ADvendio Preview Version 2.168 - Summer 2023

At ADvendio, we are always making improvements to our software to make your experience even better. To help you stay up-to-date and not miss out on any new features, we've created a page where you can check out the latest updates. Make sure to visit this page regularly if you want to use the newest features and keep your system running smoothly.

As part of our ongoing efforts to enhance ADvendio, this also means certain features will be removed or replaced, please regularly review our Deprecation Schedule periodically to see if any upcoming changes that may affect your usage of ADvendio, ensuring you stay up to date with the latest developments.

Note: Depreciations of Features and Integrations

Starting from September 2023 and continuing into 2024, ADvendio will be gradually removing certain features and integrations that are not widely used to improve the functionality and user experience of our platform. See more info on ADvendio 2023/24 Integrations and Features Deprecation Schedule

Important Reminder:

Starting from July 2023 Advendio has switched to a triannual release cycle for major releases, with the next major release taking place in November. You can find more details in the article Change in Release Schedule from July 2023

Please be aware the naming of ADvendio modules has changed: AMS are now called Campaigns, Connect is called Connections.

Attention: Upcoming Changes to License Module

We are implementing changes to our License Module and kindly request all customers to upgrade to one of the listed versions before June 30th, 2023.

Please be aware that if you are currently using version between 2.162 and 2.165, you will need to promptly update your ADvendio software. Details and instructions can be found on the License Module: ADvendio Version Upgrade Required page.

If you are unable to complete this upgrade in time, please contact our Support team as soon as possible via the Support portal or by sending an email to support@advendio.com.

To install ADvendio please use

Installation link 2.168 for your production environment (org) or
Installation link 2.168 to update your sandbox

Please ensure that you are not logged into a salesforce org where you don't wish to install ADvendio! We recommend that you either use an incognito window of your browser or use a different browser altogether to install new versions.

Attention: As we work towards enhancing ADvendio, please check our Deprecation Schedule frequently to see if any of the features have been removed or replaced.

If you need help during the installation, please see our upgrade tips.

Components	Issue Type	Description	Responsible Team
CAMPAIGNS
Media Integration API	New Feature	We have implemented Salesforce-side implementation of Hybrid integrations allowing customers to choose between standard or custom integrations for each job	Campaigns
Campaign Builder	New Feature	We have created a User Interface setup for the Campaign Builder	Campaigns
Targeting Sets	Improvement	We have made an improvement in the Targeting Sets user experience by allowing the creation of content templates without using the targeting sets wizard and hiding connection-specific tabs when no connection is selected.	Campaigns
Media Search	Improvement	We have added a budget field to the Media Search's time frame section, allowing users to set a specific budget and view only available items within the designated time period	Campaigns
Campaign Builder	Improvements	We have made following implementations and improvements for Campaign Builder: The Setup of user friendly UI for configuring Campaign Builder and enabled Field selection, Field selection in Drag and Drop component The ability to enable field types (such as Lookups, URLs, and Hyperlink formulas) for the Campaign Builder We have fixed the following problems in Campaign Builder: Decimal places issues an issue where newly added items were not displayed in the order they were added to the basket an issue in a Campaign Builder where an error was occurring in the patch version resolved an issue in the Campaign Builder where the amount calculation was not being called after a copy value action an issue in the Campaign Builder where the availability check failed when some fields were not part of the setup configuration an issue of the Save buttons being disabled when checking availability for a large number of previously saved items with errors	Campaigns
Campaign Builder Availability Check	Changes and optimisation	We have resolved an issue in the Campaign Builder where contending items were not being displayed correctly in the availability check for multiple publication dates	Campaigns
Campaign Builder KeyValue Presets	Changes and optimisation	We have fixed an issue where the Key Value preset Lightning Web Component (LWC) have encountered an error when the JsonString field was null	Campaigns
Slack	Task	We have preformed a research to find out how can Connection to Slack be performed	Campaigns
Daytime Targeting	Changes and optimisation	We have fixed an issue in Media Configuration where a separator line was missing between weekdays and times in the Daytime Targeting component for Hebrew language	Campaigns
Administration Settings	Changes and optimisation	We have resolved an issue where accessing "Administration settings" was blocked in a customer's org due to an APEX CPU time limit caused by a problem with Schema Analyzer logic	Campaigns
Booking Calendar LWC	Changes and optimisation	We have fixed an issue when Booking Calendar results were not being displayed due to a version upgrade problem	Campaigns
Optimiser Check Availability and Exclusivity Check	Changes and optimisation	We have resolved an issue with Exclusive items availability check	Campaigns
SelfService Sales Assistant	Changes and optimisation	We have fixed an issue where the Inventory forecast was failing in the Self Service feature	Campaigns
Package Manager	Changes and optimisation	We have fixed an issue where users were able to create duplicate packages in the Package Manager by clicking the 'Save' button multiple times	Campaigns
MEDIA BUYING
Media Buying Targeting Component	New Feature	We developed a user-friendly, light version of the targeting tool that simplifies the process of selecting important targeting options, including location, inventory, and audience. The component seamlessly integrates with the media buying workflow, making it easy for our users to efficiently set their targeting preferences	Campaigns
Media Buying	New Feature	We have advanced our Submit feature with the possibility to submit multiple buying orders simultaneously.	Connections
Media Buying	Improvement	We have made following improvements for Media Buying: We included a new search feature in the Field Selection of the Buying Configuration We now offer a Buying Status Import feature, which enables our customers to import the status of their media buying orders and items from the AdServers into ADvendio which is In real-time or at the scheduled time We have improved the system to accurately copy the actual media spend from revenue schedule records when optimizing buying campaign items during an Order Amendment We made some fixes in Buying Order Summary We fixed the issue with the Connection list loading	Campaigns
FINANCE
Campaign Builder Commitment	Improvement	We have improved Campaign Builder and We have fixed the issue in the Campaign Builder where the Copy Value function was not working correctly for Individual and Linear packages	Finance
Enhanced Delivery Data	Task	We have implemented import of Enhanced Delivery Data for customers cancellation campaign items which was needed for reporting purposes.	Finance
CONNECTIONS
AdServer Gateway	Improvement	We have implemented following improvements for AdServer Gateway: We have improved error handling for updating records through the Salesforce API We have made GMS-Commons an independent library, separate from the gateway and gateway-versioning, removing dependencies and ensuring it functions as a simple interface and implementation library	Connections
AdServer Gateway	Changes and optimisation	We have made following Changes and optimisation for AdServer Gateway: We have fixed the issue where new import types, specifically "Creative" and "Industry Sub-Group," were not being properly validated in the gateway We have fixed the issue where Buying Items with a defined Last Delivery Update were failing to update after submitting the order to the ad server through the Gateway	Connections
Buying Item Status Update or Import	New Feature	We have implemented a New Feature of Buying Item Status update for Xandr Invest and Google Campaign Manager	Connections
Xandr Creative Upload	New Feature	We have implemented the ability to allow code-based creatives in Xandr, with support for formats like HTML, XML, Flash, etc used for third-party tags, enabling users to import and upload these code-based creatives from Xandr into ADvendio	Connections
Broadsign Update Status import	New Feature	We have implemented a New Feature of Buying Item Status update for Broadsign	Connections
Broadsign	Improvement	We have implemented the ability to embed Broadsign or other external systems into ADvendio User Interfaces allowing users to directly access and interact with Broadsign bookings from ADvendio	Connections
AdButler	Improvement	We have implemented a feature in Advendio that supports the creation of items without an Impression Goal (Quota), allowing customers to set up campaign items and smoothly transfer them to AdButler during the booking	Connections
Google AdManager	Improvement	We have implemented following improvements for Google AdManager: We improved messaging for invalid Custom Field mapping during the submission of a Media Campaign and Campaign Item from ADvendio to Google AdManager We have implemented the use of the new Google Ad Manager API version v202305	Connections
Google AdManager Key Values	Improvement	We have removed the import of Key and Value Records for Google Ad Manager in order to save storage space, while still importing only the Connection ID Records for Keys, Values, CMS Keys, and CMS Values through the 'Transfer to ADvendio' feature	Connections
Google Display & Video 360	Improvement	We have implemented the update of the API for Display & Video 360 (DV360) to version v2 to ensure uninterepted service
Freewheel	Task	We have implemented the update of the API for For FreeWheel to new API Release 6.56.1 Version	Connections
Equativ	Improvement	Equativ has been applied as a new name for SMART AdServer, DynAdmic, and LiquidM, all referenced namings are changing to Equativ now	Connections
The Trade Desk	Task	We have implemented the integration of TheTradeDesk (TTD) in ADvendio which now supports the following features: Check Login, Import of Advertiser IDs and required Targeting IDs (Audience Data, Programmatic Contracts), Submit Buying Orders to TDD from ADvendio (regular bookings and Programmatic Guaranteed), and Get Delivery Reports based on Buying Items.	Connections
Pinterest	Task	We have implemented the integration of Pinterest in ADvendio which now supports following features: Check Login, Transfer To ADvendio (ID Import), Buying Delivery Data Import, and Submit Buying Order/Item.	Connections
Xandr Submit Buying Order	Improvement	We have implemented the addition of the "Open Exchange" as the default and only option in the Supply Source field, ensuring that it is preselected when pushing a Buying Item to Xandr (Must have feature)	Connections
DART, Yieldlab Integrations Depreciation	Improvement	We are currently deprecating following integrations: DART Integration & removing code references from Gateway Yieldlab Integration & remove code references from from Gateway	Connections
Media Integration API	Improvement	We enhanced the Media Buying Submit in our Media Integration API, so that our customers have more flexibility in building their custom integrations for the Media Buying features.	Connections
AdButler Campaign Builder Check Availability	Changes and optimisation	We have fixed the issue where users were unable to perform a Check Availability for Campaign Items with a Start Date set to Today in AdButler	Connections
AdButler Submit to AdServer	Changes and optimisation	We have fixed the issue where a generic error message was displayed when attempting to push a booking to AdButler with a non-existent advertiser ID	Connections
Adswizz Submit to AdServer	Changes and optimisation	We have fixed the issue with the warning and error messages being applied to all Campaign Items when submitting them to the AdsWizz Ad Server with past "Start Dates" in a currently running Media Campaign	Connections
Triton Sitebased Delivery Report	Changes and optimisation	We have fixed the issue where Triton site-based delivery data was missing the station ID	Connections