enum.

Enumerations
CANNOT_PARSE_CREATIVE_TEMPLATE
The XML of the creative template definition is malformed and cannot be parsed.
VARIABLE_DUPLICATE_UNIQUE_NAME
A creative template has multiple variables with the same uniqueName.
VARIABLE_INVALID_UNIQUE_NAME
The creative template contains a variable with invalid characters. Valid characters are letters, numbers, spaces, forward slashes, dashes, and underscores.
LIST_CHOICE_DUPLICATE_VALUE
Multiple choices for a CreativeTemplateListStringVariable have the same value.
LIST_CHOICE_NEEDS_DEFAULT
The choices for a CreativeTemplateListStringVariable do not contain the default value.
LIST_CHOICES_EMPTY
There are no choices specified for the list variable.
NO_TARGET_PLATFORMS
No target platform is assigned to a creative template.
MULTIPLE_TARGET_PLATFORMS
More than one target platform is assigned to a single creative template.
UNRECOGNIZED_PLACEHOLDER
The formatter contains a placeholder which is not defined as a variable.
PLACEHOLDERS_NOT_IN_FORMATTER
There are variables defined which are not being used in the formatter.
MISSING_INTERSTITIAL_MACRO
The creative template is interstitial, but the formatter doesn't contain an interstitial macro.
UNKNOWN
The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.