Update the Screens or Faces Inventory

Digital Screens vs. Static Faces Update

Inventory

Clicking the Update Inventory button opens two different flows depending on whether you are on the Digital or Static tab of the Inventory page.

• Digital tab of the Inventory page – You can update your screen inventory with our without a .csv file. See Quick vs. Bulk Screen Update.
• Static tab of the Inventory page – You are redirected to the Static Operations module, where you will be able to update your static assets. See Operations.

Update the Inventory

Inventory

The screens inventory is synchronized with our Content and Network Management solution. Some of the information is already pre-filled when accessing the inventory for the first time. See Screen Information Origin.

The system automatically propagates any screens that support programmatic transactions directly to our Programmatic Campaigns solution.

You must properly define specific parameters to make your screen programmatically transactable. See Screens Programmatic Transactability Status.

For missing or wrong information, two update flows are available once you have selected the screens that you want to update:

• Quick Update – Useful to quickly update a limited number of screens. This flow does not use an external data file. You can view the status of the screen information and update the required data. See Quick Screens Inventory Update.
• Bulk Update – Useful to update a large number of screens. This flow allows you to update the information of all of the screens in your network by using a .csv data file. We provide a screen data template for you. See Bulk Screens Inventory Update.

Screen Naming

Digital Inventory

In the Broadsign Platform, a screen can be a single screen, a specific frame on a screen, or a group of screens, such as a video wall.

You cannot directly define a screen within the Broadsign Platform; instead, the system imports screen definitions.

When importing Display Units, Frames, and Day Parts from our Content and Network Management solution, the system translates them into screens within the Broadsign Platform. For more information on this process, see On-Board Screens in the Guaranteed Campaigns Module.

Screen Naming Rules

The Broadsign Platform generates screen names based on the information provided in our Content and Network Management solution. The platform applies the following rules:

• If there is one Frame, or if there is more than one Frame but only one is sellable:
  • Broadsign Platform Screen Name = Display Unit Name
• If there is more than one Frame:
  • Broadsign Platform Screen Name = Display Unit Name _ Frame Name

You cannot edit screen names directly in the Broadsign Platform. You must make all name changes within our Content and Network Management solution.

Screen Naming Scenarios

For more specific examples of screen naming, refer to these detailed scenarios:

• Scenario with One Sellable Frame in One Display Unit
• Scenario with Multiple Sellable Frames or Day Parts in One Display Unit
• Scenario with a Screen Group

To download the selected screens:

Digital Inventory

1. In the Digital tab of the Inventory page, select the screens that you want to download.
2. Click the button.



3. Click Download Selected Screens to download a .csv file of your selected inventory.
• Your system will download a .csv file.
• The file name is screen_export.csv.

Edit the Screen Activity Status

Digital Inventory

You can enable or disable programmatic transactions for transactable screens. When programmatic transactions are disabled on a screen, it cannot be transacted programmatically, even if it has all the required information.

This capability gives you control over the programmatic availability of screens, allowing you to manage their status according to your operational needs and circumstances.

The system automatically propagates any screens that support programmatic transactions directly to our Programmatic Campaigns solution.

Example: Here's a common scenario for making programmatic transactions disabled on a screen: Let's say a screen will be out of commission for an extended period, perhaps due to maintenance or repairs. In this case, you might choose to disable programmatic transactions on that screen to prevent any programmatic transactions during its downtime.

This feature is not applicable to screens that are marked as "Not Transactable." In other words, you can't enable programmatic transactions on screens that are inherently "Not Transactable" through this process.

Note: The Inventory page is available to users with the Admin, Direct Sales Admin, Programmatic Admin, and Static Admin roles. See User Permissions for more information.

To disable programmatic transactions for a single Transactable screen:

Digital Inventory

1. In the Digital tab of the Inventory page, click the icon of the Transactable screen for which you want to disable programmatic transactions.



The Activity Status of the selected screen is updated in the Digital tab of the Inventory page.

To disable or enable programmatic transactions in bulk on selected Transactable screens:

Digital Inventory

1. In the Digital tab of the Inventory page, select the Transactable screens for which you want to disable or enable programmatic transactions.
2. Click the button.



3. Click Edit Screen Activity Status.

The Edit Screen Activity Status window opens.



Note: If a selected screen is Not Transactable, then it will have an N/A value and no interaction with this screen is possible.

4. If you want to set the Activity Status for all the selected screens, toggle the Edit status for all screens switch to on.

This forces any change to be applied to all the selected screens in the window. For example, if one screen is made "active", then all the selected screens are made "active". By default, this setting is off.

5. Toggle the Activity Status switch of individual screens to Active or Inactive.
6. Click OK to apply the changes.

The Activity Status of the selected screens is updated in the Digital tab of the Inventory page.