You might have to migrate to v9 to upload Structured Data Files after September 8, 2025. See our deprecations page for more details and our v9 migration guide for step-by-step instructions.
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This page details the necessary updates to make to your Structured Data Files
integration when migrating from v8 to v9 and provides a comprehensive list of
all changes between the two versions.
Declare whether line items will serve EU political ads
You must declare whether a new line item will serve EU political ads using a new
Contains EU Political Ads column in the Line Item file type.
This field is required when creating new line items or updating any of the
following columns for an existing line item:
Geography Targeting - Include
Geography Targeting - Exclude
Geography Regional Location List Targeting - Include
Geography Regional Location List Targeting - Exclude
Proximity Targeting
Proximity Location List Targeting
If you have declared that the parent advertiser does not serve EU political ads,
new line items will be assigned the No value if the column is not set.
Update name of Line Item "TrueView Content Filter" column
The TrueView Content Filter column in the Line Item file type has
been renamed Inventory Mode. No other changes need to be made to the column
content.
Add Ad Group Demand Gen Inventory Source Strategy columns
New Demand Gen Inventory Source Strategy and Demand Gen Enabled Inventory
Sources columns have been added to Ad Group files.
The Demand Gen Inventory Source Strategy column is required for Ad Groups with
a Video Ad Format column value of Demand Gen.
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