Reasons for Inventory Blocking
Why is it necessary to block inventory?
When your inventory is not clearly defined and unique, it may be necessary to block some inventory if others have already been sold. This could be due to
physical reasons, such as overlapping inventory items,
political reasons, where certain slots will not sell if others have already been taken.
For example, if you have the option to sell a page in your periodical as either two half pages or one whole page, selling one or the other to a customer would limit your available offers.
To block inventory, use ADvendio's "blocking inventory" objects and related lists.
Types of blocking
ADvendio can manage the following blocking types:
Placements
AdTypes
AdSpecs
Content
Doing so is easy and it works the same for all three objects.
How to set up blocking
Related List for Blocked Placements/AdType/AdSpecs
First, your administrator has to add the related lists to the respective object: i.e. add Blocked Placements to your Placement Layout.
Create Blocked Placements/AdTypes/AdSpec/ Content Records
To create Blocked Placements/AdTypes/AdSpec/Content Records, follow these steps:
Navigate to the app and select either "Blocked Placements," "Blocked AdTypes," "Blocked AdSpecs," or "Blocked Content."
In the new window, add the following details:
Master Placements/AdSpec/AdTypes/Content
Blocked Placements/AdSpec/AdTypes/Content
Blocking Factor
Save your changes.
Simply add the related list to your page layout and define which record blocks which.
You can do it only one way using master and dependent records or create two records if they both block each other.
Important Information
If you are using one of the three Blocking Types make sure that you have your booking calendar template set to show exactly that field:
Placement
AdType
AdSpec
name otherwise the blocking is not marked correctly on the calendar. Find how to 7.2.4 Setup Booking Calendar.
Blocking Factor
Constant Quantity = Quantity (The constant quantity is equal to the quantity).
Rounding
Always round to the nearest integer using the following guidelines:
Value | round | Value | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
Booked | up | 0,000001 | 1 |
Offered | up | 0,000001 | 1 |
available | down | 0,000001 | 0 |
If Constant Quantity=Frequency or Constant Quantity=Guaranteed AI: System does not round
Overbooking
Only the blocked Ad Spec/AdPrice (as one line in the booking calendar) will show them as over-booked and no negative value should be inherited to the next level.