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.

Note: Depreciations of Features and Integrations

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

Important Reminder:

Starting from July 2023 ADvendio has switched to a tri-annual 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 is now called Campaigns, and Connect is called Connections.

Attention: Information about Changes to License Module can be found here

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
AdSpecs & Rates Manager	Changes and optimisation	We fixed an issue in the Ad Specs & Rates Manager where help texts did not disappear after hovering over the information icons.
Audience Segments	Changes and optimisation	We fixed an issue where Audience Segment Values were shown in the quick selection mode of the Media Configuration, although they were hidden by the setup.
Booking Calendar LWC	Improvements, Changes and Optimizations	Improvements that were added to the Booking Calendar: We added a new user setting to our Booking Calendar Lightning which enables the Booking Calendar to work properly with private Salesforce sharing settings for the Media Campaign object We enabled the Inventory columns to be static while scrolling horizontally Improved Week Starting Day Handling to allow more flexibility when setting the starting day of the weekly booking
Booking Calendar LWC	Changes and Optimizations	We also fixed the following issues in the Booking Calendar: Status filters were not working consistently Content filter was always shown
Campaign Builder	New Feature	The Campaign Builder supports a configuration of Targeting Settings now. This means that it can be defined which targeting categories can be shown in the Campaign Builder targeting selection.
	Improvement	We added the following enhancements to the Campaign Builder: Made Performance improvements Enhanced Custom Decimal places Handling Added support of more field types including Lookups, URLs, Hyperlink formulas Advanced Custom javascript capabilities setting fields to required, hidden or read-only Automatic Field Prefilling option activated - when the necessary information such as: from/until dates, publication dates, contents, and targeting groups is automatically taken from the basket and prefilled Improved Copy Item functionality Simplified Basket Item Loading: when basket items are now loaded in order of how they were added to the basket Inventory Forecast Support: the publication date selection supports the Inventory Forecast availability mode
	Changes and optimisation	We fixed the following issues in the Campaign Builder: The Key Value preset selection error when it had an issue with invalid KeyValue preset records Event Trigger for Availability Fields error: it now triggers an event when availability fields are changed Amount Calculation after Copying Values: the amount calculation now updates correctly after values are copied Failing Avaialbility Check issue when some fields were not part of the setup and caused the availability check to fail Saving After Availability Check issue: when was not possible to save information after checking the availability
Creative Upload	Changes and optimisation	We fixed handling in our Creative upload component when it was not accessible due to missing permissions.
DayTime Targeting	Changes and optimisation	We added a Daytime Targeting separator line between weekdays and times for certain languages.
Broadsign Integration	Improvement	We now support to open external systems UIs from ADvendio to do more advanced settings in external systems.
Inventory Forecast	New Feature	We enhanced the error handling in our Inventory Forecast availability checks.
Key Values, Media Configuration	Improvement	We included the KeyValue/AudienceSegment Targeting components to be used in the Media Configuration now. Especially when working with freetext KeyValues this will be a valuable enhancements to the targeting selection. This can be enabled by an Admin setting.
Media Integration API	New Feature	We added support for hybrid integrations to make gateway jobs configurable by letting our customers choose between our standard integrations or their own custom integrations for each job.
Package Manager	Changes and optimisation	We enhanced the Save Button in our Package Manager to be disabled after hitting it once to avoid duplicated data.
SelfService / Sales Assistant	Changes and optimisation	We fixed an issue where the Inventory forecast failed in Self Service causing the Result list component not to work anymore.
Targeting Sets	Improvement	We added enhanced handling in the UI for Contents being part of Targeting Sets.

Media Buying	New Features	We have created following New features for Media Buying: Submit Multiple Buying Orders "Budget" invoiced on actual spend - limited - when advertisers can set a predefined budget limit for their media buying campaigns "Budget" invoiced on actual spend - unlimited - the feature which gives the flexibility of not setting a specific budget limit Enhanced Targeting: Implemented Targeting component for Buying Adjusted Buying Order creation component for Targeting 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 you to efficiently set the targeting preferences.
	Improvement	We have made following Improvements for Media Buying: Created New Invoice Item Field "Unlimited Invoice Amount" Implemented a Sync Buying Status feature which enables to import the status of the Media Buying Orders and Items from the External Platform into Advendio in real-time or at the scheduled time. Option to Copy actual media spend when buying campaign item is Optimized Enhanced Option for Mass Copy for Buying Items and Buying Orders - which allows to copy multiple buying items and orders all at once Enabled Support for All Field Types in Buying Configuration Feature Enhanced Buying configuration error message for these to be more precise We have included a new search feature in the Field Selection of the Buying Configuration

Invoice / Invoice item cancelation, Taxes (GST, HST, VAT)	Changes and optimisation	We have fixed an issue VAT/DST was calculated incorrectly after Invoice Cancelation
Optimizer, Packages	Changes and optimisation	We fixed an issue where optimization created sales price changes when no change were made for Packages

AdServer Gateway, Gateway Microservice Architecture	Changes and optimisation	We added various general improvements to our ADvendio Gateway and the API for Third Party Integrations: Improved error handling, which now properly shows error messages returned by the Salesforce APIs during communication of our Gateway with your Salesforce Org Improvements to our internal service structure, which allow us to release new services faster New ID Import Types for custom integrations
Buying Update Status (import)	New Feature	For our Media Buying module, we introduce the new status update feature. It allows you to import the current status of all your Buying Items in DSPs, Social Media and other external Media Buying Platforms! Immediately see in ADvendio, how your campaigns are currently doing and use our convenient flow to keep this information up to date! For the inital release, status update will be supported for the following integrations: Xandr Invest Google Campaign Manager Google Display & Video 360
Enhanced Delivery Data	Changes and optimisation	We fixed problems with the usage of custom delivery metrics in our Enhanced Delivery Reports.
AdButler Integration	Changes and optimisation	We included various improvements for our AdButler Integration including: Fixed problems in the availability check, if the Campaign Item start date is set to today Added the possibility to submit Campaign Items into AdButler without setting a Quota Improved our error handling, when there are problems with the selected advertiser
Xandr Creative Upload	Improvement	The Creative Upload for Xandr now also supports to upload Tag and Code based creatives from ADvendio.
Adswizz Integration	Changes and optimisation	We made the following improvements to our Adswizz integration: We improved our internal handling of Campaign Start and End dates, to allow a more seamless update of existing campaigns from ADvendio (e.g. to prolong the runtime) Error messages of one Campaign Item are not duplicated anymore and also shown for other Campaign Items
Integration / Broadsign, Update Status (import)	New Feature	We're now supporting a seamless and automated status import for your Broadsign bookings. Always see your latest campaign status for upcoming and running Broadsign Campaign Items, to have the full overview in ADvendio.
Integration / Google AdManager, Creative Upload	Improvement	We improved our Google AdManager Integration: ADvendio now uses the newest API Google AdManger API v202305 We improved our error handling for GAM Custom Fields We improved our handling of the Creative Upload for our Google AdManager Integration, which helps to avoid 'duplicate upload' error messages
Integration / Google AdManager	Improvement	Improved messaging: invalid Custom Field mapping during Submit to AdServer. (Google AdManager)
Integration / Google Display & Video 360	Improvement	Our Google DV360 Integration is now using the DV360 API v.2 & the Bid Manager API v.2 in order for our features to support the most up to date services and technologies.
Pinterest Integration	New Feature	Our supported Social Media Integrations for Media Buying are growing! We're now releasing the Light Integration for Pinterest. This allows you to add Pinterest Bookings to your ADvendio Campaigns to offer your advertisers unique multi platform media buying services. Plan and manage your Pinterest Campaigns directly from ADvendio, use our Submit feature to seamlessly bring the basic campaign data to Pinterest at the push of a button! Our automatic reporting will update you with the latest information about performance and cost.
The Trade Desk Integration	New Feature	We're proud to announce our newest DSP integration for our Media Buying: The Trade Desk. With our new Light Integration for the Trade Desk, our users are able to use ADvendios media buying capabilities, to seamlessly plan their Trade Desk Campaigns, submit basic campaign data directly into the platform and use our automatic reporting features, to sync back key metrics for performance reporting and use in our finance features!
Triton Sitebased Delivery Report	Changes and optimisation	We applied the following fixes to our Triton Integration: We fixed problems with Submitting multiple Campaign Items at the same time to Triton We fixed an issue with the Triton Sitebased Delivery Reports, which were causing data not to be imported properly
Xandr Submit Buying Order	Improvement	For our Xandr Invest Media Buying integration, we're now allowing to define the supply strategy four your Buying Items.
Legacy / Connect	Improvement	In order to prepare for the deprecation of unused Integrations from ADvendio Connections we have: Removed unused logic of the legacy DART integration Removed unused logic of the legacy Yieldlab Integration Removed parts of the old Key Value import for Google AdManager
Media Buying	New Feature	We improved a Media Buying feature to submit multiple Buying Orders to one or more external Buying Platforms, also with the possibility of submitting a selection of the related Buying Items
Media Integration API	Improvement	For our Media Integration API, we're happy to announce following improvements: We added a new Service for Media Buying Status Updates, this allows you to also create custom integrations for our new status import feature! We enhanced our Media Buying API model, with new fields and settings, allowing you more flexibility in building your own custom integrations. Are you interested to learn more about the Media Integration API and how you can build your own custom Third Party Integrations to ADvendio? Contact our Customer Success Team for more information!