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Why

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block?

Because your inventory in is rarely defined distinctly and unique , it is necessary to block some inventory if others have been sold. This might be for

  • physical reasons as the inventory items are overlapping or even or 
  • even political that certain slots will not sell if others have been taken. 

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Doing so is easy and it works the same for all three objects.

How to set up

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blocking

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Related List for Blocked Placements/AdType/AdSpecs

First, your administrator has to add the related listlists to the respective object: i.e. add Blocked Placements to your Placement Layout. 

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Then you can enter a Master and a dependently blocked placement if necessary also with a factor (please refer to the Print example above).

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Blocked Placements/AdTypes/AdSpec Records

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Create Blocked Placements/AdTypes/AdSpec Records

Click on the new button to create a new record and enter

  • a master (preselected) and
  • a blocked placement and
  • set a blocking factor.

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The same you can do for AdTypes and AdSpecs. Simply add the related list to your  Layout page layout and define which record blocks which.

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Note
titleImportant Information
If you are using one of the three Blocking Types make sure that you have your booking calendar template set to show exactly that field:
  1. Placement,
  2. AdType or
  3. AdSpec
name otherwise the blocking is not marked correctly on the calendar. Here is how to: 7.2.4 Setup Booking Calendar.

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