AI-generated Key Takeaways
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This document lists possible error types for ads.
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Errors can relate to formatting, content, dimensions, customer eligibility, or various invalid inputs like URLs or phone numbers.
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Issues with ad customizers, templates, images, videos, and other assets are also covered.
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Some errors are specific to certain ad types, campaigns, or geographic targeting.
Enum describing possible ad errors.
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Enum unspecified. |
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The received error code is not known in this version. |
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Ad customizers are not supported for ad type. |
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Estimating character sizes the string is too long. |
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Estimating character sizes the string is too short. |
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There is a problem with the snippet. |
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Cannot modify an ad. |
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business name and url cannot be set at the same time |
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The specified field is incompatible with this ad's type or settings. |
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Cannot set field when originAdId is set. |
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Cannot set field when an existing ad id is set for sharing. |
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Cannot set allowFlexibleColor false if no color is provided by user. |
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When user select native, no color control is allowed because we will always respect publisher color for native format serving. |
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Cannot specify a url for the ad type |
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Cannot specify a tracking or mobile url without also setting final urls |
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Cannot specify a legacy url and a final url simultaneously |
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Cannot specify a urls in UrlData and in template fields simultaneously. |
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This operator cannot be used with a subclass of Ad. |
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Customer is not approved for mobile ads. |
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Customer is not approved for 3PAS richmedia ads. |
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Customer is not approved for 3PAS redirect richmedia (Ad Exchange) ads. |
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Not an eligible customer |
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Customer is not eligible for updating beacon url |
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There already exists an ad with the same dimensions in the union. |
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Ad's dimension must be set before setting union dimension. |
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Ad's dimension must be included in the union dimensions. |
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Display Url cannot be specified (applies to Ad Exchange Ads) |
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Telephone number contains invalid characters or invalid format. Re-enter your number using digits (0-9), dashes (-), and parentheses only. |
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Emergency telephone numbers are not allowed. Enter a valid domestic phone number to connect customers to your business. |
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A required field was not specified or is an empty string. |
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A feed attribute referenced in an ad customizer tag is not in the ad customizer mapping for the feed. |
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The ad customizer field mapping for the feed attribute does not match the expected field type. |
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The use of ad customizer tags in the ad text is disallowed. Details in trigger. |
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Tags of the form {PH_x}, where x is a number, are disallowed in ad text. |
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The dimensions of the ad are specified or derived in multiple ways and are not consistent. |
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The status cannot differ among template ads of the same union. |
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The length of the string is not valid. |
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The ad is ineligible for upgrade. |
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User cannot create mobile ad for countries targeted in specified campaign. |
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Invalid Ad type. A specific type of Ad is required. |
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Headline, description or phone cannot be present when creating mobile image ad. |
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Image cannot be present when creating mobile text ad. |
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Invalid call to action text. |
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Invalid character in URL. |
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Creative's country code is not valid. |
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Invalid use of Expanded Dynamic Search Ads tags ({lpurl} etc.) |
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An input error whose real reason was not properly mapped (should not happen). |
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An invalid markup language was entered. |
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An invalid mobile carrier was entered. |
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Specified mobile carriers target a country not targeted by the campaign. |
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Wrong number of elements for given element type |
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The format of the telephone number is incorrect. Re-enter the number using the correct format. |
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The certified vendor format id is incorrect. |
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The template ad data contains validation errors. |
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The template field doesn't have have the correct type. |
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Invalid template id. |
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After substituting replacement strings, the line is too wide. |
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The feed referenced must have ad customizer mapping to be used in a customizer tag. |
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Missing address component in template element address field. |
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An ad name must be entered. |
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Business name must be entered. |
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Description (line 2) must be entered. |
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Description (line 3) must be entered. |
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The destination url must contain at least one tag (for example, {lpurl}) |
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The tracking url template of ExpandedDynamicSearchAd must contain at least one tag. (for example, {lpurl}) |
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A valid dimension must be specified for this ad. |
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A display URL must be entered. |
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Headline must be entered. |
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A height must be entered. |
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An image must be entered. |
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Marketing image or product videos are required. |
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The markup language in which your site is written must be entered. |
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A mobile carrier must be entered. |
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Phone number must be entered. |
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Missing required template fields |
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Missing a required field value |
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The ad must have text. |
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A visible URL must be entered. |
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A width must be entered. |
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Only 1 feed can be used as the source of ad customizer substitutions in a single ad. |
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TempAdUnionId must be use when adding template ads. |
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The string has too many characters. |
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The string has too few characters. |
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Ad union dimensions cannot change for saved ads. |
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Address component is not {country, lat, lng}. |
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Unknown unique field name |
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Unknown unique name (template element type specifier) |
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Unsupported ad dimension |
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URL starts with an invalid scheme. |
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URL ends with an invalid top-level domain name. |
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URL contains illegal characters. |
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URL must contain a host name. |
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URL not equivalent during upgrade. |
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URL host name too long to be stored as visible URL (applies to Ad Exchange ads) |
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URL must start with a scheme. |
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URL should end in a valid domain extension, such as .com or .net. |
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URL must not end with a path. |
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URL must not specify a port. |
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URL must not contain a query. |
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A url scheme is not allowed in front of tag in tracking url template (for example, http://{lpurl}) |
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The user does not have permissions to create a template ad for the given template. |
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Expandable setting is inconsistent/wrong. For example, an AdX ad is invalid if it has a expandable vendor format but no expanding directions specified, or expanding directions is specified, but the vendor format is not expandable. |
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Format is invalid |
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The text of this field did not match a pattern of allowed values. |
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Template element is mising |
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Error occurred during image processing |
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The value is not within the valid range |
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Template element field is not present |
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Address is incomplete |
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Invalid address |
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Error retrieving specified video |
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Error processing audio |
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Display URL is incorrect for YouTube PYV ads |
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Too many product Images in GmailAd |
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Too many product Videos in GmailAd |
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The device preference is not compatible with the ad type |
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Call tracking is not supported for specified country. |
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Carrier specific short number is not allowed. |
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Specified phone number type is disallowed. |
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Phone number not supported for country. |
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Phone number not supported with call tracking enabled for country. |
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Premium rate phone number is not allowed. |
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Vanity phone number is not allowed. |
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Invalid call conversion type id. |
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Cannot disable call conversion and set conversion type id. |
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Cannot set path2 without path1. |
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Missing domain name in campaign setting when adding expanded dynamic search ad. |
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The associated ad is not compatible with restriction type. |
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Consent for call recording is required for creating/updating call only ads. See https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/7412639. |
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Either an image or a media bundle is required in a display upload ad. |
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The display upload product type is not supported in this campaign. |
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The default value of an ad placeholder can not be the empty string. |
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Ad placeholders with countdown functions must not have a default value. |
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A previous ad placeholder that had a default value was found which means that all (non-countdown) placeholders must have a default value. This ad placeholder does not have a default value. |
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A previous ad placeholder that did not have a default value was found which means that no placeholders may have a default value. This ad placeholder does have a default value. |
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Two ad customizers may not be directly adjacent in an ad text. They must be separated by at least one character. |
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The ad is not associated with any enabled AdGroupAd, and cannot be updated. |
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Call Ad verification url and final url don't have same domain. |
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Final url and verification url cannot both be empty for call ads. |
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Too many ad customizers in one asset. |
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The ad customizer tag is recognized, but the format is invalid. |
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Customizer tags cannot be nested. |
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The ad customizer syntax used in the ad is not supported. |
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There exists unpaired brace in the ad customizer tag. |
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More than one type of countdown tag exists among all text lines. |
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Date time in the countdown tag is invalid. |
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Date time in the countdown tag is in the past. |
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Cannot recognize the ad customizer tag. |
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Customizer type forbidden for this field. |
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Customizer attribute name is invalid. |
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App store value does not match the value of the app store in the app specified in the campaign. |
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Missing required image aspect ratio. |
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Aspect ratios mismatch between different assets. |
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Images must be unique between different carousel card assets. |
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For video ads sequencing, YouTube video asset ID has to be defined in campaign.video_campaign_settings.video_ad_sequence.steps.asset_id. |