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Overview

On the Ad Server dashboard, users can manage their ad server integrations and Ad Placements, and upload Ad Placements to connected Ad Server providers.

Access the Ad Server Dashboard

The Ad Server dashboard is only available if a campaign contains at least one Ad Placement (a committed Placement that has been assigned an Ad Server provider).

There are two ways to access the Ad Server dashboard, depending on how many provider types have been assigned to the campaign:

Assigned Provider TypesAction

The only provider type is Ad Server

Go to the campaign's External Integrations tab, which opens directly onto the Ad Server dashboard.

There is more than one provider type
  1. Go to the campaign's External Integrations tab, which opens the External Integrations Overview dashboard.
  2. In the Ad Server widget, select the desired Ad Server provider.


Ad Server Dashboard UI Elements

The Ad Server dashboard contains the following elements:


Item

Description

1Campaign header

2

Provider Login section

View and manage the connection to the Ad Server provider:


3

External Campaign Details section

View information about the linked Ad Server campaign, if any.

  • Campaign Name: The name used by the Ad Server provider for the Ad Server campaign
  • External ID: The identification number used by the Ad Server provider for the Ad Server campaign
4

Campaign Date Progress section

View information about the duration of the OneStrata media campaign, in terms of days elapsed and days remaining.

5

Filters icon

Click to open the filter pane and filter through the list of Ad Placements.

6

Undo / Redo buttons

Click to undo or redo any changes to the Ad Server grid that have not been saved yet.

7

Search bar

Search for an Ad Placement by:

  • Name (Ad Placement Name): The name of the Ad Placement
  • ID (Ad Placement ID): The OneStrata-generated identification number of the Ad Placement
  • EID (External ID): The identification number used by the Ad Server provider for the Ad Placement
8

Supplier Mapping button

If the user is not logged in to the provider, the Supplier Mapping button is inactive.

If the user is logged in to the Ad Server provider, the Supplier Mapping button is active.

9

Link Campaign / View Campaign button

If the OneStrata is not linked to an ad server campaign, this button is the Link Campaign button.

  • If the user is logged in to the Ad Server provider, the Link Campaign button is active. Click the Link Campaign button to link the OneStrata campaign to an ad server campaign
  • If the user is not logged in to the Ad Server provider, the Link Campaign button is inactive.

If the OneStrata campaign is linked to an ad server campaign, this button is the View Campaign button:

10

Export button

Click to export the Ad Server grid as an Excel file.

11

Save Changes button



If there are new, unsaved changes to the Ad Server Grid, the Save Changes button is active.

  • Click the Save Changes button to save any changes made to the Ad Server grid

If there are no new changes to the Ad Server Grid, the Save Changes button is inactive.

12

Ad Server Grid

A list of Ad Placements, by Ad Server provider.

For more information, see Ad Server Grid Reference.

13Cancel button

Select an Ad Placement and click the Cancel button to cancel the Ad Placement.

14Unlink button

Select an Ad Placement that has been linked to an ad server placement and click the Unlink button to unlink the Ad Placement from the ad server placement.

The Ad Placement status changes from Uploaded to Not Uploaded.

15Link button 

Select an Ad Placement and click the Link button to link the Ad Placement to an existing ad server placement.

16Duplicate button

Select an Ad Placement and click the Duplicate button to duplicate the Ad Placement.

17Upload button

Select an Ad Placement and click the Upload button to upload the Ad Placement as a new ad server placement.


Ad Server Grid Reference

The columns and column order of the Ad Server grid are defined by the External Integrations template. For more information, see External Integrations Template and System Default External Integrations Template.