ADvendio Version 2.166 - Spring 2023

New Feature

Booking Calendar LWC

We are happy to share that our new Booking Calendar is available to use with this release.
It was newly built from scratch based on the Lightning Web Component technology and allows working with larger amounts of data.
In addition we added support for the new Retail Out of home data model. Check out our Wiki page with more details on how to take it live. You can find it here:

AD-8370, AD-8426

Improvement

Campaign Builder

We have fixed issues with our Postal Code targeting selection in campaign Builder.

AD-8607

Changes and optimization

Campaign Builder

We have fixed an issue in the Campaign Builder when it was mandatory to add the field “Targeting” to the fields and columns in order to save.

AD-8723

Changes and optimization

Campaign Builder

We have fixed an issue with Campaign Builder when Video Content/Positions were not visible in targeting field after saving.

AD-8747

Changes and optimization

Campaign Builder

We have fixed an issue when Campaign Builder picklist values were not saved.

AD-8756

Changes and optimization

Campaign Builder;Creative Targeting

We have fixed an issue with Sub targeting when it was not deleting when using “Remove all” option.

AD-8752

Changes and optimization

Campaign Item Related List Custom;Packages

We fixed a query error when trying to edit package items from the Campaign item related list.

AD-8546

Improvement

Creative Assignment;Creative Upload

We are now supporting our current GAM Creative Targeting to be associated with an AdCreative present in a Campaign Item

AD-8556, AD-8547

Changes and optimization

Creative Targeting

We added field validations for Googles Creative Targeting and the fields "Count" and "Slot".

AD-8753

Improvement

Creative Upload; Integration / Xandr; Transfer to ADvendio

We have improved our Creative Upload / Transfer to ADvendio feature: the Xandr Template Import has been updated to support list value variables

AD-7946

Changes and optimization

Daily,Monthly Delivery Report;Sitebased Delivery Report

We have adjusted the logic of our 'Get Delivered Clicks & Impressions' button, as it was importing the same data twice in certain constellations.

AD-8583

New Feature

Broadsign Delivery Data

Our Broadsign Integration now includes the automatic update of delivery data, so you can see the total number of Impressions or Plays of your Broadsign bookings.

AD-8353

Improvement

Integration / AdButler

We fixed a problem with the availability check for AdButler, where certain start and end date combinations where causing an API error instead of the expected results.

AD-8531

Changes and optimization

Integration / Broadsign;Submit to AdServer

We did various improvements to our Submit to AdServer for the Broadsign Integration, making the push of new proposals more stable.

AD-8724

Improvement

Integration / Google AdManager

We have made an improvement that will allow Google Ad Manager customers to create blackouts in ADvendio, which can be sent to Google Ad Manager through a Gateway feature. The Blackout helps to ensure that some timeframes are ignored for ad delivery.

AD-7419/ AD-7540

Improvement

Integration / Equativ(SMART)

With this improvement, it will be possible to assign multiple formats to a single Insertion Item with the Equativ Integration

AD-8195

Changes and optimization

Integration / Equativ(SMART)

We have fixed an authentication issue impacting the Equativ Integration.

AD-8598

Improvement

Integration / Triton

We have updated our Triton Integration to follow a new API standard and meet the requirements of the system.

AD-8630

Changes and optimization

Integration / Triton

We have fixed an issue impacting Triton, where the submission returned 'No order data' error when submitting campaigns with the same name.

AD-8677

Changes and optimization

Integration / Triton;Submit to AdServer

We have fixed an issue impacting Triton, causing the start date set in ADvendio to be displayed in Triton with one day before.

AD-8682

Changes and optimization

Integration / Xandr

We have discovered an expected behavior from the AdServer where an error occurs when submitting to Xandr after a campaign has set up the start dates of an Order. This issue will be addressed in a future fix.

AD-8586

Improvement

Integration / Xandr;Submit Buying Order

We introduced an improvement for the Xandr Media Buying Integration: now it will be possible to toggle on the Optimisation Method with CTR for a Buying Item, directly from ADvendio

AD-8143

Improvement

Integration / Xandr;Submit to AdServer

With this improvement, customers will be able to control the reservation status of their Xandr Items from ADvendio, and submit this change to Xandr.

AD-7796

Improvement

KeyValue Presets

The setup of Audience Segment Presets was now improved in our solution by adding the record-type selection to the KeyValue/Audience Segment Preset Wizard. We also renamed the object to Key Value/Audience Segment Presets. It now covers both Key Values and Audience Segments in the name and logic.

AD-8119

Changes and optimization

Media Configuration;Publication Dates

We have fixed an issue which was showing an error with Publication dates in the Tab Rules for the customer.

AD-8738

New Feature

Media Integration APIs

Our Media Integration API/ Custom Integrations can now provide our customers with basic set of ID criteria to use for Targeting and other features.

AD-8416

Changes and optimization

Optimizer

We have made a change to the Optimizer to disable editing for fully or partially invoiced items since they cannot be optimized or canceled using order optimization. Customers will see a message in related cases.

AD-7750

Improvement

Pre-Invoice generation

We have improved the Pre-Invoice Scheduled Batch Job by allowing customers to limit the media campaigns included in the batch. The customers can now select which media campaigns are needed to process. More details here.

Customers, who have the GenerateInvoiceBatch.cls for Pre-Invoice Generation scheduled, need to reschedule it after the Release is installed in their org to use this function.

AD-8017

Improvement

Programmatic Assignment Wizard;Programmatic Generic CSV Import; Programmatic Media Campaign Generation

We implemented the License Check into all our Programmatic Features.

AD-8105

Changes and optimization

Publication Date Wizard

We have fixed an issue in the Publication Dates wizard connected with English (Canada) locale.

AD-8612

Changes and optimization

Submit to AdServer

We fixed an issue for the Creative targeting warning as now it is only shown for GAM and Xandr when necessary.

AD-8715

Changes and optimization

Support Connect

We fixed an issue broken subject words in email when using special Finnish characters.

AD-8729

Changes and optimization

Targeting Sets

We have adjusted the delete button which was not functioning correctly for Programmable Splits for Xandr in Targeting Sets.

AD-8728

Changes and optimization

Targeting Sets

We have fixed an error which was showing up when editing Targeting sets or Presets with no Xandr connection being active.

AD-8775

Improvement

Third Party / Intermediary Commissioning Revision

We have updated the TPC revision extension to support the new commitment data structure. We have fixed an issue when the "Change TPC" was activated and a change Media Campaign was created, and showed 0 EUR in the invoice.

AD-8239

Changes & Optimizations

Third Party Commision Wizzard

We have introduced a feature setting where the maximum no. of invoice items can be selected according to the numeric value provided in the feature setting.

AD-8776

Changes and optimization

Transfer to ADvendio

We fixed an issue when Transfer of new Connection IDs failed for children levels (e.g. KeyValues) now everything is successfully transferred

AD-8680

Type

Components

Description

ADvendio Ticket No.

Changes & Optimizations

Booking Calendar LWC

We have removed Booking Calendar reference to the component of Selection modal to avoid any discrepancies in functionality.

AD-8843

Improvement

Campaign Builder

We have implemented an improvement and customers can use Campaign Builder in a flow to combine it with different processes. Now the Save button can work in the flow context the same way like the Next button.

AD-8762

Changes & Optimizations

We have fixed an issue with the "Optimisation Value" text field. It was connected to the decimal values not displaying correctly on the screen when saving the Campaign Item during testin.

AD-8871

Changes & Optimizations

Sales Goals / Forecasts / Campaign Item Revenue Split

We have fixed the formulas in our Forecast Object to avoid errors in reports when division by zero was performed.

AD-8713

Changes & Optimizations

Integration / Google Ad Manager

We have fixed an issue with AdServer Availability Checks where the Availability field (planned) was not filled when customers were checking the availability of Campaign Items starting on the current day but not being submitted yet.

AD-8806

Improvement

Booking Calendar LWC

We have enhanced the new Booking Calendar with 1) the capability to navigate back from Campaign Builder/Media Search to the Booking Calendar LWC using the correct back buttons if you initially came from the Booking Calendar LWC basket. 2) You can now refresh the Booking Calendar even after coming from the Booking Calendar LWC basket or while saving in Campaign Builder/Media Configuration.

AD-8791

Changes & Optimizations

Integration / Google Ad Manager

We have fixed an issue that prevented customers to check the availability of CPM products in Media Campaigns with discounts.

AD-8835

Changes & Optimizations

Media Configuration

We have fixed an issue with Connection id Ad Price assignments where Targeting values of a category were not hidden as expected in the search.

AD-8679

Changes & Optimizations

Campaign Builder

We have fixed the issue with picklists showing a short width in the Campaign Builder.

AD-8840

Changes & Optimizations

Visit Reports

We have fixed the issue with distribution lists not working in "Visit Reports" which was dicovered after 2.165.1 update.

AD-8805

Changes & Optimizations

Targeting Sets

We have implemented validity for Targeting Sets/KeyValue Presets during its selection in the Campaign Builder and Media Configuration.

AD-8700

Changes & Optimizations

Optimizer

We have fixed an Optimizer error which was discovered when cancelling a Campaign Item. Issue was connected with Optimizer’s Validation Rule and the Campaign start date.

AD-8695

Changes & Optimizations

AdServer Getaway

We have fixed an issue with the Getaway resource bundle not loading correctly and throwing "MissingResourceException" error.

AD-8849

Changes & Optimizations

Integration / Xandr

We have fixed an issue with the Xandr Check Availability feature: there was a discrepancy between Booked Impressions numbers showing on ADvendio and on Xandr UI.

AD-8820

Changes & Optimizations

Integration / Google AdManager

We have fixed an issue when availability checking was not working correctly between ADvendio and Google Ad Manager.

AD-8819

Type

Components

Description

ADvendio Ticket No.

Changes & Optimizations

Invoice email dispatch

We have fixed the issue of failing to attach PDFs to customer emails due to PDF ID (version ID) changes made by Salesforce, by implementing a solution to always check for the latest PDF ID during the email attachment process.

AD-8843

Changes & Optimizations

Inventory & Rates Manager

We have fixed an issue regarding the missing error message in the Inventory and Rates Manager for the required "Business Group" picklist field

AD-8739

Changes & Optimizations

Campaign Builder

We have fixed an issue with error displayed when attempting to delete Key Values from targeting field in Campaign Builder.

AD-8915

Type

Components

Description

ADvendio Ticket No.

Changes & Optimizations

Campaign Builder

We have updated Custom Label for Campaign Builder Actions. The custom label for actions in the Campaign Builder was not properly connected with the Actions header.

AD-8851

Changes & Optimizations

Booking Calendar LWC

We have fixed an issue with the timeout error in the Booking Calendar when the backend took longer for a request.

AD-8942

Changes & Optimizations

Campaign Item Related List Custom

We have fixed an error when opening ADvendio Campaign Item Related List with Console view in Lightning App.

AD-8865

Type

Components

Description

ADvendio Ticket No.

Changes & Optimizations

Enhanced Delivery Data;

Optimizer

We enhanced our optimizer feature to always copy delivery data records and quantities during optimization process.

AD-8501

Changes & Optimizations

Integration / Adswizz

We improved our Campaign and Order period handling for our Adswizz Integration. We fixed problems where adding new Campaign Items to ADvendio Media Campaigns and pushing these to Adswizz caused errors, due to Insertion Order Start and End dates not being handled correctly or where the changes affected already existing Items in Adswizz in a negative way.

AD-8691

Changes and optimisation

Integration / Facebook

We’re now using the new Facebook API v16.0 for our Media Buying Integration

AD-892

Type

Components

Description

ADvendio Ticket No.

Changes & Optimizations

Package/ Pre-invoice generation

We have solved a problem when Pre-invoice generation for package with invoice contact was causing an error while starting. Pre-Invoices with the package header invoice item and relevant monthly components were created along with an invoice contact for both Pre-Invoices.

AD-8973

Changes & Optimizations

Campaign Builder

We have fixed an issue where publication dates were not being taken into account for the availability of new not saved virtual Campaign items. The available quantity will be calculated based on the number of days but not based on the number of selected publication dates.

AD-8948

Version

Type

Components

Description

ADvendio Ticket No.

2.166.6

Changes & Optimizations

Optimizer

We have fixed and an issue related to total invoicing with Merge all cancellation when adding new Campaign Items, where the start date of invoice items was set to the start date of the current period based on the current date, rather than using the correct start date of the actual runtime.

AD-9079

Version

Type

Components

Description

ADvendio Ticket No.

2.166.7

Changes & Optimizations

Optimizer

We have fixed and an issue related to total invoicing with Merge all cancellation when adding new Campaign Items, where the start date of invoice items was set to the start date of the current period based on the current date, rather than using the correct start date of the actual runtime.

AD-9079

2.166.7

Changes & Optimizations

Media Configuration

We have resolved the issue of applying reservation status to the publication date selection in Media Configuration and Campaign Builder. We have implemented the logic that allows reserving campaigns exclusively for certain clients in the publication date selections with availabilities.

AD-9011

2.166.7

Changes & Optimizations

Adswizz Audience Segments and Transfer to ADvendio

We have implemented support for Audience Segments in Adswizz, enabling users to target specific audience segments when submitting their ads. Additionally, we have added a Connection ID import feature, allowing users to easily import and access their audience segments in Adswizz. More information: https://advendio.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SO/pages/3468886017

AD-9007, AD-9008, AD-8956, AD-8718

2.166.7

Changes & Optimizations

Creative Upload for Google Ad Manager

We fixed the issue that caused an error when submitting multiple Ad Creatives ensuring a smooth submission process.

AD-9053

2.166.7

Changes & Optimizations

Gateway Microservice Architecture for Triton

We have addressed the issue where an error message occurred when pushing multiple campaign items to Triton, specifically related to a requirement for a unique campaign name.

AD-9014

2.166.7

Changes & Optimizations

Xandr integration

We have resolved the issue regarding preserving Media Campaign start dates when re-submitting to Xandr. We have implemented the solution at the Gateway level and now can validate and determine whether the Media Campaign dates should be pushed or not, ensuring accurate date preservation and submission to Xandr.

AD-8651

2.166.7

Changes & Optimizations

Content Wizard

We have fixed the issue with the Content Wizard (Lightning) freezing and crashing when there was a high number of Contents instances which occurred when trying to apply a large list of selection tree components. We have implemented limits and allowed users to filter the components.

AD-9106

Version

Type

Components

Description

ADvendio Ticket No.

2.166.8

Changes & Optimizations

Check Availability

We have fixed and an issue related to the Check Availability function in the Optimizing Version page . When running the Check Availability from the Optimizer, the query did not reflect the updated Quantity of the optimization campaign item records.

AD-9151

2.166.8

Changes & Optimizations

Audience Segments

We have fixed an issue related to the Audience Segment Values not being filtered in the quick add mode on the left side of the Audience Segment selection in our Media configuration. When searching for a connection ID in the Audience Segments, the right-hand search results correctly filtered the results, but the left-hand search did not.

AD-9103

2.166.8

Changes & Optimizations

Campaign Builder

We have fixed the issue with the Campaign Builder not triggering a recalculation of custom formula fields when the Availability fields are changed.

AD-8992

2.166.8

Changes & Optimizations

Amount Calculation

We have resolved an issue where applying discounts or surcharges to one component of a package was not working correctly, causing it to reset. This issue affected both prorated packages and other types of packages.

AD-8870

2.166.8

Changes & Optimizations

Check Availability in Campaign Builder

We have fixed an issue in the Campaign Builder related to availability checks for data. The issue was causing the headers to only display "checking" status for package headers, but not for individual components. Also an error was occurring when conducting availability checks for a large amount of data (200 items).

AD-8020

Version

Type

Components

Description

ADvendio Ticket No.

2.166.9

Changes & Optimizations

Campaign Builder

We have implemented a fix in the Campaign Builder where the builder showed an error.

AD-9211  

2.166.9

Changes & Optimizations

Campaign Builder

We have resolved an issue where custom JavaScript events were not being triggered as expected in the Campaign Builder.

AD-9213

Components

Type

Description

ADvendio Ticket No.

Check Availability in Campaign Builder

Changes and optimisations

We have fixed an issue with the Check Availability feature for large campaigns in the Campaign builder, which lead to greyed out save buttons causing the user not to be able to save anymore.

AD-9241

Components

Type

Description

Taxes (GST, HST, VAT)

Changes and optimisations

We have fixed an issue where credit notes created from Optimizer were not showing VAT. Now VAT Amount is automatically calculated and correctly displayed on the Credit Note PDF.

Optimizing version activation

Changes and optimisations

We have fixed an issue where Optimizer Activation was triggering the ProcessCompleteEvent twice when the future call was enabled.

Components

Type

Description

Optimizer

Changes and optimisations

We have fixed the issue regarding the accurate display of datetime fields. The enhancement ensures that datetime fields, such as ‘advendio_lastavailabilityforecast_c’, exhibit correct timezone representation during the Optimizing Changes process.

Components

Type

Description

Programmatic Generic CSV Import

Changes and optimisations

We resolved an error that occurred while attempting to upload a file using the 'CSV file uploader' feature. It threw the following error:

Components

Type

Description

Adswizz Check Availability and Audience Segments

Changes and optimisations

We have updated the Check Availability feature (Forecast) to support Audience Segment targeting to provide our customers with more detailed insights into the availability of their targeted audience segments allowing them to plan their campaigns more effectively.

Components

Type

Description

Adswizz Check Availability

Changes and optimisations

We have fixed the issue with the "Adswizz error preventing checking availability for certain items on the Campaign Item Related List.

Xandr Integration

Changes and optimisations

We have resolved an issue where attempting to submit a Campaign Item with a future start date (Tomorrow) to Xandr Adserver resulted in an error.

Components

Type

Description

Google Ad Manager Integration

Changes and optimisations

We have fixed the issue of receiving the error "TeamError.MISSING_USERS_TEAM@ appliedTeamIds' when submitting to the Ad Server.

Adswizz Check Availability

Changes and optimisations

We have addressed the issue with Adswizz's Check Availability always using "Post-Roll" as the Ad Position.

Components

Type

Description

Optimizing Version Activation

Changes and optimisations

We have implemented the functionality to set the start and end dates of a Media Campaign to a null if all associated Campaign Items are cancelled.