Broadsign Platform Release Notes
This page contains the complete release notes for all releases of the Broadsign Platform.
- Default Preemptible and Rebalancing Priority Settings
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A user assigned the Admin or Direct Sales Admin role can now set the following default priorities in the Domain Settings:
- Default Priority used when creating Preemptible line items.
- Default Rebalancing Priority Level used when creating a line item.
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When you book a Takeover, the Fill Rate column displays the fill rate of the screens before the takeover. This allows you to make informed decisions and book the Takeover on screens with a lower fill rate. For example, if you want to book a Takeover on 50 bus shelter screens and you know the fill rate of all bus shelter screens, you can select the 50 screens with the lowest fill rates. By doing this, you fulfill the Takeover campaign and minimize the impact on existing campaigns.
- Programmatic Settings
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The Programmatic tab provides the tools needed for media owners to configure the Header Bidder information. For more details, see Header Bidder Feature in the Programmatic Campaigns documentation.
- Criteria Targeting
- Added a new contextual filter screen targeting that allows you to target specific venues and screens by selecting particular criteria. By assigning criteria to screens, you can ensure that your content is displayed only on the most relevant screens within your network.
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- Clone a Line Item with Shared Goal
- It is now possible to clone a line item that uses Shared goals.
- Advertiser Name (Campaigns)
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Added the Advertiser column to the Campaigns List page.
- Users can search (and export) the campaigns for a specific Advertiser.
- Users can sort their campaigns by Advertiser Name.
- The Advertiser information is also available in the campaigns export CSV.
- Advertiser Name (Line Items)
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Added the Advertiser column to the Line Items page.
- Users can search (and export) the line items for a specific Advertiser.
- Users can sort their line items by Advertiser Name.
- The Advertiser information is also available in the line items export CSV.
- Premptible Line Items Priority Level
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Users can see the priority level of their preemptible lines.
- Get Face Inactivity
- Added a new API endpoint to the Broadsign Static API to fetch Face Inactivity details.
Fixes
- Fixed an issue where the Face Inactive? flag indicating inactivity was not displayed in the static avails list.
- Fixed an issue where there was an error when trying to fetch availabilities using the Static API.
Fixes
- Fixed an issue when exporting the avails timeline views in Excel format. The Excel output did not respect the browser date formatting and fell back to US date formatting.
- Fixed an issue in the Gross Amount fields when bulk editing bookings in a segment. When saving the amounts, the format did not respect the browser date formatting and fell back to US date formatting.
- 18-Month Long Playout Plan
- The Guaranteed Campaigns module allows a Playout Plan for up to 18 months in the future.
- Quick Screens Inventory Update
- Bulk Screens Inventory Update
- Import a List of Users
- Update the Audience Information
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Improved the interface to update screen inventory, upload an audience file, and import a list of users. Improvements include:
- Drop-down list for multiple selections.
- Bulk editing.
- Manually entering the email address and role of users in the grid is no longer available.
- Audience uploads no longer use an external CSV import tool.
- Inventory Market
- You can now target inventory between five geographical zones when creating Audience Campaigns.
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- Streamlined Static Data Import
- Updating your static data is now easier than ever. Our intuitive interface guides you through the process, ensuring accuracy and consistency.
- Blocking Day Parts
- The Guaranteed Campaigns module now highlights screens or screen groups with potential scheduling conflicts due to blocking day parts, signifying partial or complete unavailability.
- Smoothing (Rebalancing)
- The Guaranteed Campaigns module now offers a smoothing feature when performing rebalancing, which aims to smooth out campaign allocation evenly across the entire inventory.
- Priority on Preemptible Line Items
- The Guaranteed Campaigns module now allows to set the priority on preemptible line items.
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- 18-Month Long Playout Plan
- The Guaranteed Campaigns module now allows a Playout Plan for up to 9 months in the future.
Fixes
- Added validation for Spot count/# of bookings to be greater than 0 from the interface and the API.
- Advertiser Name field
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Added the Advertiser Name field in the Campaign Builder to specify the advertiser for which the campaign is created.
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The Line Items page provides a comprehensive list and detailed information about each line item from all of your guaranteed campaigns on your network. This page is designed to offer more in-depth details about your campaigns compared to the Guaranteed Campaigns page.
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- Unified API Key Management
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Added the ability to create and manage API keys. This is a feature for our customers using the Direct APIs.
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Improvements/Fixes
- Removed legacy system data that was disabled for Static format asset hierarchy and information (Locations and Frames).
- Removed legacy system data for Asset Groups, which is an obsolete feature.
- Multiple Organizations Users
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Users can use their regular email address to access all the organizations
In the Broadsign Platform, an Organization is the administrative structure that represents the top level of your operation. The Organization contains inventory, users, campaigns, and so on. they need. After logging in once, they can switch between organizations using the Switch Organization option in the user menu at the bottom left of the Platform's navigation bar. Upon logging back in, users will be directed to the organization they were last in. -
- Enterprise Authentication
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Organizations can set up Enterprise Authentication for their users across all products integrated into the Platform.
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There are currently limitations for our customers using API integrations with both Guaranteed Campaigns and Programmatic Campaigns. These limitations are expected to be lifted in the coming quarter.
Improvements/Fixes
- When additional revenues are assigned at the booking level, the system will now correctly populate the Unit and Cost fields, in the Campaign’s Additional Revenue tab.
- Removed an obsolete digital-specific column (Screen Count) in the Face Pack list export in Excel format.
- Removed the obsolete Approval table in the Face Packs details.
- Fixed an issue where the face Number of Bookings field was set to ‘0' during import through the Platform Static Data Import Tool, when it should have been set to '1’ by default, causing workflow issues.
- Fixed an issue where the user message in the interface for mandatory field was cut.
- Module Based Admin Roles
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Broadsign has introduced new module-based admin roles to enhance administrative control and streamline management across different modules. Each role grants total control over all functions related to its respective module. The new roles are as follows:
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- Direct Sales Admin (Guaranteed Campaigns module)
- Programmatic Admin (Programmatic Campaigns module)
- Static Admin (Static Campaigns module)
Only a user with the Admin role can assign module-based admin roles to other users. This hierarchy provides a higher level of control, ensuring that only authorized personnel can grant or revoke access to sensitive module settings.
- Delivery Warning Filter
- Added a Delivery Warning filter, which allows you to filter campaigns based on how they are currently delivering.
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- Quick Action Buttons
- Added quick action buttons on the Campaigns list:
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- Edit Campaign
- Clone Campaign
- Manage Creatives
- Delete Campaign
- Environment Screen Targeting Contextual Filter
- Added a new contextual filter screen targeting that allows you to target specific venues and screens by selecting particular environments. The targeting is based on the Venue Type value defined on the screens through the Broadsign Platform inventory.
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- API Advertiser Brands
- Added new Advertisers API endpoints to create, update, delete, and get advertiser brands.
- API Static Copy
- Added a new API endpoint to create a Static Copy.
- Guaranteed Campaigns Module
- The Guaranteed Campaigns module is now fully integrated into the Broadsign Platform. This consolidation allows you to conveniently manage campaigns, packages, and settings directly from the Broadsign Platform, eliminating the need to visit the original website (https://direct.broadsign.com/).
- Added new Advertisers API endpoints to create, update, delete, and get advertiser categories.
- Added the Get Static Copy API endpoint.
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Ported the Agency Commission % from the System Administration Connector to the Accounts section of the Campaigns module. It is also possible to set the Default Commission % value when adding a new Agency Account. The Agency Commission % in the System Administration Connector is still available.
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- Fixes
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- Fixed an issue where the field “Structure Type” is set to NULL by the API but should actually be set to a structure id relating to null.
- Fixed a data usability issues for the Static Data Import.
- Added new Advertisers and Agencies API endpoints in a new section called Accounts Management in the Static API.
- Improved the capacity and performance of the data import for Faces and Sales Market.
- Added the ability to view multiple postings on Google Maps for work orders with faces sharing the same lat and long values in the Android version of the POST app.
- Fix
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- Fixed an issue where PDF static copies did not have a preview.
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Users will now be able to build bundles and assign them to all line items in a campaign proposal in the Guaranteed Campaigns module.
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Users will also be able to promote a campaign into live production without the need to go into their Content and Network Management solution.
- Added a new space to configure your domain settings as an admin to an organization. Moving forward, all new settings will be placed here.
- Added several endpoints for the Campaign Management API.
- Improved the Log Files for better readability.
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Static Copy Management Design Management Improvements
- Added improvements such as an option to download designs and the possibility to upload the file content whenever creating a design that was created without a file.
- Fixes
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- Fixed an issue with connectors when internal users were using alternative Broadsign email addresses.
- Fixed an issue where Faces were no longer inheriting the Site Lat/Long by default.
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Device IDs Improvement
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Users can see the Platform Device ID when a Reach Device ID is not available. These IDs are used most often when creating programmatic deals.
The Inventory table will always display the Reach device ID by default in the Reach Device ID column. When that ID does not exist (new clients or creation of a new screen after the migration of an existing customer onto the Platform) the Platform device ID is shown instead.
- Audience Calculation method
- This is a new column in the Inventory table that provides visibility on the audience calculation method set in Broadsign Control Administrator at the player level. It is possible to filter the inventory according to the method used by screens.