In Display & Video 360, you use YouTube & partners line items to purchase YouTube inventory.
Nuances of YouTube & partners line items
Compared to other types of line items in Display & Video 360, YouTube & partners line items have an additional layer, the ad group level:
- One YouTube & partners line item contains…
- One or more ad groups, where each ad group contains…
- One or more YouTube ads
- One or more ad groups, where each ad group contains…
This article describes setting up a YouTube non-guaranteed auction line item. For information on setting up YouTube guaranteed reservation line items, see YouTube Programmatic Guaranteed via instant deals .
Create a YouTube & partners line item
- Start in an existing insertion order or create a new one. You can also duplicate an existing insertion order that contains YouTube & partners line items and then edit the copied line items.
- In your insertion order, click New line item.
- Pick YouTube & partners video. For YouTube audioline items select YouTube & partners audio and follow the steps for creating YouTube audio line items .
- Enter a Namefor your line item.
- Choose a line item Objectiveand line item subtype. Follow the instructions based on your selection:
- Brand awareness and reach
- Product and brand considerations
- Drive conversions
- About YouTube video action campaigns
- Note: YouTube video action line items are being upgraded to Demand Gen. So, you can learn more about Create a Demand Gen line item .
- About YouTube video action campaigns

