Production Widgets
The Issue Calendar widget brings all of your important Issue Dates together into a single calendar view. The widget not only shows you information about your Issue Dates, it also includes data about each Issue’s sales, goals, pages, and inventory. You can add the widget to your dock, which means you can have access to all of your Issue Dates, from anywhere in the site.
Note
To view this widget, you must have the User Permission ‘Issues Calendar’.
To add the widget to your dashboard, make sure you are in edit mode. Click Add Widget in the upper right corner. You will get a window that shows widget types. View the Production type and select Issue Calendar.
By default, all Publications, Issues, and Date Types will show up on the widget, but you can change the information that is displayed by clicking on the gear icon in the widget's upper right corner. In the edit popup, you can name the widget, add it to your dock, and configure it to your liking
You can filter the widget to only show results for a single Publisher or Publication Market. Or, you can use the Publication multi-select to choose a single, or multiple publications to view results for.
Note
If Organization filtering is enabled in your system, and you are assigned to a Publisher, then only that Publisher will show up as an option for the Publisher search field. The publications that will be available in the dropdown will be only those for that Publisher.
The Issues dropdown will only show up once you have selected at least one Publication. The Issues multi-select will show all of the issues for the publications chosen.
Tip
Use the Issue Start and End Date filters to narrow down the options that show up in the Issues dropdown. When you enter a date range, only Issues that fit within the dates searched will show up as selectable options. These fields can be very helpful when you have many issues you need to sort through.
If you do not use the Date Type filter to choose specific Date Types, then all Date Types will show up on the widget. But if you only care about the issue’s Reporting Date and Cover Date, for example, then use the Date Type dropdown to select those dates. Then, only the Reporting and Cover dates will show up in the widget.
The widget will show up on your dashboard as a calendar, and you can toggle between a monthly and a weekly format by using the dropdown in the widget’s upper right corner.
Whether you are viewing the widget as a week or a month, you will see a Publication Name, Issue Name, and Date Type wherever there is a relevant Issue Date.
By clicking on a specific day, you will open up a detail panel on the right side of the widget. In the panel, you will once again see the Publication Name, Issue Name, and Date Type for each result. If you click on one of the results, however, you will see more details about the Issue.
For both Print and Digital Issues, you will see the Publication, Executive Publisher, Editor, number of Ads Sold, total Ad Sales, and the Issues Goal. Most of these fields are set on the Issue itself.
For Print Issues, you will also see data about the Issue’s pages, including the total Ad Pages, Editorial Pages, Total Pages, and the Ad to Editorial Page Ratio. There is also a link to the Issue Snapshot Report, which will open up the report with the Publication, Issue, and Issue Month/Year Range fields automatically filled in.
For Digital Issues, rather than page information, you will see inventory data. For each inventory type, including Impressions, Clicks, Events, Days, and Flat, you will see both the available inventory and the sold inventory. All of these are set on the Issue level. There is also a link to the Online/Digital Snapshot Report, which will open up the report with the Publication, Issue, and Issue Month/Year Range fields automatically filled in.
The Digital Calendar widget brings the Digital Ad Calendar page to your dashboard for easy access. The widget also has increased functionality over the Digital Ad Calendar page, as it includes Digital Media items in addition to Digital Ad items. Your production team can now see a calendar view of all of your digital products in one location. Access to this widget is determined by your permissions.
To add the widget to your dashboard, make sure you are in edit mode. Click Add Widget in the upper right corner. You will get a window that shows widget types. View the Production type and select Digital Calendar.
The widget is configurable by clicking on the gear icon in the upper right corner. There are many filters you can search by, including product type, product, company, probability, publisher, publication, ad size, and frequency, all of which make this widget highly customizable. From the edit pop-up, you can also add this widget to your dock for easy access. Click save when you are done editing.
If your system has Organization Filtering enabled, you may be restricted to certain publishers.
By default, the Digital Calendar will display a month view. If you want, you can choose to see a week view instead by clicking on the drop-down in the upper right corner and selecting ‘Week’.
Clicking on a specific day will open up a panel on the right side of the calendar that shows a more detailed view. From the panel, you are able to click on specific items to see more details and perform actions. You can navigate to the company page by clicking on the company name. Clicking on the ticket icon will bring you directly to the ticket for that item.