Campaigns
The Campaigns module is the full list of your bookings — what is planned, booked, running, finished or called off — and it is where new campaigns are created and worked on until they are booked.
The five views
Campaigns are grouped by where they are in their life, with a view for each across the top:
| View | Shows |
|---|---|
| Planned | Drafts and bookings waiting for approval. New campaigns start here, and this is where you manage them until they are booked |
| Booked | Confirmed bookings whose flight has not started |
| Active | Campaigns in flight |
| Completed | Campaigns that have finished |
| Cancelled | Campaigns that were called off |
A campaign's status decides which view it sits in: Draft and Pending approval are Planned, Booked is Booked, Active and Paused are Active.
Planned and Booked need a group with booking enabled
The Planned and Booked views appear only for user groups that have campaign booking switched on. For now, reporting on existing campaigns runs in separate user groups, so you may have one group for booking and another for reporting. If you cannot see Planned, check which group you are in — Switch user group in the account menu — or ask your administrator.
Narrowing the list
Above the list sit a date filter with its range, + Add filter for narrowing by advertiser, agency, campaign type and the like, and a search box that matches within the campaigns already shown.
The date filter has two parts: which date it applies to — Starts in, Ends in or Active in — and the range. Each view opens with a default that suits it, and you can change either part for the list in front of you. If a different default would serve you better every day, it can be adjusted in your settings.
Campaigns and line items
Two tabs switch the level of detail: Campaigns shows one row per campaign, and Line items shows the line items inside them, for when a campaign is delivering unevenly across its parts.
Reading the table
Each row shows the campaign name, its Status badge, the Start date and End date, the Campaign type, Advertiser and Agency, the Budget cap (gross), and what has been served against it — served impacts and Served TARPs. The … menu at the end of a row opens the campaign, lets you edit it while it is still a draft, and cancels it once it is booked.
The columns are not the same in every view: each stage shows the set that matters for it, so a Planned list leans towards budgets and targets and an Active list towards delivery. Two ways to change what you see:
- Manage columns, from the table's own menu, picks which columns are shown and the order they appear in — for you, on the list in front of you.
- The default set for each view can be adjusted in your settings, if a different arrangement would serve you every day.
Starting a booking
New campaign, above the list, opens the booking form. Everything about it — sections, fields, campaign types and the rules a booking has to satisfy — is under Booking on TVNZ.