Creative Performance Report

Creative Performance reports contain data about your ads to help you optimize campaign performance. Each row in the report represents a placement and creative data for the selected date range by delivery source.

Based on the report results, you can optimize the campaign performance and assess the use of the creative by line item.

The fields labeled with repeating values include contracted amounts. Each line represents the identical value. Do not total the repeating values of those line items.

Creative Performance Fields

The Creative Performance Reports provide uncapped total spend values. Also, the report does not reflect campaign adjustments.

Manage Delivery - Metrics (selected metrics) are not available in the report.

Name

Format

Report Visibility and Description

Section Type
Delivery Source Name

Type and name of the inventory

Aggregated
Vendor Name Name of the contracted vendor

Line Item

Text

Description of the line item with information such as target, market, and category

For Add-ons: Description of the add-on service

Line Item ID Text

Unique identification code created by Basis.

The line item ID is only visible in Creative Performance report.

Start Date

Date

First day of the campaign based on the accepted insertion order (contracted) m/d/yyyy

For Add-ons: First day of the applied add-on and billed the next day

End Date

Date

Last day of the campaign based on the accepted insertion order (contracted) m/d/yyyy

For Add-ons: Last day of the applied add-on

Rate Type

Type

Online ad space type rate (clicks, impressions, views, or actions) per the ordered units of the campaign (cost measurement)

The “units” depend on the Ordered Units Rate Type selection. This value applies to the line item in the entire contract, while some values in a row in the Daily Delivery report applies only to a single day.

Dynamic rate types are estimates for rates and contracted units.

For Add-ons: Flat

Media + Data Rate (Contracted) Dollar ($)

Amount ordered for the campaign including ad server, margin or markup, and add-ons costs

Media: Amount charged for the campaign excluding ad server, margin or margin, and add-ons costs

Ad Serving Rate Contracted Dollar ($)

Amount of ad serving costs approved by the client in the campaign

Line Item Media + Data Spend (Contracted)

(repeating value)

Dollar ($)

Contracted amount ordered for the line item including margin or markup and media cost

Data Spend [DSP only]: Amount spent on audience data

Line Item Media (contracted) + Data Spend = margin + media cost (planning) + Data Spend (Net analytics)

Line Item Media (contracted) + Data Spend = markup + media cost (planning) + Data Spend (Net analytics)

Do not total the repeating values of these line items.

Line Item Ad Serving Spend (Contracted) (repeating value) Dollar ($)

Cost of ad serving in planning

Line Item Ad Serving Spend (Contracted) = ad serving cost ÷(1-margin)

Line Item Ad Serving Spend (Contracted) = ad serving cost ÷(1-markup)

Do not total the repeating values of these line items.

Placement Text

Name of the placement

Online advertisement space

Aggregated
Placement ID Text

Unique placement identification code generated from the inventory source

Ad Text

Creative file

(Or creative name)

Ad ID Text

Unique ad identification code generated from the inventory source

Creative Text

Graphical ad placement, such as image or video file

Creative ID Text

Unique creative identification code generated from the inventory source

Creative Field Text

Label or description of the ad classification generated by the ad server

Size Text

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))

Delivery Date Date

Date for each line item’s delivery captured in the viewed row (Report shows one row for one delivery date.)

Media + Data Spend Dollar ($)

Media Spend: Gross amount spent on the delivered units for the campaign including ad server, margin or markup, and add-ons costs

Data Spend [DSP only]: Amount spent on audience data

Spend
Ad Serving Spend Dollar ($)

Amount of ad serving

Impressions

Quantity

Number of impressions successfully delivered to the page with viewability information with a confirmed ad tag

Delivery
Clicks Quantity

Number of reported placements completed on a live item

Measurable Impressions Quantity

Impressions delivered, displayed, and viewed on the page, impacts the in view rate)

Viewable Impressions Quantity

Impressions visible to end users (contracted or delivered)

Videos Started

Quantity

Number of video starts and delivered

Video
Video Views Quantity

Number of ad videos viewed (watched or ran)

Videos Completed

Quantity

Number of videos displayed to endpoint

Conversions (all)

Quantity

Number of conversions on the delivery date after an impression was delivered to the user’s browser including the lookback window.

In-Flight: Conversions occurred within the flight dates.

Conversions

(all)

Click-Through Conversions (all)

Quantity (#)

Number of click-through conversions on the delivery date after the user clicked an ad including the lookback window.

In-Flight: Click-through conversions occurred within the flight dates.

When a user has multiple impressions or clicks for the same ad, attribution for the conversion goes to the most recent impression or click.

View-Through Conversions (all)

Quantity

Number of conversions on the delivery date, after a viewable impression was delivered to the user's browser including the lookback window

In-Flight: View-through conversions occurred within the flight dates.

If a user has multiple impressions or clicks for the same ad, attribution for the conversion goes to the most recent impression or click.

Conversions Revenue (all) Dollar

Revenue associated with all conversions

Click-Through Revenue(all) Dollar

Click-through conversion revenue: revenue associated with click-through conversions

View-Through Revenue(all) Dollar

View-through conversion revenue: revenue associated with view-through conversions

<custom conversion name> Conversions Quantity

Total custom conversions

Number of conversions on the delivery date after an impression was delivered to the user’s browser including the lookback window.

In-Flight: Conversions occurred within the flight dates.

Custom conversions only appear when applicable.

Conversions

(individual)

<custom conversion name> Click-Through Conversions Quantity

Total custom click-through conversions

Number of click-through conversions on the delivery date after the user clicked an ad including the lookback window.

In-Flight: Click-through conversions occurred within the flight dates.

When a user has multiple impressions or clicks for the same ad, attribution for the conversion goes to the most recent impression or click.

Custom conversions only appear when applicable.

<custom conversion name> View-Through Conversions

Quantity

Total custom view-through conversions

Number of total conversions after Viewable Impression were delivered

Custom conversions only appear when applicable.

<custom conversion name> Conversion Revenue Quantity

Revenue associated with all conversions

<custom conversion name> Click-Through Revenue Quantity

Click-through conversion revenue: revenue associated with click-through conversions

<custom conversion name> View-Through Revenue

Quantity

View-through conversion revenue: revenue associated with view-through conversions

When the campaign has selected conversions, the campaign reports only display those conversions. The campaign reports (Daily Delivery, Performance, and Creative) along with the applicable Insights results show the aggregate of those selected conversions.