ADvendio Preview Version 2.168 - Summer 2023
At ADvendio, we are committed to continually improving our software to enhance your user experience. To keep you informed about our latest features and updates, we have created a dedicated release notes page. We recommend visiting this page regularly to stay up-to-date with the latest enhancements and ensure the smooth operation of your system.
- 1 Version 2.168
- 2 Patches
- 2.1 Patch 2.168.1
- 2.2 Patch 2.168.2
- 2.3 Patch 2.168.3
- 2.4 Patch 2.168.4
- 2.5 Patch 2.168.5
- 2.6 Patch 2.168.6
- 2.7 Patch 2.168.7
- 2.8 Patch 2.168.8
- 2.9 Patch 2.168.9
- 2.10 Patch 2.168.10
- 2.11 Patch 2.168.11
- 2.12 Patch 2.168.12
- 2.13 Patch 2.168.13
- 2.14 Patch 2.168.14
- 2.15 Patch 2.168.15
- 2.16 Patch 2.168.16
- 2.17 Patch 2.168.17
- 2.18 Patch 2.168.18
- 2.19 Patch 2.168.19
Please find the installation links for the version:
Installation link 2.168.19 for your production environment (org) or
Installation link 2.168.19 to update your sandbox
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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.
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Note: Deprecations 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
Version 2.168
Components | Issue Type | Description |
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CAMPAIGNS |
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Ad Specs & 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. |
Media Configuration | 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. |
Improvements | We included the KeyValue/AudienceSegment Targeting components to be used in the Media Configuration. Especially when working with freetext KeyValues this will be a valuable enhancement to the targeting selection. This can be enabled by an Administration setting. | |
Booking Calendar LWC | Improvements | Improvements that were added to the Booking Calendar:
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Changes and Optimizations | We also fixed the following issues in the Booking Calendar:
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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. |
Improvements | We added the following enhancements to the Campaign Builder:
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Changes and optimisation | We fixed the following issues in the Campaign Builder:
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Creative Upload | Changes and optimisation | We fixed handling in our Creative upload component when it was not accessible due to missing permissions. |
Integrations | New Feature | We now support opening external systems User Interfaces from ADvendio to do more advanced settings in external systems. |
Media Integration API | New Feature | We added support for hybrid integrations to make gateway jobs configurable by letting you choose between our standard integrations or your 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. |
Sales Assistant in Self Service | 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 User Interface for Contents being part of Targeting Sets. |
MEDIA BUYING |
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Media Buying | New Features | We have created following New features for Media Buying:
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. |
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FINANCE |
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Invoice and Invoice item cancellation with Taxes (GST, HST, VAT) | Changes and optimisation | We have fixed an issue when VAT/DST was calculated incorrectly after Invoice Cancelation on the Invoice item record level |
Optimization for Packages | Changes and optimisation | We fixed an issue where optimizer created sales price changes when no change were made for Packages |
CONNECTIONS |
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AdServer Gateway | Changes and optimisation | We added various general improvements to our ADvendio Gateway and the API for Third Party Integrations:
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Media Buying Integrations | New Feature | For our Media Buying module, we have introduced 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! You will be updated with a real-time performance in ADvendio, you will see how your campaigns are currently doing and use our convenient flow to keep this information up to date.
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| 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 |
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:
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Xandr Integration | Improvement | The Creative Upload for Xandr now supports to upload Tag and Code based creatives from ADvendio. |
Adswizz Integration | Changes and optimisation | We made the following improvements to our Adswizz integration:
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Broadsign Integration | New Feature | We are now supporting a seamless and automated status import for your Broadsign bookings. Check your latest campaign status for upcoming and running Broadsign Campaign Items, to have the full overview in ADvendio. |
Google AdManager Integration
| Improvement | We have made the following improvements to our Google Ad Manager Integration:
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We have Improved messaging for Google Ad Manager issue based on invalid Custom Field mapping during Submit to AdServer. | ||
Google Display & Video 360 Integration | Improvement | Our Google DV360 Integration is now using the DV360 API v.2 and the Bid Manager API v.2 in order for our features to support the most up to date services and technologies. |
Equativ integration | Improvement | We unified Smart AdServer, DynAdmic and LiquidM since they have been strategically consolidated under a new brand called Equativ |
Pinterest Integration | New Feature | With the release of the Light Integration for Pinterest you can see that our supported Social Media Integrations for Media Buying are growing and you can perform the following steps with Pinterest:
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The Trade Desk Integration | New Feature | We are proud to announce our newest DSP integration for our Media Buying: The Trade Desk. With our new Light Integration for the Trade Desk, you are able to perform the following:
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Triton Integration | Changes and optimisation | We applied the following fixes to our Triton Integration:
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Xandr Invest Integration | Improvement | For our Xandr Invest Media Buying integration, we are now allowing to define the supply strategy for your Buying Items. |
Legacy Integrations | Improvement | In order to prepare for the deprecation of unused Integrations from ADvendio Connections we have:
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Media Integration API | Improvement | For our Media Integration API, we are happy to announce following improvements:
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! |
Patches
Patch 2.168.1
To install ADvendio please use
Installation link 2.168.1 for your production environment (org) or
Installation link 2.168.1 to update your sandbox
Version | Components | Issue Type | Description |
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2.168.1 | The Trade Desk Integration | New feature | We have fixed an issue with the Trade Desk Integration where the Submit Buying Order process for multiple Buying Items was resulting in two campaigns being pushed instead of one. |
2.168.1 | The Trade Desk Buying Update Status | New feature | We have implemented a feature that allows users to get the status of Buying Orders and Buying Items from The Trade Desk, saving the status into a separate field in ADvendio, and providing visibility on the recent status updates. |
2.168.1 | Gateway Microservice Architecture | New feature | We have implemented a hybrid integration solution by creating custom endpoints and modifying gateway jobs in the ADvendio package and AdServer Gateway environment, allowing customers to use the Media Integration API for customized services within ADvendio features. |
2.168.1 | Campaign Builder | Improvement | We have improved design in Campaign Builder by making static columns stay fixed when scrolling horizontally, providing better user experience. |
2.168.1 | Campaign Item Related List Custom | Changes and optimisations | We have resolved the problem with the Check Availability feature in the Campaign Item LWC by ensuring that when the package header is minimized, the availability check includes all campaign items, including package components, even if no checkboxes are selected. |
2.168.1 | Key Values and Media Configuration | Changes and optimisations | We have fixed an issue where using Key Values / Audience Segments in Media Configuration resulted in an error message due to Salesforce limitation. |
2.168.1 | Check Availability | Changes and optimisations | We have solved an issue in the Contending Ads section of Check Availability, where the Line Item ID and Contending impressions were appearing under incorrect headings for forecasting in Google Ad Manager. |
2.168.1 | Packages and Media Configuration | Changes and optimisations | We have fixed an issue where Package Components' From/Until Dates were not updating in combination with a custom javascript once a quantity was selected. |
2.168.1 | Media Buying Pre-Invoice generation | Changes and optimisations | We have fixed the issue where the actual media spend was not updating in pre-invoices for Campaign Items with budget billing category and unlimited invoicing set to true. |
2.168.1 | 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. |
2.168.1 | 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. |
Patch 2.168.2
To install ADvendio please use
Installation link 2.168.2 for your production environment (org) or
Installation link 2.168.2 to update your sandbox
Version | Components | Issue Type | Description |
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2.168.2 | Media Configuration | Improvement | We have implemented a Free Keyvalue entry mode for Lightning Key Value selection within Media Configuration. |
2.168.2 | Triton Integration | Improvement | We have successfully implemented setting the trafficker and account executive in Triton when pushing a Media Campaign from ADvendio. |
2.168.2 | The Trade Desk Integration | Improvement | We have implemented enhancements in The Trade Desk integration, focusing on user experience optimization by concealing some import choices: Audience Segment, Inventory, and Industry during the "Transfer to ADvendio" process. |
2.168.2 | Campaign Builder | Improvement | We have improved the issue of cut-off picklist fields in the Campaign Builder, where a dynamic resizing approach was proposed to ensure full visibility and selection of all items. |
2.168.2 | Campaign Builder | Changes and optimisations | We have fixed an issue of duplicated values in the picklist within the Campaign Builder's Combobox. |
2.168.2 | Targeting Sets | Changes and optimisations | We have fixed an issue related to opening Sub Targeting within a Targeting Set, which was causing an error message and preventing the continuation of size setup. |
2.168.2 | Creative Upload | Changes and optimisations | We have resolved an issue related to a CONCURRENT_MODIFICATION error occurring when attempting to submit multiple Ad Creative uploads from ADvendio to Google AdManager. |
2.168.2 | Campaign Item Related List | Changes and optimisations | We have fixed an issue where "TableFields" feature did not display the Ad Price value for package components in media campaigns. |
2.168.2 | 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: Invalid column -revenue - in file |
2.168.2 | Dynamic Pricing/ Price Rules | Changes and optimisations | We have fixed the issue that the reset Surcharge Sales Price % Price Rules were not applied, if a Sales Sales Price absolute rule was being applied at the same time. |
2.168.2 | Publisher Layout | Changes and optimisations | We have fixed the issue about the publisher payout did not generate the prorated records according to the PublisherPayout ConnectionID Assignments. It was happening when a Campaign Item was canceled using the optimiser and also added a new one. |
2.168.2 | Optimizer | Changes and optimisations | We have fixed the issue regarding the accurate display of datetime fields. The enhancement ensures that datetime fields exhibit correct timezone representation during the Optimizing Changes process. |
Patch 2.168.3
To install ADvendio please use
Installation link 2.168.3 for your production environment (org) or
Installation link 2.168.3 to update your sandbox
Version | Components | Issue Type | Description |
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2.168.3 | Campaign Builder | Changes and optimisations | We have resolved the following issues for Campaign Builder:
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2.168.3 | Creative Upload | Changes and optimisations | We have fixed a recurring issue of CONCURRENT_MODIFICATION errors occurring when attempting to submit more than one Ad Creative from ADvendio to Google AdManager. |
Patch 2.168.4
To install ADvendio please use
Installation link 2.168.4 for your production environment (org) or
Installation link 2.168.4 to update your sandbox
Version | Components | Issue Type | Description |
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2.168.4 | Price Rules in Dynamic Pricing | Improvement | We have improved the Price Rules to better handle multi-select picklists by allowing matching when all values from the Price Rule are selected on the Campaign Item, and additional selections are permitted, instead of requiring exact matches only. |
2.168.4 | Campaign Builder | Changes and optimisations | We have fixed the following issues in Campaign Builder:
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2.168.4 | Media Search | Changes and optimisations | We have fixed the bug with Package item display in Media Search where the display of Package Components in the Media Search result list was affected |
2.168.4 | Check Availability | Changes and optimisations | We have resolved the issue where the page would continuously load after clicking "Save and Back" while checking the availability of Campaign Items spanning across 2023 and 2024 in the customer's production org, version 2.167.1. |
2.168.4 | Triton Geo-Targeting and Targeting Sets | Changes and optimisations | We have fixed the issue of Triton Campaign Items not correctly reflecting excluded targeting criteria, resulting in both inclusion and exclusion being treated as "included" after submission. |
2.168.4 | Adswizz Integration Audience Segments and Check Availability
| Changes and optimisations | We have fixed the Check Availability feature to support Audience Segments targeting providing customers with more precise insights into targeted audience segments for improved campaign planning. |
Patch 2.168.5
To install ADvendio please use
Installation link 2.168.5 for your production environment (org) or
Installation link 2.168.5 to update your sandbox
Version | Components | Issue Type | Description |
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2.168.5 | Key Values in Media Configuration | Changes and optimisations | We fixed the problem where values were deleted from the Key Values section after saving, in both the inherited Key Values tab and the Key Values tab in Media Configuration. |
2.168.5 | Campaign Builder | Changes and optimisations | We have fixed the following issues for Campaign Builder:
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Patch 2.168.6
To install ADvendio please use
Installation link 2.168.6 for your production environment (org) or
Installation link 2.168.6 to update your sandbox
Version | Components | Issue Type | Description |
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2.168.6 | Campaign Builder | Changes and optimisations | We have fixed tan issue for Campaign Buildera where the sales price was displaying as "2.00555" instead of the correct amount "2,555,00€". |
Patch 2.168.7
Please find the installation links for version 2.168.7:
Installation link 2.168.7 for your production environment (org) or
Installation link 2.168.7 to update your sandbox
Version | Components | Issue Type | Description |
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2.168.7 | Update Rates Manager | Changes and optimisations | We have implemented a solution to address the issue preventing users from opening "Create & Updates Rates" due to a collection size limit error when dealing with 17 rate cards and 1079 ad types. |
2.168.7 | Campaign Builder | New Feature | We have added open budget information to the Campaign Summary in the Campaign Builder. |
2.168.7 | Campaign Builder | Changes and optimisations | We have fixed following issues the for Campaign Builder:
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Patch 2.168.8
Please find the installation links for version 2.168.8
Installation link 2.168.8 for your production environment (org) or
Installation link 2.168.8 to update your sandbox
Version | Components | Issue Type | Description |
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2.168.8 | Dynamic Pricing in Price Rules | Changes and optimizations | We have fixed an issue that was causing problems with the evaluation of fields from the Media Campaign relationship in the Matching Criterion feature setting, which was affecting the correct application of Price Rules. |
2.168.8 | Programmatic Generic CSV Import | Changes and optimizations | We have resolved the problem with the Programmatic CSV Upload, ensuring that it now distinguishes Programmatic Prices based on deal types, preventing the creation of only one Programmatic Price for multiple deal types. |
2.168.8 | Campaign Builder | Changes and optimizations | We have addressed the following issues in the Campaign Builder:
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2.168.8 | Gateway Microservice Architecture | Changes and optimizations | We updated our GMS structure for the Media Integration API in order to better support bookings of multiple items. |
Patch 2.168.9
Please find the installation links for version 2.168.9
Installation link 2.168.9 for your production environment (org) or
Installation link 2.168.9 to update your sandbox
Version | Components | Issue Type | Description |
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2.168.9 | Programmatic Media Campaign Generation | Changes and optimizations | We have addressed the issue where CSV Programmatic Media Campaign Generation failed if the advertiser name exceeds 80 characters and introduced a solution to shorten the Media Campaign Name to a maximum of 80 characters. |
2.168.9 | Dynamic Pricing and Price Rules | Changes and optimizations | We have fixed the issue of Price Rule matching failures when encountering empty custom matching fields, specifically with relationship fields from Custom Matching Criteria. |
2.168.9 | Publication Date Wizard | Changes and optimizations | We have resolved the problem of the Publication Date Wizard failing to load, resulting in a "Remoting response size exceeded maximum of 15 MB" error, caused by excessive data. |
2.168.9 | Campaign Builder | Improvements, Changes and optimizations | We have made following improvements and optimisations for Campaign Builder:
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Patch 2.168.10
Please find the installation links for version 2.168.10
Installation link 2.168.10 for your production environment (org) or
Installation link 2.168.10 to update your sandbox
Version | Components | Issue Type | Description |
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2.168.10 | Accounting records and, Flexible Payment Plans | Changes and optimizations | We have resolved the issue around the incorrect distribution of amounts in the Accounting Distribution with multiple Flexible Payment Plans, specifically when dealing with canceled invoice items and changes in Campaign Item runtime. |
Patch 2.168.11
Please find the installation links for version 2.168.11
Installation link 2.168.11 for your production environment (org) or
Installation link 2.168.11 to update your sandbox
Version | Components | Issue Type | Description |
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2.168.11 | Media Campaign | Improvement | We have implemented an improvement that sets the Media Campaign's start and end dates to default "null" if all campaign items within it are cancelled. |
2.168.11 | Campaign Builder
| Changes and optimizations | We have addressed the following issues in Campaign Builder:
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Patch 2.168.12
Please find the installation links for version 2.168.12
Installation link 2.168.12 for your production environment (org) or
Installation link 2.168.12 to update your sandbox
Version | Components | Issue Type | Description |
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2.168.12 | Campaign Builder | Improvement | The Campaign Builder UI has been enhanced and we addressed the design aspects to improve visual presentation: we made static columns fixed when scrolling horizontally, optimised row height to minimize white space, and added a separator line to the table without incorporating the resize function. |
2.168.12 | Campaign Builder | Changes and optimizations | We have addressed the bug, resolving persistent style issues with static columns in the campaign builder, especially when quickly switching between tabs and resulting in interwoven columns after interactions with targeting and other field types tabs. |
2.168.12 | Gateway Microservice Architecture
| Changes and optimizations | We fixed the Gateway Microservice (GMS) error where the endpoint name changed, but the request body showed a single item instead of a list of item. |
Patch 2.168.13
Please find the installation links for version 2.168.13
Installation link 2.168.13 for your production environment (org) or
Installation link 2.168.13 to update your sandbox
Version | Components | Issue Type | Description |
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2.168.13 | Generic Clone | Improvement | We have resolved a bug that caused all fields of a cloned campaign item to become read-only in the media configuration after cloning a media campaign with a canceled Campaign Item. |
2.168.13 | Campaigns
| Improvement | We have improved the system to hide Exclusion/Exclusivity targeting information from proposal PDF. |
Changes and optimizations | We resolved an issue where price rules were not applying due to non-existing connection IDs in the Campaign Builder. | ||
2.168.13 | Campaign Builder | Changes and optimizations | We fixed the following issues in the Campaign Builder:
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Patch 2.168.14
Please find the installation links for version 2.168.14
Installation link 2.168.14 for your production environment (org) or
Installation link 2.168.14 to update your sandbox
Version | Components | Issue Type | Description |
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2.168.14 | Booking Calendar | Changes and optimizations | We fixed an issue in the Booking Calendar where partially offered or booked cells were not showing different colours. |
2.168.14 | Check Availability | Changes and optimizations | We fixed an issue in our Availability Check logic (not Inventory Forecast) where Self-Blocking records were ignored in the Availability Check and therefore items were shown available although they weren’t. |
2.168.14 | Integration /Adswizz | Improvement | We fixed an issue where submitting a combination of Audience Segments and other Targeting to Adswizz might result in invalid combinations. |
2.168.14 | Programmatic Media Campaign Generation | Changes and optimizations | We fixed an issue in the Programmatic Media Campaign Generation where the process stopped with errors about duplicated ids during the creation. |
Patch 2.168.15
Please find the installation links for version 2.168.15
Installation link 2.168.15 for your production environment (org) or
Installation link 2.168.15 to update your sandbox
Version | Components | Issue Type | Description |
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2.168.15 | Campaign Builder, Media Configuration | Changes and optimisations | We fixed an issue for Placement based publication dates in the selection where it was not properly taking the placement into account. |
2.168.15 | Check Availability | Changes and optimisations | We fixed an issue in our Check availability logic for exclusive items which made a connections license required even without digital items connected. |
Patch 2.168.16
Please find the installation links for version 2.168.16
Installation link 2.168.16 for your production environment (org) or
Installation link 2.168.16 to update your sandbox
Version | Components | Issue Type | Description |
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2.168.16 | Campaign Builder and Booking Calendar | Changes and optimisations | We fixed an issue with automatic frequency calculations when we go to campaign builder from booking calendar. |
Patch 2.168.17
Please find the installation links for version 2.168.17
Installation link 2.168.17 for your production environment (org) or
Installation link 2.168.17 to update your sandbox
Version | Components | Issue Type | Description |
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2.168.17 | Campaign Builder Publication Dates | Changes and optimisations | We addressed the issue with the Campaign Builder's Publication Dates calendar, involving the absence of February data and the duplication of March. |
2.168.17 | Pre-Invoice generation | Changes and optimisations | We have fixed the issue with pre-invoice generation errors, encountering a " |
Patch 2.168.18
Please find the installation links for version 2.168.18
Installation link 2.168.18 for your production environment (org) or
Installation link 2.168.18 to update your sandbox
Version | Components | Issue Type | Description |
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2.168.18 | Campaign Builder Publication Dates | Changes and optimisations | We have fixed the Campaign Builder publication date issue, which incorrectly displayed month titles. |
Patch 2.168.19
Please find the installation links for the version:
Installation link 2.168.19 for your production environment (org) or
Installation link 2.168.19 to update your sandbox
Version | Components | Issue Type | Description |
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2.168.19 | Campaign Builder, Publication Dates | Changes and optimisations | We have fixed the Campaign Builder publication date issue, which incorrectly displayed month titles. |
2.168.19 | Campaign Builder, Packages | Changes and optimisations | We have fixed an issue where the Campaign Builder disabled the buttons after checking availability with packages. |
2.168.19 | Quote PDF | Changes and optimisations | We have fixed an issue where numbers were shown incorrectly on the cover letter block of our quote pdf. |
2.168.19 | Sales Goals / Forecasts | Changes and optimisations | We have adjusted our Campaign Item Revenue Split logic to optimize the number of records queried in order to avoid query limits. |