Version | 2.115 and up |
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AdServers | n/a |
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The Media Search helps you to find the products you would like to add to your campaigns. Our new Media Search offers customizable fields which allow you to use an optimized search.
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How to use the Media Search
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Classic Media Search (visual force page) feature will be discontinued by the end of 2024 |
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To use the "Media Search" option, please ask your administrator to activate it in the Administration Settings: 8.4.5 Setup and Configure the Media Search for Lightning |
You can access the new Media Search Lightning from every place that also opens the Classic Media Search.the following:
The Add Items button on the Campaign Item list
The Commercial Optimizer
The Booking Calendar
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Access the button "Media Search" at the top of any Media Campaign record page
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After opening the Media search you should be able to see two different sections:
Search for products
The first section offers you a “Quick Search” field in which you can directly search for the name of your Product, Site, Placement, etc. From ‘Quick Search' you can proceed directly with step 6. “Start media configuration”. You can add multiple items to the basket from the same search term. When the box ‘Keep search term’ is ticked, it's activated and you can start using it. ℹ️ Note: If you do not see this option at all, please ask your administrator to add it.
The second section offers many filter fields which can be customized by your Administrator. You can choose multi-select lookup options in the Site, Placement, and Ad Type fields. You can add several options one by one in every lookup. Selections will be added to your basket.
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If the Media Campaign in question has an assigned Rate card, this will be pre-filled in the Media Search filter fields.
If a Rate card filter is added or it is predefined, other fields such as the Site or Placement lookups will offer only the inventory that is connected to this Rate card.
Only Ad Specs with the filtered Rate card can be added to the Media Campaign.
After selecting all relevant criteria please click the filter button.
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Check results: The results section will show you results found according to the selected filters. Please check the results and click + for any Ad Spec you would like to add to the basket. Alternatively, you can add all Ad Specs items by ticking the box beside “Ad Spec Name” field.
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After selecting the Ad Specs you will notice that they have been added to your “Media Basket” on the right side of the screen.
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You can remove selected Ad Specs from the basket by clicking the trash symbol. Or you can remove all data from Media Basket if you click the “Unselect all” button.
If you are satisfied with the products added to your basket you can press the “Start Media Configuration” button. Alternatively, navigate “Back to the Media Campaign” by using the link on the left.
Arrived in the Media Configuration you can proceed with this article: 4.3 Media Configuration.
Packages
With version 2.115 we offer you the possibility to filter your search for packages only. Once you set this option, only packages will be shown as a result.
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If you updated ADvendio from an older version than 2.115, this filter will not be visible until your Administrator has enabled it. If you're not using packages you can also hide this filter completely. Please take a look the configuration, to see how to use this feature: 8.4.5 Setup and Configure the Media Search for Lightning |
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If your administrator enabled the Check Availability for the Media Search you will be able to check your availabilities immediately after filtering and even before the selection for the basket.
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When your administrator turned the Admin Setting "Only available results in Media Search" to true - please have in mind that only available results are shown. |
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After the time period is selected and the filter button is hit the Ad Prices are checked against the filters. The prices will get an Availability in the last column of the results.
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The results will be shown according to your Ad Prices.
Type of Ad Price/ Ad Spec | Example Display in Media Search | Meaning |
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Exclusive Ad Price connected to a content | 1/2 | Of 2 possible contents, 1 is available in your selected time frame |
Exclusive Ad Price not connected to a content | 10 Units | In the selected time frame 10 units are available for this Ad Price. |
Ad Spec connected to an AdServer | 100.000 Units | In the selected time frame 100.000 units are available for this Ad Price. |
Use the Media Search with Flows
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The predefined filters will probably already be set and you can enter the Media Search with preselected criteria configured by your Admin. You would just need to fill in the filters you would like to set additionally. It could look similar to this:
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The Content filter field also accepts comma-separated lists of record ids IDs to paste the values. Those record ids IDs can be put into it like this:
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How to filter by Targeting Groups
Version | 2.128 and up |
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Setup
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This feature enables you to have an audience-based search for products which means that the search for the best-suiting products can be made a lot easier for the Sales Reps.
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After that, the filter would need to be added to the Media Search so that the users can set the filter. Here is the setup article for that: How to configure a target group-based filter in Media Search.
Use the Targeting Groups filter
After the setup is done by your administrator you can very easily use it.
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