Release Notes - 2020

Added

• We added new options under the Share of Voice type of buy to allow more flexible ways of selling. See Type of Buy.
• We added the new API documentation to the public documents. See Broadsign Direct REST API.

Improved

• We improved the way we copy the production environment into the prod-sandbox environment so the latest is an exact replica of the production one.

Added

• We enhanced the way proposal items are presented in a proposal, by adding additional key information at the proposal level. See Proposal Item Grid.
• We added a new feature that lets users select a given number of screens automatically based on inventory fill rate. See Automatic Selection of Inventory.

Improved

• We improved the way rebalancing is set at the domain level by dividing the rebalancing threshold into two independent thresholds, one for overperforming and one for underperforming proposal items. See Enable Rebalancing Thresholds.
• We now track and show the performance of preemptible proposal items.
• We added a mechanism that helps prevent loss of changes made on proposal items.

Added

• We enhanced the way proposal items are presented in a proposal, by adding additional key information at the proposal level. See Proposal Item Grid.
• We added a new feature that lets users select a given number of screens automatically based on inventory fill rate. See Automatic Selection of Inventory.

Improved

• We improved visibility on date selection so it is clearer when the start and end date are on the Ad Settings.
• We improved the workflow so Ad Settings are preserved when there are changes in the applied filters on the inventory page.
• We improved the way availability is calculated when there is Share of Loop configured in Broadsign Control.

Added

• Now it is possible to select which Types of Buy should be rebalanced. See Domain Settings Page.
• We added the screen Reference ID to the Audience CSV file, to support audience integrations. See Import Audience Data.

Improved

• We improved the rules that apply to the creation of new screens in Broadsign Direct after modifying their resolution/orientation.

Fixed

• We fixed a crash caused by the call of some APIs.

Fixed

• We fixed an issue with the computation of Screen Usage.

Added

• The Proposal hold expiry time is now adjustable in the domain settings. See General Section.
  • Time of Hold (default): the expiry time is the same time when the hold was placed, on the expiry day.
  • Midnight: the expiry time is midnight, on the expiry day.
• We added a new type of buy: Play-Goal. See Play Goal Type of Buy.

• It is now possible to see the available spots based on the Ad duration in the new Inventory interface. See Screen Inventory Components (Beta Digital Inventory page).

Fixed

• Pressure is not removed from face after cancelling static proposal item.

Fixed

• We fixed a 500 error in proposal/add_packages API.

Fixed

• We fixed an issue where the full proposal API is not returning the value object in the mode field.

Improved

• We improved the screen orientation display to reflect its resolution.

Fixed

• We fixed a bug that causes wrong saturation on frequency proposal items when using the react inventory light-box.

Fixed

• We fixed a bug that api/v1/proposal/{{proposal_id}} was returning a string price when the price has decimal values.
• We fixed a bug that causes a 502 error for Proposal PDF download.

Added

• You can now create Proposal Items with a Fixed Slot Duration, See Screens and Fixed Slot Duration.

Improved

• You can now show or hide the booking level of screens by updating your Domain settings via API.

  • /api/v1/domain

  • Boolean parameter show_booking_level

Fixed

• We updated some requirements when updating Type of Buy values on Proposal Items via the API.
  • Play-per-Loop: "saturation" is required
  • Share-of-Voice: "sov" is required
  • Takeover: "sov" is required
  • Goal impressions: "impressions", "budget" and "cpm" are nullable
  • Goal Budget: "budget", "impressions" and "cpm" are nullable
  • Goal repetitions: "repetitions" is required
• We fixed a bug that may cause incorrect screen width and height to be imported to Broadsign Direct when there is an Orientation and custom Geometry in use.

Fixed

• The suggested price in Broadsign Direct will no longer be updated after it is booked.

Fixed

• We fixed an issue that can cause wrongly formatted data to be sent to the Salesforce plugin.
• We fixed a bug that may cause the Budget on screen to be greater than the expected value.
• We fixed a bug that could result in the takeover to not be respected when rebalancing is not used.

Improved

• Try the Tab key on the filter menu! We made some UX improvements.
• You can now select screens on the inventory page by clicking the line, instead of being limited to clicking the screen icon.
• Selecting all screens or de-selecting them will now only affect current matched screens.

Fixed

• Fixed a date error that can occur when a Proposal Item gets updated.
• Fixed an error when a takeover is triggering a rebalance with no impacted Proposal Items.
• Fixed an issue that causes the “Apply & Update” button to not turn enabled after a change.

Improved

• We no longer auto-balance Pay-per-loop Proposal Items.

Fixed

• We fixed a bug that causes an error when no discount is provided for Proposal Items.
  • /api/v1/proposal/proposal_item/{id}

Added

• Now you can create preemptible Proposal Items. See About Preemptible Proposal Items.
• The brand new Inventory interface is now available. See Digital Inventory Page.

Improved

• We improved keyboard navigation with Tab on Type of buy selection.
• We are no longer showing the “Processing” status on static proposal items.
• Improvements to the /api/v1/proposal/{id} and /api/v1/proposal/{id}/full APIs
  • You are now able to retrieve inactive Proposals.
  • You can now search Proposals by client information, creator and owner via the API.
• The inventory summary bar is updated when the selection of screens and goal seeks are updated.
• We made errors and notable events more visible.

Fixed

• Fixed a bug that causes the expected repetitions for Frequency type of buy Proposal Items with partial availability to be inaccurate.
• Fixed a bug that allows Proposal Items with a 0 target for impression or budget to be created from the API.
• Fixed an issue that allows updating of a digital Proposal when it is still being processed.

Fixed

• The start_date param in the full proposal endpoint represents the earliest start date of all the Proposal Items now, instead of its creation date.

Fixed

• Fixed a bug that prevents the re-import of the digital inventory CSV.