type EntityChildrenLimitReachedError (v202505)
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EntityChildrenLimitReachedError is an error that occurs when an entity has too many children, with specific limits applying to various service entities like LineItems, Creatives, AdUnits, and Targeting.
This error provides fields such as fieldPath, fieldPathElements, trigger, and errorString to help identify the cause and details of the error.
Reasons for this error are enumerated and include exceeding limits for line items per order, creative associations per line item, ad units per placement, and various targeting and proposal limits.
The namespace associated with this error is https://www.google.com/apis/ads/publisher/v202505.
The reason field specifically details why the entity children limit was reached, such as reaching the limit for native styles under a native ad format or targeting expressions on a presentation assignment.
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.
The number of product template and product base rates on the rate card (including excluded
product base rates) exceeds the max number allowed per rate card in the network.
The number of ad units on AdExclusionRule.inventoryTargeting exceeds the max number
of ad units allowed per ad exclusion rule inventory targeting in the network.
NATIVE_STYLE_LIMIT_FOR_NATIVE_AD_FORMAT_REACHED
The number of native styles under the native creative template exceeds the
max number of native styles allowed per native creative template in the
network.
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