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CampaignCriterionError
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Enum describing possible campaign criterion errors.
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UNSPECIFIED
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Enum unspecified. |
UNKNOWN
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The received error code is not known in this version. |
CONCRETE_TYPE_REQUIRED
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Concrete type of criterion (keyword v.s. placement) is required for CREATE and UPDATE operations. |
INVALID_PLACEMENT_URL
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Invalid placement URL. |
CANNOT_EXCLUDE_CRITERIA_TYPE
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Criteria type can not be excluded for the campaign by the customer. like AOL account type cannot target site type criteria |
CANNOT_SET_STATUS_FOR_CRITERIA_TYPE
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Cannot set the campaign criterion status for this criteria type. |
CANNOT_SET_STATUS_FOR_EXCLUDED_CRITERIA
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Cannot set the campaign criterion status for an excluded criteria. |
CANNOT_TARGET_AND_EXCLUDE
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Cannot target and exclude the same criterion. |
TOO_MANY_OPERATIONS
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The mutate contained too many operations. |
OPERATOR_NOT_SUPPORTED_FOR_CRITERION_TYPE
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This operator cannot be applied to a criterion of this type. |
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The Shopping campaign sales country is not supported for ProductSalesChannel targeting. |
CANNOT_ADD_EXISTING_FIELD
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The existing field can't be updated with CREATE operation. It can be updated with UPDATE operation only. |
CANNOT_UPDATE_NEGATIVE_CRITERION
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Negative criteria are immutable, so updates are not allowed. |
CANNOT_SET_NEGATIVE_KEYWORD_THEME_CONSTANT_CRITERION
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Only free form names are allowed for negative Smart campaign keyword theme. |
INVALID_KEYWORD_THEME_CONSTANT
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Invalid Smart campaign keyword theme constant criterion. |
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A Smart campaign keyword theme constant or free-form Smart campaign keyword theme is required. |
CANNOT_TARGET_BOTH_PROXIMITY_AND_LOCATION_CRITERIA_FOR_SMART_CAMPAIGN
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A Smart campaign may not target proximity and location criteria simultaneously. |
CANNOT_TARGET_MULTIPLE_PROXIMITY_CRITERIA_FOR_SMART_CAMPAIGN
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A Smart campaign may not target multiple proximity criteria. |
LOCATION_NOT_LAUNCHED_FOR_LOCAL_SERVICES_CAMPAIGN
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Location is not launched for Local Services Campaigns. |
LOCATION_INVALID_FOR_LOCAL_SERVICES_CAMPAIGN
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A Local Services campaign may not target certain criteria types. |
CANNOT_TARGET_COUNTRY_FOR_LOCAL_SERVICES_CAMPAIGN
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Country locations are not supported for Local Services campaign. |
LOCATION_NOT_IN_HOME_COUNTRY_FOR_LOCAL_SERVICES_CAMPAIGN
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Location is not within the home country of Local Services campaign. |
CANNOT_ADD_OR_REMOVE_LOCATION_FOR_LOCAL_SERVICES_CAMPAIGN
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Local Services profile does not exist for a particular Local Services campaign. |
AT_LEAST_ONE_POSITIVE_LOCATION_REQUIRED_FOR_LOCAL_SERVICES_CAMPAIGN
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Local Services campaign must have at least one target location. |
AT_LEAST_ONE_LOCAL_SERVICE_ID_CRITERION_REQUIRED_FOR_LOCAL_SERVICES_CAMPAIGN
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At least one positive local service ID criterion is required for a Local Services campaign. |
LOCAL_SERVICE_ID_NOT_FOUND_FOR_CATEGORY
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Local service ID is not found under selected categories in local services campaign setting. |
CANNOT_ATTACH_BRAND_LIST_TO_NON_QUALIFIED_SEARCH_CAMPAIGN
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For search advertising channel, brand lists can only be applied to exclusive targeting, broad match campaigns for inclusive targeting or PMax generated campaigns. |
CANNOT_REMOVE_ALL_LOCATIONS_DUE_TO_TOO_MANY_COUNTRY_EXCLUSIONS
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Campaigns that target all countries and territories are limited to a certain number of top-level location exclusions. If removing a criterion causes the campaign to target all countries and territories and the campaign has more top-level location exclusions than the limit allows, then this error is returned. |
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Last updated 2024-10-12 UTC.
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