ADvendio Version 2.142 - Summer 2021

We are constantly extending ADvendio for you. To make sure you don’t miss any of the latest improvements and know what you have to do in order to make these features available for your whole team, we’ve created this page. Check the release notes regularly if you like to implement new features and to keep your system up to date.

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ADvendio version 2.137, contained important security enhancements. As per usual, we highly recommend testing this version before installing it in your production org. For additional information on exactly what was changed and how this might impact users, please see the following Security Review Communication 2020/2021 - ADvendio Version 2.137

Release Notes - Version 2.142

 

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Summer 2021 (2.142)

Improvement

AdServer Gateway

Improved Gateway to better handle Xandr requests.

AD-6676

 

 

 

Summer 2021 (2.142)

Improvement

AdServer Gateway

We added more flexibility to our ID transfer from external systems! You are now able to decide exactly what type of ID to import. This can save lots of time on your end. For example, do you want to sync your first party audience data? You can do so now, without also having to load key value and third party audience data as well.

AD-6701, AD-6014

 

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Summer 2021 (2.142)

Changes & Optimizations

AdServer Gateway / AdManager (DFP)

Fixed issue that could cause errors when transferring to ADvendio Audience Segment Values (Third Party).

AD-6675

 

 

 

Summer 2021 (2.142)

Changes & Optimizations

AdServer Gateway / AdManager (DFP), AdServer Gateway / Xandr, Targeting & Inventory Transfer, Transfer to ADvendio

Fixed transfer to ADvendio issue where Keys, Values and Audience Segments were imported together.

AD-6720

 

 

 

Summer 2021 (2.142)

Improvement

AdServer Gateway / AdManager (DFP), Targeting & Inventory Transfer

Updated Gateway to support the transfer to ADvendio of new Audience Segment Value Types.

AD-6733

 

 

 

Summer 2021 (2.142)

Changes & Optimizations

AdServer Gateway / FreeWheel

New Version FreeWheel API Release 6.42.1.

AD-6506

 

 

 

Summer 2021 (2.142)

Improvement

AdServer Gateway / Xandr

Xandr Augmented Line Items can now be configured with a pacing or daily budget.

AD-6423

 

 

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Summer 2021 (2.142)

Changes & Optimizations

AdServer Gateway / Xandr, Enhanced Delivery Data

Fixed an issue which was causing SplitBy “Key Values” to return empty results for Xandr. Please see the following page for more information: 5.3.5.1 Filter Settings for Enhanced Delivery Data (EDD)

AD-6659

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x

Summer 2021 (2.142)

Changes & Optimizations

AdServer Gateway / Xandr, Enhanced Delivery Data

Fixed issue which was causing SplitBy “Key Values” and FilterBy “Keys” to return empty results for Xandr. Please see the following page for more information: 5.3.5.1 Filter Settings for Enhanced Delivery Data (EDD)

AD-6741, AD-6742

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x

Summer 2021 (2.142)

Changes & Optimizations

AdServer Gateway, AdServer Gateway / Xandr

Fixed an issue for Augmented Line Items that was causing an error in Xandr UI when trying to add a creative.

AD-6744

 

 

 

Summer 2021 (2.142)

Improvement

AdServer Gateway, SelfService

We implemented a feature to automate the submit of your Campaign Items. This will help you especially in Self Service use cases to minimize the efforts of manually starting the submit for ready to push items.

ATTENTION Submit to Adserver API Customers, this enhancement brings some breaking changes to the Submit to Adserver API feature (API only). Please see the following page for more information: Submit to Ad Server API - Documentation

AD-5645, AD-6529

 

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x

Summer 2021 (2.142)

Changes & Optimizations

Amount Calculation

Fixed an issue where there was a calculation difference in the Amount calculation for specific discount combinations of percentage and absolute surcharges.

AD-6679

 

 

 

Summer 2021 (2.142)

New Feature

Campaign Builder

We continue to work on preparations for our new Media Configuration which will be called Campaign Builder. If you are interested in more information about it, please contact your Technical Account Manager or support@advendio.com.

AD-6576, AD-6663

 

 

 

Summer 2021 (2.142)

Changes & Optimizations

Check Availability, Media Configuration

Fixed an issue where the Last Availability Forecast field was not set from the Media Configuration for hidden fields.

AD-6658

 

 

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Summer 2021 (2.142)

Changes & Optimizations

Content, Exclusivity Check

Fixed an issue where special characters were not accepted in the content filter of the Booking Calendar.

AD-6450

 

 

 

Summer 2021 (2.142)

Improvement

Datastorage / Burt, Programmatic

Adjusted the Programmatic Data feature to include Burt integration in one of the upcoming released.

AD-6713, AD-6696

 

 

 

Summer 2021 (2.142)

Changes & Optimizations

Delivery Data, Enhanced Delivery Data, Media Buying, Knowledge Base

Always wondered how to track your main KPI for digital Campaign Items or your Media Buying activities?

Want to see the eCPM, clickrate or others of your Campaign and Buying Items, but never found those fields in ADvendio?

While not everything is available out of the box, ADvendio offers huge flexibility and configuration possibilities for bringing in your data. We decided to help you on your journey, by providing additional guides in our wiki on how you can maximize your data usage!

AD-6539

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Summer 2021 (2.142)

Changes & Optimizations

Delivery Report Center

Fixed an issue in the Delivery Report Center where an error was thrown when deleting a Delivery Report.

AD-6655

 

 

 

Summer 2021 (2.142)

Task

Delivery Report Center, SelfService, Test Coverage

We increased the test coverage of some of our classes in order to improve the quality assurance.

AD-6589, AD-6636, AD-6637, AD-6557

 

 

 

Summer 2021 (2.142)

Improvement

Exchange /
Display & Video 360

Enhanced the Submit Buying Order process, improving the matching process between the Advertiser and the relevant Salesforce Account.

AD-6330

 

 

 

Summer 2021 (2.142)

Improvement

Exchange /
Display & Video 360

Advertisers from Google Display & Video 360 can now be imported as Connection IDs to ADvendio.

AD-6477

 

 

 

Summer 2021 (2.142)

Changes & Optimizations

Exchange /
Display & Video 360

Fixed the import of Connection IDs to ADvendio from Display & Video 360.

AD-6706

 

 

 

Summer 2021 (2.142)

Changes & Optimizations

Exclusivity Check

Fixed an issue where an exception was thrown in the forecast of exclusive items if they were not available for a forecast due to the inventory setup.

AD-6654, AD-6792

 

 

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Summer 2021 (2.142)

Improvement

Finance / Invoicing / PreInvoice Wizard

We improved the PreInvoice-Generation component which can be used in flows to support the creation of Pre-Invoices for more than one Media Campaign.

AD-6388

 

 

 

Summer 2021 (2.142)

Improvement

Finance / Invoicing / PreInvoice Wizard, Lightning Experience

With the goal of transitioning to Lightning, more and more of our features receive a redesign. In this release, we deliver a redesigned Preinvoice Wizard which can be used from now on.

AD-6401, AD-6459, AD-6071, AD-6735

 

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Summer 2021 (2.142)

New Feature

Finance / Invoicing / PreInvoice Wizard, Media Campaign

In order to better keep track of your invoicing on Campaign level, we implemented a new Billing Status for Media Campaigns. The status allows users to see which Campaigns require action in terms of invoicing and to easier sort through Media Campaigns for invoicing.

AD-6521

 

 

x

Summer 2021 (2.142)

Improvement

Media Buying

Laying the groundwork for enhancing the BuySide Integration.

AD-6271

 

 

 

Summer 2021 (2.142)

Improvement

Media Buying

Changed relationship label from Campaign Item to Buying Orders (object BuyingOrder).

AD-6759

 

 

 

Summer 2021 (2.142)

Changes & Optimizations

Media Configuration

Fixed an issue where modal windows were not displayed correctly in the Media Configuration.

AD-6746

 

 

 

Summer 2021 (2.142)

Improvement

Security

Improved the handling of access violation errors in a few finance components.

AD-6402

 

 

 

Summer 2021 (2.142)

Improvement

Security

We included security enhancements in this release, including the validation that the users carrying out certain functions have the relevant permissions/ read access for the fields required to carry out that function. Additionally, where this read permission is missing, the required processes should be stopped.

For further information about this change, you can have a look at this page explaining the read permissions more in detail and how to troubleshoot if an error occurs: Security | Read-Access

AD-6747, AD-6769, AD-6770, AD-6771, AD-6772, AD-6787

 

 

 

Summer 2021 (2.142)

Changes & Optimizations

AdServer Gateway / AdManager (DFP), Programmatic / Programmatic Guaranteed

Fixed an issue which was causing the “AdServer Proposal ID” and “AdServer Proposal Line Item ID” to be overwritten by “AdServer Order ID” and “Ad Id” when pushing the item to GAM.

AD-6754

 

 

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Summer 2021 (2.142)

Changes & Optimizations

Targeting Sets

Fixed an issue in the Targeting Sets Wizard where an error was thrown when the connection was not set in the beginning.

AD-6203

 

 

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2.142.1

Changes & Optimizations

Commercial Optimizer, Finance / Cancellation Wizard

Fixed an issue where activating an optimizer version with the merge cancellation button and completely cancelled invoices lead to an error.

AD-6785

2.142.1

Changes & Optimizations

Self Service

Fixed an issue where the Availability Check of the Self Service did not take the Campaign Item currency into account.

AD-6830

2.142.1

Changes & Optimizations

AdServer Gateway / AdManager (DFP), Inventory Targeting

We fixed a problem with the inventory type targeting for Google AdManager. Now it should be submitted again, like it is configured on the Campaign Item.

AD-6810


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2.142.1

Changes & Optimizations

Commitment, Generic Clone

We fixed problems with our Media Campaign clone. Assigned Commitments and Commitment Conditions will now also be part of the clone process, so that no information gets lost.

AD-6650


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2.142.3

Changes & Optimizations

AdServer Gateway, AdServer Gateway / Adswizz

Fixed an issue that was sometimes causing processes to terminate incompletely, blocking subsequent requests.

AD-6946

2.142.3

Changes & Optimizations

Programmatic / Media Campaign Generation

Fixed calculation issues caused by selecting billing categories other than CPM and CPC for Ad Prices. Now, the generated values are displayed correctly in the generated Campaign Items and Media Campaigns.

AD-6868

2.142.3

Changes & Optimizations

AdServer Gateway, Programmatic / Media Campaign Generation

Improved the programmatic Media Campaign creation process. No duplicated Media Campaigns are created for the same month if the process is run twice.

AD-6940

2.142.3

Changes & Optimizations

AdServer Gateway / Xandr, AdServer Gateway / AdManager (DFP), Delivery Data

Fixed an issue affecting the import of Custom Delivery Metrics from Xandr and GAM.

AD-6895, AD-6896, AD-6897

 


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2.142.4

Changes & Optimizations

AdServer Gateway / Adswizz, Delivery Data

Improved and optimized the way in which Gateway handles the import of delivery data from Adswizz & Fixed additional delivery import problems for Adwizz, which caused that some of the monthly and daily imports were incomplete. Now the full data will be imported again.

AD-7001,

AD-7030

2.142.4

Changes & Optimizations

AdServer Gateway / Xandr, Transfer to ADvendio

We fixed problems with key value import from Xandr, where some technical information were missing in our connection ids.

AD-7021

2.142.4

Changes & Optimizations

AdServer Gateway

We fixed a problem in which External Account IDs were not correctly linked to relevant Accounts

AD-6969

2.142.4

Changes & Optimizations

AdServer Gateway / Xandr

We fixed problems with the submit of Guaranteed Line Items and multiple Slot Sizes in Xandr

AD-6966

2.142.4

Changes & Optimizations

AdServer Gateway / Xandr

Our Augmented Line Items for Xandr are now also using the Priority, which is configured in ADvendio.

AD-6878

2.142.4

Changes & Optimizations

AdServer Gateway / Xandr

We fixed a problem with Standard Line Items for Xandr, where no Campaigns were created in Xandr, if you submitted your items as active from ADvendio.

AD-7040

2.142.4

Changes & Optimizations

AdServer Gateway / AdManage (DFP), Delivery Data

We fixed problems with the Delivery Imports for Google AdManager. Viewed AI were missing in our monthly and daily imports. Now those numbers are imported again.

AD-7044

 


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2.142.5

Changes & Optimizations

AdServer Gateway / Xandr

Some of our customers had problems accessing advertiser information in Xandr, which resulted in errors during the import and submit to AdServer.

We improved our advertiser handling for Xandr to prevent these errors.

AD-6969