A new icon has been introduced to clearly identify non-automated orders.
A dropdown has been added to the Audience Performance tab in the Order Details, allowing selection of revenue classes for posting calculations.
Buyers and rep users on EOS can now access historical data for the advertisers and orders they are associated with, including completed orders. This provides better visibility into past performance and helps inform future decisions.
]]>Programs are now categorized as Original or Repeat based on their airtime. Makegood offers will depend on whether the preemption applies to an original or repeat program, with repeat programs identified by the suffix 'RPT' in their names.
New statuses such as 'User Confirmed,' 'User Cancelled,' and 'User Edited' have been introduced to indicate manual intervention during the offer entry process, after which ANNA will stop further automated processing for those offers.
The business rule for determining the under-delivery window will now align with the selection made in the standard rule. The same shortfall will be addressed in both standard and relaxed runs when providing ADUs.
]]>A new business rule has been introduced under the ADUs section, letting you choose whether you need ADU offers for in-flight orders only or for both in-flight and upcoming orders, ensuring better inventory utilization.
Across EOS, rate values are now displayed up to two decimal places, ensuring greater precision in calculations and analysis.
Bonus spots ("P-14 Bon") are now excluded from the Audience Performance graph calculations to provide a more accurate representation of actual performance.
The Daypart restrictions are automatically updated at the start of each broadcast quarter based on traffic. This ensures that all relevant inventory codes are available, improving both the accuracy and efficiency of offers.
You can now define how Bonus spots are managed under the Approvals section of the Business Rules, giving you more control over the approval workflow.
You now have the option to limit the maximum number of preemptions that can be grouped together for providing makegoods.
]]>A new "Diluted" approach has been developed internally to resolve preempted and unresolved spots using more flexible conditions, significantly improving offer solvability.
]]>A new business rule, 'Provide ADUs for the shortest duration,' has been added under the ADUs section. It allows you to choose whether ANNA should provide ADUs matching the shortest duration booked in the order or based on the actual shortfall length.
]]>The "Revisions" tab now includes enhancements related to 'Buyer Changes' computation, highlighting the overall impact of buyer updates on rates and ratings/impressions.
]]>The threshold for the ADUs business rule — "Minimum GRP/Impressions % that must be achieved to ensure the station incurs no liability (used to calculate UD (@ Threshold) on ANNA)" — has been increased to 150%, ensuring ANNA always targets the specified audience delivery percentage.
]]>The Line Details page now offers two viewing modes. Use the "Merge sub-lines" toggle to group and display only sub-lines that share the same line number.
]]>A new sidebar menu called 'Political' has been added to house the political campaign-related items in one place.
A new 'Political Rate Card' tab has been added under the Political menu to display section rates for Political windows shared by the station.
A new 'AIRED PROGRAM' column has been added to the Spot Details page to show the actual program where spots aired.
Parameters like $value and IMPS will now display full numerical values on major pages, making it easier for you to analyze and take action.
You can now see rejection comments from the sales manager directly next to the 'Reject' option under the 'Action' column.
The Spot Approval page timer has been increased to 10 minutes, allowing more time to review and adjust offers as needed.
The Original Dayparts are now listed under the Equivalent Dayparts section.
Dayparts that can't have equivalent or higher values set are clearly marked to simplify business rule setup.
A new business rule called 'Measurement Agency' has been added under the 'General' section, letting you choose the audience reporting agency for posted data. This selection drives how audience estimates across spots, orders, and offers are calculated and displayed.
For Program change Preemptions, offers will be provided for other dayparts as well, in addition to Prime Time.
A new Cancel button has been added to the edit pop-up of business rules for easier exit without making changes.
The Help Center has been revamped to bring together the Product Guide and Release Notes under a single section called the Knowledge Base.
]]>The easy filters on various pages are now multi-select, improving user experience and simplifying order filtering.
"Paid" orders have been renamed to "Paid (No Aud Posting)" orders for clarity.
The ADU time window rule is now enabled and editable for orders marked as PoD.
The business rules inheritance has been updated to accommodate advertiser change.
]]>Count bubbles have been added to the Offers Awaiting Approval pages for non-electronic orders, highlighting the number of offers needing buyer attention.
]]>The business rules sharing option now extends to representatives on EOS, enabling them to track all advertisers and orders on a unified platform.
Advertiser and order business rules are now auto-approved, enabling customizations while simplifying the review process by eliminating the need for multiple approvals and statuses. Any rule can be customized if required, at any point of time by the buyer.
Buyers can now access multiple stations and ownership groups, consolidating all their advertisers and orders under a single platform.
]]>A new rule has been introduced under the Makegoods and ADUs sections of the business rules, allowing offers to be provided on specific days as requested by the buyer.
A new 'Highlight Latest Incremental Changes' toggle has been added to notify sellers and buyers about any updates made by other users.
A new Time-lock has been introduced both at the advertiser and order levels of business rules to ensure that only one user can modify the rules at a time, while others have read-only access.
The Business Rules approval flow has been enhanced, allowing both the Seller and Buyer to edit and approve rules independently, even after the initial approval, without waiting for each other.
The Business Rules now have just two simplified statuses: 'Awaiting Approval' and 'Approved' making it easier for users to understand and navigate.
The 'Approvals' section of the business rules has been revamped to cover a broader range of scenarios, including Makegoods, ADUs, and marking orders for credit. It now also includes specific workflows for sellers and buyers across electronic and non-electronic orders.
]]>A new 'Offers' tab added within Order details to provide a read-only view of offers and their statuses.
Program Names: Program names have been updated for simplicity and consistency across EOS, categorized into two types: Buyer Program and Seller Program.
Offers & Revisions: The approval process has transitioned from a revision-based approach to an offer-based approach. The "Revisions Awaiting Approval" page has been renamed to "Offers Awaiting Approval" with corresponding updates made to align with the new naming and functionality.
Multiple buyers can now be viewed at both the advertiser and order levels, with business rule inheritance independent of the buyers.
]]>The method for computing equivalization has been improved to accurately reflect changes in the number of spots and other dependent metrics, without impacting the per-spot ratings or impressions.
The demo normalization computation method has been updated to use posted data for past spots and ANNA estimates for future spots, offering more accurate values that better reflect actual audience performance.
]]>A new 'Type' column is added to this page.
The 'Prime Time Programming Changes' business rule has been updated to prioritize offers for the program change preemptions.
]]>The 'Paid (No AUD Posting)' orders have been renamed to 'Paid' orders.
]]>ANNA now suggests offers for unresolved spots that are in in-flight status as well.
New metrics, including 'C/F UD Liability,' 'PoD Billing Reduction,' 'Delivery Threshold%,' and 'UD Impacts,' have been added to track under-delivery impacts for different categories of orders.
A new business rule, 'Generate MGs for Unresolved Spots' has been added to the MakeGood section to provide offers for unresolved spots.
The Spot orders are now renamed to 'Pay for Spots (P4S).'
The PoD and Automation Activated icons will now be displayed within the Order details tabs.
The Audience Performance tab: the names of some metrics have been updated for clarity:
'O/S Preemptions' easy filter is renamed to 'O/S Spots'.
The ADU Business Rule "Minimum GRP/Impressions % that must be achieved to ensure the station incurs no liability (used to calculate UD liability on ANNA)" has been renamed to "Minimum GRP/Impressions % that must be achieved to ensure the station incurs no liability (used to calculate UD (@Threshold) on ANNA)".
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