Blocked Positions

1 Introduction
2 Object Structure
3 Blocked Volume
4 Blocked Positions and Availability
5 Related Topics

Introduction

It is possible that two different placements physically occupy the same or part of the same area.

For example, when booking the online placement "Wallpaper", the placements "Title Superbanner", "Skyscraper left", "Skyscraper right" are automatically blocked. Or - an example from print products - a Title Page Package blocks the individual bookings of the 4th cover and title page and vice versa.

This means that rules are required so that when booking one placement, the placements affected by this booking are automatically blocked for sale for the corresponding time period and quantity. These blocking notes are represented in MediaVelox by the "Blocked Position Rule" object f42_dispo__BlockPositions__c.

Object Structure

Salesforce Setup

The Blocked Placement object is already included as a tab in MediaVelox. A new record can be created with just a few entries. This blocking note then represents the relationship between the affected placements:

Field (with example)	Explanation

Field (with example)	Explanation
	The name of a blocked position is assigned generically as an auto number.
	Specifies the placement to be blocked. A blocked position is made for the same booking period in this placement.
	Specifies the triggering placement. When the triggering positioning is booked, the blocking indicator is created for the positioning to be blocked.
	If the amount of placements to be blocked is greater than the amount of placements that will be triggered, a multiplier can be entered here. In the example shown, a whole page blocks two half pages, therefore limit multiplier equals 2. See also Blocked Positions and Rotation
	Refers to digital placements which availability is also measured in volume. Please define a percentage value to determine how high this placement should be proportionally blocked .

As you can see from the field labels, a blocking rule always applies in one direction only.

Therefore, if the placement to be blocked, in our example 1/2 page, also blocks the booking of the triggering placement (in the example the whole page), a further rule must be created for this relation.

Special Feature: Blocked Positions and Rotations

If a blocked position blocks a placement with rotation, the limit multiplier can be used to block the entire rotation of the placement.

For example, a placement over the whole homepage blocks the simultaneous of 3 rotations of a Superbanner. The limit multiplier is therefore set to 3:

Technical Description

API Name	Label EN

API Name	Label EN
f42_dispo__BlockPositions__c	Block Position Rule

Field Name	Label EN	Typ	Comment

Field Name	Label EN	Typ	Comment
Name	Block Position Rule Number	Auto Number	Mandatory field. Is assigned as auto-number.
f42_dispo__AdPositionBlocked__c	Ad Position Blocked	Lookup(Ad Position)	Lookup relation to the placement to be blocked.
f42_dispo__AdPositionSource__c	Ad Position Source	Lookup(Ad Position)	Lookup relation to the placement that caused the blocking.
f42_dispo__LimitMultiplier__c	Limit Multiplier	Number(18, 0)	Number of slots to be blocked if the placements to be blocked are greater than 1.
f42_dispo__LockedVolume__c	Locked Volume	Percent(18, 0)	Regarding digital products. Defines the blocked volume in percent in relation to a triggered booking.
f42_dispo__Description__c	Description	Long Text Area(32000)	A short description can optionally be entered here.

Blocked Volume

For products that are billed through CPM and for a certain time period, it is possible to block a percentage of the placement. This percentage value is entered in the field f42_dispo__LockedVolume__c and is displayed in the quotation process below the actual booking: