3.1.9 Active and inactive inventory items

Use this feature to ensure that on the one hand your sales team is always working with current data and on the other hand keep historic data. Take care to manage the following data meticulously:

Set the active checkbox in the these objects

  1. Site, 

  2. Placement, 

  3. Ad Type

  4. AdServer Id's, 

  5. Keys and Values, 

  6. Content, 

  7. City, Region, Country (old GeoTargeting)

  8. Ad Price

  9. Rate Card

Afterwards activate the feature in the administrative settings by setting "Filter for active records". 

Result: Only records with an active checkbox set to TRUE of the listed objects are shown to users in the following wizards or lookup features:

 

Tool/Feature

Uses ACTIVE record of objects

Tool/Feature

Uses ACTIVE record of objects

Ad Spec & Rates Manager

  • Placement,

  • Sites,

  • Adserver Id's,

  • Rate Category,

  • AdTypes

Inventory & Rates Manager

  • Sites,

  • Ad Types,

  • Placements,

  • AdServer Id's

KeyValue Manager

  • Sites,

  • Placements,

  • Ad Types,

  • AdServer Logins,

  • Keys and their

  • Values

Content Wizard 

  • Content,

  • Placements,

  • AdServer Id's

Contact Wizard

  • Contacts ("Left Company") 

Booking Calendar Settings & Booking Calendar

  • Content,

  • Placements,

  • Sites,

  • Ad Types,

  • Ad Specs

Packages Manager 

  • Ad Type,

  • Placements

Create and Update Rates Manager

  • Ad Types,

  • Placements,

  • Rate Category,

  • Site,

  • AdserverId's

AGOF Connect

  • Placements &

  • Ad Types get exported



Media Configuration

Key Values

  • Keys and

  • Values

Geo Targeting (old)

  • Countries,

  • Regions,

  • Cities

Content Targeting

  • Content

Targeting Tree (Geo, Device, etc.)

  • AdServer Id's *





Media Search

  • Ad Prices (from and until dates are also relevant if not null)

  • Rate Cards

  • Sites

  • Placements

  • Ad Types

 

PLEASE NOTE

If you like to use this feature follow these steps:

  1. Start with data maintenance and mark the according ad specs, prices and targeting options with a checked active box e.g by using the data loader tool (for a large number of data records). Simply add the active checkbox to according objects layout. Here is how to do it.

  2. Administrator only: Activate it by checking the "Filter for active records" in the administrative settings. 

After that only data records which have previously been set to active will be shown to users.