type AdUnit (v202411)

Service

InventoryService

Dependencies

AdUnitPage createAdUnits() updateAdUnits()

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AdUnit

An AdUnit represents a chunk of identified inventory for the publisher. It contains all the settings that need to be associated with inventory in order to serve ads to it. An AdUnit can also be the parent of other ad units in the inventory hierarchy.

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Namespace

https://www.google.com/apis/ads/publisher/v202411

Field
id	xsd:string Uniquely identifies the AdUnit. This value is read-only and is assigned by Google when an ad unit is created. This attribute is required for updates.
parentId	xsd:string The ID of the ad unit's parent. Every ad unit has a parent except for the root ad unit, which is created by Google. This attribute is required when creating the ad unit. Once the ad unit is created this value will be read-only.
hasChildren	xsd:boolean This field is set to true if the ad unit has any children. This attribute is read-only and is populated by Google.
parentPath	AdUnitParent[] The path to this ad unit in the ad unit hierarchy represented as a list from the root to this ad unit's parent. For root ad units, this list is empty. This attribute is read-only and is populated by Google.
name	xsd:string The name of the ad unit. This attribute is required and its maximum length is 255 characters. This attribute must also be case-insensitive unique.
description	xsd:string A description of the ad unit. This value is optional and its maximum length is 65,535 characters.
targetWindow	AdUnit.TargetWindow The value to use for the HTML link's target attribute. This value is optional and will be interpreted as TargetWindow.TOP if left blank. Enumerations TOP Specifies that the link should open in the full body of the page. BLANK Specifies that the link should open in a new window.
status	InventoryStatus The status of this ad unit. It defaults to InventoryStatus.ACTIVE. This value cannot be updated directly using InventoryService.updateAdUnit. It can only be modified by performing actions via InventoryService.performAdUnitAction. Enumerations ACTIVE The object is active. INACTIVE The object is no longer active. ARCHIVED The object has been archived.
adUnitCode	xsd:string A string used to uniquely identify the ad unit for the purposes of serving the ad. This attribute is optional and can be set during ad unit creation. If it is not provided, it will be assigned by Google based off of the inventory unit ID. Once an ad unit is created, its adUnitCode cannot be changed.
adUnitSizes	AdUnitSize[] The permissible creative sizes that can be served inside this ad unit. This attribute is optional. This attribute replaces the sizes attribute.
isInterstitial	xsd:boolean Whether this is an interstitial ad unit.
isNative	xsd:boolean Whether this is a native ad unit.
isFluid	xsd:boolean Whether this is a fluid ad unit.
explicitlyTargeted	xsd:boolean If this field is set to true, then the AdUnit will not be implicitly targeted when its parent is. Traffickers must explicitly target such an ad unit or else no line items will serve to it. This feature is only available for Ad Manager 360 accounts.
adSenseSettings	AdSenseSettings AdSense specific settings. To overwrite this, set the adSenseSettingsSource to PropertySourceType.DIRECTLY_SPECIFIED when setting the value of this field.
adSenseSettingsSource	ValueSourceType Specifies the source of adSenseSettings value. To revert an overridden value to its default, set this field to PropertySourceType.PARENT. Enumerations PARENT The field's value is inherited from the parent object. DIRECTLY_SPECIFIED The field's value is user specified and not inherited. UNKNOWN The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.
appliedLabelFrequencyCaps	LabelFrequencyCap[] The set of label frequency caps applied directly to this ad unit. There is a limit of 10 label frequency caps per ad unit.
effectiveLabelFrequencyCaps	LabelFrequencyCap[] Contains the set of labels applied directly to the ad unit as well as those inherited from parent ad units. This field is readonly and is assigned by Google.
appliedLabels	AppliedLabel[] The set of labels applied directly to this ad unit.
effectiveAppliedLabels	AppliedLabel[] Contains the set of labels applied directly to the ad unit as well as those inherited from the parent ad units. If a label has been negated, only the negated label is returned. This field is readonly and is assigned by Google.
effectiveTeamIds	xsd:long[] The IDs of all teams that this ad unit is on as well as those inherited from parent ad units. This value is read-only and is set by Google.
appliedTeamIds	xsd:long[] The IDs of all teams that this ad unit is on directly.
lastModifiedDateTime	DateTime The date and time this ad unit was last modified.
smartSizeMode	SmartSizeMode The smart size mode for this ad unit. This attribute is optional and defaults to SmartSizeMode.NONE for fixed sizes. Enumerations UNKNOWN The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version. NONE Fixed size mode (default). SMART_BANNER The height is fixed for the request, the width is a range. DYNAMIC_SIZE Height and width are ranges.
refreshRate	xsd:int The interval in seconds which ad units in mobile apps automatically refresh. Valid values are between 30 and 120 seconds. This attribute is optional and only applies to ad units in mobile apps. If this value is not set, then the mobile app ad will not refresh.
externalSetTopBoxChannelId	xsd:string Specifies an ID for a channel in an external set-top box campaign management system. This attribute is only meaningful if isSetTopBoxEnabled is true. This attribute is read-only.
isSetTopBoxEnabled	xsd:boolean Flag that specifies whether this ad unit represents an external set-top box channel. This attribute is read-only.
applicationId	xsd:long The MobileApplication.applicationId for the CTV application that this ad unit is within. This attribute is optional.