What are Publication Dates and Why are these important?
Publication Dates are important for Print customers to define on which dates their newspaper is published. Generally, all the ADvendio inventory is available every day of the week. But for Print customers and some Out-of-Home customers, there are certain dates which are defined in advance, for example, if it is a weekly newspaper it might have certain dates when it is published: from Monday to Friday. This means that for every month these publication dates will be defined only from Mondays to Fridays. And sales users in this case will not be able to select Saturdays and Sundays.
Selecting Publication Dates
To select Publication dates please follow the steps below:
Start the Campaign Builder via the Media Search or open it for an existing campaign from the Campaign item Related List
In the Period section find the column Publication Dates
Click on the calendar sign modal and the window Selected Publication Date will open. The window will display two fields: Selected Year and Date Range. The Selected Year drop-down menu has its range set by default to the current year but you can switch between past and future years. The Date Range is available in 1 month, 2 months and 3 months.
Alternatively, on the top right, you can use arrows ◀️ ▶️ to move between years and months in the calendar
Below the Selected Year and Date Range, you will see a calendar which reflects which Publication dates you can choose.
List of Availability Modes for Publication Date Selection
Implemented Availability logic for Publication Dates in Campaign Builder based on Media Configuration when "SimplePublicationDates" Feature Setting is not present.
This feature allows users to select Publication Dates for Campaign Builder while taking into account the available dates. The Legend below the calendar will explain your availability descriptions based on its colours:
Available
Offered
Booked, Reserved or Offered (enough available)
Booked, Reserved or Offered (Not enough available)
Not available
Overbooked or over reserved
Runtime is not fixed or might shift for one or more items - the length and dates of the Item are not fixed and might change slightly
Attention not enough inventory available to book for an entire week/ month
Availability Modes Explained
When you select Publication Dates you will see a small dot attached next to your selected date. There are the following options :
Blue dots - will show you which dates you selected
Grey dots - will show you more details about already Offered or Booked dates and which Campaigns are already running on your selected date
Upon clicking on the grey dot the new window will open helping you to discover more information on Booked, Offered and Available Inventory
Using Manual Date Ranges in Conjunction with Publication Dates
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In the Media Configuration, Publication Dates typically set the "From" and "Until" dates of a Campaign Item. However, if the "Manual Date Range" field is included in the Media Configuration layout by the administrator, custom date ranges can be set for the campaign item. This can be done by checking the manual date range checkbox on the Campaign Item.
The option to manually set date ranges can be implemented in the Campaign Builder for instances where Publication Dates are selected.
Check the video below: