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Channels

Channels are a collection of positions within a publication (e.g. run-of-site) or across your network of publications (e.g. run-of-network). Channels group identical formats across different locations and make it easy to target ads across similar web pages.

All our forecasting options include channels.

Create a new channel

To create a new channel:

  1. Create a new location; see Create a new location chapter.

    Do not forget to select a group level in the the Channel  drop-down.

  2. Create a new position; see Create a new position chapter.

  3. Click Click Channels in the the Administration screen. The The Channels  screen opens:

    create_a_new_channel1.png

    For more information about the Channels screen, refer to Channels
  4. Click the channel position you have just created. The The Edit channel screen opens. Based on the selected format, all available positions across your entire network appear in the left column.

    create_a_new_channel2.png

  5. To add a position to the channel, select a position from the list of available positions on the left and click the >>> button.
  6. To remove a position from the channel, select a position from the right hand list of positions in the channel and click the <<< button.
  7. Click the the Save  button to finish.

Edit a channel

To edit a channel:

  1. Go to the the Administration  screen. Click Click Admin  in the left navigation menu.
  2. Click Click Channels. The The Channels  screen opens.
  3. On the the Channels screen, click the name of the channel you want to modify or use the edit icon edit.png. The Edit channel screen opens.
  4. Change the channel by:
    1. Including additional positions:
      1. Select the position from the list on the left, and
      2. Click the >>> button.
    2. Excluding positions from the channel:
      1. Select the position from the list on the right, and
      2. Click the <<< button.
  5. Click Click Save.

List all channels and positions

To obtain a list of all Channels and positions, and a list of all positions that are not currently in a Channel, go to Administration and click Channels. On the Channels screen, click the the Download all channels as spreadsheet  button.  

The spreadsheet contains two tabs:

  • Positions, listing all channels and the positions they currently contain, with the following columns:
    • Position ID
    • Position publication  
    • Position location  
    • Position format  
    • Channel ID  
    • Channel publication  
    • Channel location  
    • Channel format  
    • Channel group level
  • Positions not in channels, listing all positions not currently in a channel, with the following columns:
    • Position ID ID 

    • Position publication publication 

    • Position location location 

    • Position format