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title: "Manage Schedule Drafts"
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Overview In OneStrata, a campaign can have multiple schedule drafts, in order to map out and consider different budgets and tactics during the planning process. These different options can be shared and reviewed with clients, and iterated on until a specific option is approved. There are three types of  schedule options :  Draft ,  Active , and  Archived . This page provides information on creating and deleting  Draft  schedule options. Create a Schedule Draft Option To create a new  Draft  schedule option: Open the appropriate media campaign. Navigate to the campaign's  Schedule  tab. Click the downwards-facing icon ( ) next to the  Save Changes  button. Select  Create New . In the  Create New Schedule  window, for  Name , enter a name for the new schedule draft option. Click  Save . Build out the new, empty schedule draft option . Delete a Schedule Draft Option To delete a  Draft  schedule option: Open the appropriate media campaign. Navigate to the campaign's  Schedule  tab. In the Schedule List, select the schedule draft option to be deleted. Click the downwards-facing icon ( ) next to the  Save Changes  button. Select  Delete . In the  Delete  window, confirm that the schedule draft option should be deleted by clicking  Delete . Commit a Schedule Line Committing  a line on a schedule indicates that the line is ready to proceed from a planning state to a more financially "committed" state in the campaign management workflow. Individual lines on the Schedule grid can be committed without committing the entire schedule at once. This allows for individual orders to be sent whenever ready, even if others are not. Revisions can similarly be committed mid-flight, as needed. To commit one or more schedule lines, do the following: Open the appropriate media campaign. Navigate to the campaign's  Schedule  tab.  Select one or more approved Schedule grid line(s). Click the  Commit  button. In the  Commit Selected Rows  window, click  Yes . The status of the successfully committed Schedule grid line(s) changes to  Committed. Effects of Committing a Schedule Line When schedule lines are committed on the Schedule grid, located on the   Schedule   tab, OneStrata automatically does the following: On the  Schedule  tab: Enables automatic flight period  soft locking On the  Orders  tab: Groups committed lines with the same Order ID into orders on the Orders grid On the  External Integrations  tab: For Placement lines with a Technology Assignment value, creates one or more Ad Placement lines on the Ad Server grid  On the  Actualization  tab: Creates one or more Order, Cost Package, Media Package, Placement, Fee, and Billing Period lines on the Actualization grid The images below provide an example of how the  Schedule ,  Orders ,  External Integrations , and  Actualization  tabs are connected: Tab Description Schedule  tab There are four committed Placement lines with  Yourbook  as an Order Partner. Orders  tab The four Placement lines are grouped together into a single order. External Integrations  tab The four Placement lines have one or more corresponding Ad Placement lines. Actualization  tab The four schedule Placement lines each have a corresponding Placement line on the Actualization grid. The Actualization grid Placement lines are further broken down into Billing Period lines (the start and end dates of each placement's billing periods are configured on the media schedule, within the Unit Calendar). The order associated with the four Placement lines correspond to an Actualization grid Order line. Cancel a Committed Schedule Grid Line Canceling a committed Schedule grid line for a campaign that is currently running may have impacts to media activity and costs. If needed, adjust the costs and units of other lines in the schedule before canceling the Schedule grid line. To cancel a committed Schedule grid line, do the following: Navigate to the  Schedule  tab of the campaign that contains the Schedule grid to be canceled. On the  Schedule  tab, do the following: Select the desired Schedule grid line. Click the  Cancel  button.  The status of the Schedule grid line changes from  Committed  to  Draft - Cancelled . Click the  Save Changes  button.  Optional: Depending on Agency or Enterprise settings, changes to a committed schedule may require re-approval. If the   Commit   button is inactive, re-obtain the necessary approvals before continuing. Select the desired Schedule grid line again. Click the   Commit  button to re-commit the schedule and cancel the Schedule grid line. The canceled line is removed from the Schedule grid. Edit Flight Periods Changes to a Placement or Media Package line's flight periods are made through the  Unit Calendar  widget, on the Flight Periods grid. See also: Flight Periods   Unit Calendar Widget Reference Change the Flight Period Cost Distribution To change how a Placement or Media Package's budget is distributed across its flight periods, do the following: Open the  Unit Calendar  widget for the desired Schedule grid line . In the  Flight Periods grid : Click the  Cost Distribution  dropdown. Select the desired  cost distribution method . At the bottom right of the  Unit Calendar  widget, click the  Save  button. Edit the Start or End Date of a Flight Period To edit the start or end date of a flight period, do the following: Open the  Unit Calendar  widget for the desired Schedule grid line. In the  Flight Periods grid : Locate the desired flight period. If the flight period is locked, unlock it. Double-click the  Start Date  or  End Date  cell, and select the desired new start date or end date. Flight periods cannot overlap, meaning that any dates that occur within another flight period (for the same media line) cannot be selected. At the bottom right of the  Unit Calendar  widget, click the  Save  button. Edit the Units or Cost of a Flight Period Manually editing the  Units  or  Cost  value of a flight period automatically changes the media line's  Cost Distribution  value to  Custom . To edit the units or cost of a flight period, do the following: Open the  Unit Calendar  widget for the desired Schedule grid line . In the  Flight Periods grid : Locate the desired flight period. If the flight period is locked, unlock it. Double-click the  Units  or  Cost  cell and enter the desired value. If the  Units  value is entered, the  Cost  value is automatically calculated and filled in, and vice versa. This is because the  Units ,  Rate , and  Cost  values are linked by a triangulation rule. The  Rate  value cannot be edited within the  Unit Calendar  widget, only on the Schedule Grid itself. At the bottom right of the  Unit Calendar  widget, click the  Save  button. Add a Flight Period To add a flight period, do the following: Open the  Unit Calendar  widget for the desired Schedule grid line. In the  Flight Periods grid : Click the  Add  button. In the newly created row, double-click the  Start Date  and  End Date  cells, and select the start and end dates of the flight period. Flight periods cannot overlap, meaning that any dates that occur within another flight period (for the same media line) cannot be selected. Optional: If the  Cost Distribution  value is  Custom , double-click either the  Units  or  Cost  cell, and enter the desired value. If the  Units  value is entered, the  Cost  value is automatically calculated and filled in, and vice versa. This is because the  Units ,  Rate , and  Cost  values are linked by a triangulation rule. The  Rate  value cannot be edited within the Unit Calendar editor, only on the Schedule grid itself. If the Cost Distribution is  Pro Rata  or  Even , the  Units  and  Cost  values will be automatically calculated and filled in.  At the bottom right of the  Unit Calendar  widget, click the  Save  button. Delete a Flight Period To delete a flight period, do the following: Open the  Unit Calendar  widget for the desired Schedule grid line. In the  Flight Periods grid : Select the desired flight period by clicking the checkbox to its left. Click the  Delete  button. At the bottom right of the  Unit Calendar  widget, click the  Save  button. Export or Import a Schedule Exporting and importing schedules is only available if the import/export schedule feature is enabled, through the  Administration  >  Application Settings  page. In addition to building a schedule on the Schedule grid, schedules can be built using a schedule import Excel template. Export a Schedule Since schedules can have different columns, column orders, and/or custom fields, it is recommended to download a new schedule import template for every campaign. To export a schedule / to download a schedule import template, do the following: Open the desired campaign. Go to the  Schedule  tab. Above the Schedule grid, select  Import/Export  >  Export Schedule . The schedule is exported as an Excel sheet that also functions as a schedule import template. For more information, see  Import a Schedule . Import a Schedule To import a schedule, do the following: For the desired campaign,  download a schedule import template . Following the instructions on the  Instructions  worksheet, edit the schedule import template in Excel as desired, keeping the following in mind: Since schedule import templates are protected worksheets, sorting rows requires selecting the appropriate rows (excluding the header row) and using Excel's Custom Sort feature. Deleting a row in a schedule import template does not cancel the corresponding Schedule grid line, once the template is imported back into OneStrata. Canceling a Schedule grid line must be done directly in the Schedule grid. After saving the changes to the schedule import template, return to OneStrata. Above the Schedule grid, select  Import/Export  >  Import   Schedule . Upload the edited schedule import template. After importing a schedule via the Excel template, a notification with the results of the import is displayed. The notification has one of the following formats: Message Format Meaning Import Successful - X row(s) imported All  X  rows in the Excel template were successfully imported to the Schedule grid. Import Failed - X row(s) not imported All  X  rows in the Excel template were invalid and were not imported to the Schedule grid. A row is invalid if the  Line Type  or  Name  field is blank. Import With Errors - X rows(s) imported All  X  rows in the Excel template were imported to the Schedule grid, but all rows contained a validation error that should be manually fixed. For example, a row contains a validation error if the  Cost Category  field is blank or incorrectly spelled. Import With Errors - Y row(s) imported, Z row(s) not imported Some combination of the above. Filter Schedule Grid Lines By Status There are five Schedule grid line statuses: Draft - New Committed Draft - Revised Draft - Cancelled Cancelled By default,  canceled lines (Schedule grid lines with the   Cancelled   status) are filtered out and not included on the Schedule grid. However, canceled schedule lines—and any combination of Schedule grid line statuses—can be included by manually adjusting the  Status  filter. A manually applied  Status  filter remains active until one of the following events occurs: The current browser tab is refreshed The same schedule is opened in a new browser tab The  Status  filter is manually changed again, during the same browsing session  To filter Schedule grid lines by status, do the following: Open the appropriate media campaign. Navigate to the campaign's  Schedule  tab. In the  Applied Filters  bar (see  Schedule  Tab UI Elements , item 6), click the  Status  filter dropdown. Select the desired combination of Schedule grid line statuses.