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Accept |
Final agreement or confirmation of a campaign contract or insertion order between brand, buyer, and seller Authorized status of insertion orders or campaign |
Account Management |
Tasks and process relative to users, groups, billing, and permissions |
Account Team |
Basis organization members associated to a campaign, vendor, or property Also known as the team of people assigned to a campaign. The Basis account team receives notifications and messages for the campaign in their activity feed. |
Actions |
Number of actions (billed, contracted, or delivered) within a campaign Options available for campaigns in Basis Button on media plan page with selections for Manage, Export to, Download, etc. |
Actual Start Date | Actual Start Date = First day Basis receives delivery greater than zero for any delivery metric within the contracted flight range |
Ad |
Creative file Also known as the abbreviation for advertisement |
Ad ID |
Unique ad identification code generated from the inventory source |
Ad Exchange |
Online advertising market for buyers and sellers Property Type in Basis |
Ad Network |
Aggregation of ad space from sellers (vendors) matching with the buyers needs Property Network type in Basis |
Ad Retargeting | Increasing the frequency of ads sent to a consumer selected as part of the audience. Examples includes increased delivery, similar or sequential message |
Ad Server |
Computing system delivering and tracking ads independent of the ad displayed on the website (Advertisement technology management) Technology stores display ads and delivers to Web site visitors. Basis currently supports the agency ad server Campaign Manager 360. Also known as Ad serving |
Ad Server ID |
Advantage: External vendor code (Maximum characters: 6) Select Advantage ID on the directory vendor page Select Advantage ad serving ID under the Setup Advantage Account page Strata Strata unique vendor identification code Vendor ID selection includes code, name, and type. Also known as ad server vendor ID |
Ad Serving Cost |
Total ad serving cost based on the billable or contracted rate and units within the campaign's date range |
Ad Server Rate |
Rate charged for ad serving |
Ad Serving |
Cost associated with hosting and serving ad units Also known as Ad Server, ad serving fees In Basis, Ad Serving is a specified ad server rate and calculated cost. The ad serving rate is rounded to 4 decimal points. |
Ad Size |
Dimensions of the ad placement (creative or pixel) or type in a campaign Size of and ad by pixel displayed on a website (Width X Height (WxH)) Also known as size, dimensions |
Ad Tag |
Snippet of software code inserted in the web page for tracking purposes Basis provides ad tags for the delivery of a line item with ad servers. Also known as placement, beacon, creative, tag, pixel, ad tag markup, creative markup |
Ad Verification | Confirmation a campaign has executed according to plan |
Add-on |
Additional service related fees associated to a campaign beyond the media costs Examples include brand study and in-house creatives. Also known as line item and placement |
Addenda |
Supplemental information to the Terms and Conditions |
Adjustments |
Modification of delivery, performance, billing, or payments Applies to delivery and the associated costs Ad servers may automatically adjust delivery information a few days after the first numbers provided each night. Users may also intentionally change the delivery amounts and/or decide to change that pays for the impressions. |
Admin |
Abbreviation for Administrator System admins have different security permissions. Organization permissions are different from Basis system admin access. |
Advertiser |
Client-direct organization as a buyer or the client of the buyer organization (Refer to Buyer.) Client/brand of the buyer organization depends on the different advertisement scenarios. Also known as Brand |
Advertising Channel |
Type of media ad source for purchase, such as Direct Also known as channel, channel, inventory, inventory type and buy type |
Aggregate Delivery (Gross) |
Delivery and total client/brand costs (appears as a row for each line item based on the calculation on the filter date) Also known as Performance Report (Gross) |
Aggregate Delivery (Net) |
Delivery and vendor media costs (appears as a row for each line item based on the calculation on the filter date) Also known as Performance Report (Net) |
Alerts |
Issue with a line item or campaign |
Analytics |
Track impressions, clicks views, and conversions the success of a live campaign and export performance and financial results Analytics displays the campaign performance. |
Application Programming Interface (API) | Specified software code integrating with multiple |
Approvals/Approve |
Final agreement of the line items between the buyer and seller for a media plan |
Approved | Campaign with client approval |
Archived |
Campaign did not go live |
Asset |
Ad data pieces or attributes May include name, unit, such as impression, and file type, such as image file |
Attribution Modeling | Determining and defining media purchases |
Audience |
Target demographics based on the brand |
Audience Insights | Information, that is, demographics and purchase behaviors, related to the existing customer group or followers |
Audio |
Creative Format type for an ad placement |
Audio Streaming Platform |
Playing compressed audio content immediately Property Website type in Basis |
AV |
Added Value Free placement inventory that lowers the eCPM based on the proposal. Types: Imps Basis plans Added Value Units (imps) under the Units column. |
Available |
Quantity of units ready for use Also known as Available Units |