What's new for 30 April 2019 The target attribute has been added to the XML API response for tiers. Previously, the API response for a tier did not include the target, if one was assigned. The Performance report now prevents the user from running the report if a breakdown option is selected and the report is not exported. The breakdown option only functions with exported reports (e.g. CSV). What's coming up in the next release Added the ability to select tag value aliases when creating targeting rules. When tag value aliases are added using the Tags targeting section on the Edit Flight page the alias is transformed to the tag value it represents after saving. Database records for placements are now "soft" deleted so that data integrity is maintained after a placement is deleted. ... View more

What's new for 23 April 2019 Added new "Tag Value Aliases" feature located in the Targeting section. This feature allows multiple aliases to be created that reference a single tag value. Aliases, once created, can be used in ad request path info and in targeting rules. Delivery and forecast data for an alias is the same as the tag value it is aliasing. What's coming up in the next release The target attribute has been added to the XML API response for tiers. Previously, the API response for a tier did not include the target, if one was assigned. The Performance report now prevents the user from running the report if a breakdown option is selected and the report is not exported. The breakdown option only functions with exported reports (e.g. CSV). ... View more

What's new for 16 April 2019 Custom tags can no longer be created that conflict with system names. For example, a custom tag named "site" can no longer be created as this would conflict with the system tag of the same name. Made further improvements to loading speed of campaign dashboard. Tokens referencing media fields now render a complete URL when served through Live Preview. Previously, only the filename of the asset would be rendered. What's coming up in the next release Added new "Tag Value Aliases" feature located in the Targeting section. This feature allows multiple aliases to be created that reference a single tag value. Aliases, once created, can be used in ad request path info and in targeting rules. Delivery and forecast data for an alias is the same as the tag value it is aliasing. ... View more

What's new for 9 April 2019 Corrected an issue where target rule values would sometimes display in the incorrect order leading to unexpected results when editing the rule. Campaign dashboard data is now broken down into daily results for campaigns that are less than 3 weeks long, weekly results for campaigns greater than 3 weeks and less than 2 months long, and monthly for campaigns greater than 2 months long. What's coming up in the next release Custom tags can no longer be created that conflict with system names. For example, a custom tag named "site" can no longer be created as this would conflict with the system tag of the same name. Made further improvements to loading speed of campaign dashboard. Tokens referencing media fields now render a complete URL when served through Live Preview. Previously, only the filename of the asset would be rendered. ... View more

What's coming up in the next release Corrected an issue where target rule values would sometimes display in the incorrect order leading to unexpected results when editing the rule. Campaign dashboard data is now broken down into daily results for campaigns that are less than 3 weeks long, weekly results for campaigns greater than 3 weeks and less than 2 months long, and monthly for campaigns greater than 2 months long. ... View more

What's new for 26 March 2019 Added "Week" breakdown option for Check Avails report. What's coming up in the next release None planned. ... View more

What's new for 19 March 2019   XLSX export for Flight Status report now works when user locale is set to 'cs'. Corrected scheduled report expiration process so that scheduled report jobs are disabled and removed when expiration date is reached. BI Reports platform upgraded which corrects the login window popup issue.   What's coming up in the next release   Added "Week" breakdown option for Check Avails report. ... View more

What's new for 5 March 2019 Legacy method of bulk tag value creation through the API has been corrected. Previously, using this method would result in an error. IAS tags, if included in DCM tags, are now preserved when uploaded with Smart Upload. Reduced size of "spinner" animation and centered it on some pages (e.g. when running a report) Targets can now be specified when bulk creating supertags through the API. What's coming up in the next release Sales approval alerts can now be approved, rejected, or cleared on the Alerts page. Previously, an error message displayed when one of these actions was attempted. Tokens referencing media format fields now populate with the correct URLs. Previously, the token output was blank. The Clicks value on View Flight pages now shows the click count instead of the action count for the flight. Sorting method of campaigns on All Campaigns page is now retained when navigating to subsequent pages of results. Improved speed of campaign dashboard on View Campaign page. ... View more

What's new for 26 February 2019 Flashtalking secure (HTTPS) Javascript tags now supported in Smart Upload. What's coming up in the next release Legacy method of bulk tag value creation through the API has been corrected. Previously, using this method would result in an error. IAS tags, if included in DCM tags, are now preserved when uploaded with Smart Upload. Reduced size of "spinner" animation and centered it on some pages (e.g. when running a report) Targets can now be specified when bulk creating supertags through the API. ... View more

What's new for 19 February 2019 For both operational and BI reports, the "Subject" field has been renamed to "Title". The value entered in this field is now used for exported or emailed report filenames, as well as the email subject. Spaces are converted to underscores in the filename. If no value is entered, the name of the report is used as the filename and email subject. Basic date validation is now used in date fields to prevent years such as "0219" instead of "2019" from being entered. Added optional Agency year-end discount feature. When enabled, this feature allows setting an agency discount that is applied for eCPM tier and bidding purposes, but is not exposed in reporting. Contact SAS Technical Support to enable this feature. BI report email attachments are now correctly delivered in the .XLSX format and file extension. Previously, the attachments used the .XLS file extension which caused file corruption in some scenarios. What's coming up in the next release Flashtalking secure (HTTPS) Javascript tags now supported in Smart Upload. ... View more

What's new for 15 January 2019 Optimized media asset updates by automatically purging content distribution network (CDN) cache when an asset is updated. What's coming up in the next release In the event of a reporting database outage, campaign and flight pages no longer produce an error message when accessed. Virus scanning now implemented for uploaded assets for IO logos, terms and conditions, proposals, RFPs, and advertiser creative templates. Added optional Product Line field to Products. When a product is added to a line item, the product line specified on the product is automatically populated for the line item. Sorting order of lists (e.g. All Campaigns page) is now preserved after logging out. ... View more

What's new for 20 December 2018   Added new "Active Between" filter on All Flights page. This filter will limit the flights shown to those that are or will be active (status of Open) during the date range specified. Creative format targeting no longer shown in View Targeting output as this duplicated the targeting information that was shown for the flight creative(s). The Product Report now shows the default flight counts as Available rather than Projected.   What's coming up in the next release   Optimized media asset updates by automatically purging content distribution network (CDN) cache when an asset is updated. ... View more

What's new for 18 December 2018   Upgrade was rolled back on 19 December 12AM EST. Added new "Active Between" filter on All Flights page. This filter will limit the flights shown to those that are or will be active (status of Open) during the date range specified. Creative format targeting no longer shown in View Targeting output as this duplicated the targeting information that was shown for the flight creative(s). The Product Report now shows the default flight counts as Available rather than Projected.   What's coming up in the next release   Optimized media asset updates by automatically purging content distribution network (CDN) cache when an asset is updated. ... View more

What's new for 30 October 2018   Updated syntax in API documentation for check availability without line item IDs. Searching for a flight when editing a creative no longer causes a page formatting issue. An error message is now shown if a proposal fails to copy. Line items are now renamed when deleted which allows new line items to use the name of deleted ones. Added a new "Beacon" flight type to allow IA to act as a proxy for third party beacons. These flights are designed to use a network creative, which can be setup to request a third party beacon. Beacon flights should be called using a COUNT directive along with a FLIGHTID or FCID key (e.g. ../fcid=123/..). Live Preview now works with all flight statuses. This is accomplished by including additional information in the Live Preview URL query string.   What's coming up in the next release   Obfuscated AWS session information in IO logo preview URLs to increase security. Disabled autocomplete on Edit User and Login pages. Added the ability to lock out user accounts for a defined period after a number of failed login attempts. By default, 10 failed login attempts will lock out an account for 5 minutes. Reduced ad schedule file processing time which speeds up how quickly flights go live. Added "View Goal" property to Flights field in BI. Contact SAS Technical Support to enable this property. ... View more

What's new for 18 September 2018 Corrected styling of "Add Creative" button on Smart Upload page. Daily Window times now respect the time zone under which they were set. Tiers can now be assigned to teams. If a user belongs to a team, and their user account has "Team Restricted" enabled, that user will only be able to interact with tiers assigned to their team. Optimized DNS lookups for network creatives and bidding. Frequency capping is now supported for products. When a visitor reaches the frequency cap specified on a product, they are no longer eligible to be served any flights using that product. Added API and documentation for copying flights. Created new API and documentation for adding tag values. Existing methods are unchanged. Added support for "/EXCLUDEP= " key in ad requests which persists category exclusion for all requests with the same viewid value. A custom crossdomain.xml file can be defined by creating a custom creative format named "crossdomain-xml" with a MIME type of "application/xml". When crossdomain.xml is requested by a third party, the contents of the creative format will be returned. Added support for a custom-defined whitelist of acceptable Origin header values that trigger CORS headers to be included in HTTP responses. Contact SAS Technical Support to enable this feature. Added APPEND support for events in SETSV requests. A new token, "MATCH. ", can be used to provide the tag value(s) that were necessary matches for the creative delivered. A FLIGHTID token is now supported which returns the ID of the flight delivered. What's coming up in the next release Added a "Published" field on the View and Edit Flight pages to indicate whether a flight, or changes to a flight, have been made live. This field is also surfaced in the API. Smart Upload can now handle Javascript-only Sizmek creative tags. SSO feature now includes support for Assertion encryption. ... View more