Client Level

Client Level Buying Profile Window

If more than one rating service covers the market, key or Lookup a Preferred Rating Service code.
Use the Metering Priority? check box to indicate how you want to handle metered ratings.
- Selected - Metering is a priority and metered ratings will take precedence over nonmetered ratings from the Preferred Rating Service.
- Blank - Metering is not a priority.
Key or Lookup a Daypart Group code.

By default, the Daypart Group defined for the Buying Unit (company/office level) is displayed at the client level, but you can key or Lookup a different daypart group code. Only dayparts in this group may be used in buying for this client/media.
Key or Lookup the Survey Table # to be used to control post-analysis assignment of air dates to rating surveys.
Use the ISCI Required drop down to specify how ISCI codes are to be used in affidavit entry for this client.

Yes - An ISCI code is required for affidavit entry and matching. Release and recall dates are compared to those keyed during affidavit entry. ISCIs airing outside of the defined date range are flagged as unsuccessful on the Affidavit Entry Screen and the Affidavit Matching Report.

No - ISCI codes are not used in affidavit entry.

Optional - The ISCI fields display in Affidavit entry but are not required or validated for matching.
If you have defined sort codes, you can designate a default sort code to be used in printing reports for this client.
If you are using the Variable Weeks feature, you can use the Week Start Day drop down menu to specify a day other than Monday.

The Week Start Day control is designed to be used if you are using the Variable Week feature.

You can accept the default of Monday to use standard broadcast weeks or key a different Week Start Day to be used for this client only.

The default Week Start Day setting is configured in the Estimate Definition where it may be changed.
Use the Posting Minute Variance Before and After drop downs to set the number of minutes before and after the quarter hour break.

The default values for the Posting Minute Variance come from the Spot Time Variance: Allowable +/- setting in the Buying Unit Profile Definition. However, you can change them.

The Posting Minute Variance setting enables you to set the number of minutes before and after the quarter hour break. When the Posting Minute Variance is set to zero (0), the quarter hour rating will be used without regard to quarter hour averaging.

For example, suppose that you set the Before value to 2 minutes and the After value to 3 minutes. As such, if a spot airs 3 minutes after a quarter hour break (:00, :15, :30, :45), the variance will subtract 3 minutes from the invoiced time.

Now, if the calculated time falls into the previous quarter hour, the result will be an average between the two- quarter hours. For instance, suppose that a a spot aired at 10:02 pm. By subtracting 3 minutes from the invoiced time, the new time would be 9:59 pm. Since 9:59 pm falls into the 9:45-9:59 quarter hour, the result would be an average of the 9:45-9:59 quarter hour and the 10:00-10:14 quarter hour.

Keep in mind that the Posting Minute Variance setting affects all Post-Buy reports.
You can type comments in the text fields in the Client Comment section.

Enter the client specific comments that you want to appear on the Buy Detail Report, Buy Daily Detail Report, and Schedule Summary Report.

You can enter up to four lines of text. Each text box will can contain a maximum of 145 characters.
If the Client that you have selected has any products that have a Billing Profile, but not a Buying Profile, you'll see the Create Product Buying Profiles section.
The Create Product Buying Profile section will not appear if the client's products do not have Billing Profile or if the products have a Billing Profile and a Buying Profile.

The Create Product Buying Profiles section makes it easier for you to add your product buying profile records to the system. However, you'll still need to individually configure each product's Buying Profile Definition at the Product Level.
- Select the check box next to the product.
- Key at least one Demo.
  The demo that you key in the first Demo field will become the product's primary demo. As you enter demos, keep in mind that:
  1. The primary demo may be either a rating or impression.
    
    You may only use demos approved in the Buying Unit Profile.
  If you want, you can identify up to nine other approved demos for the product.
  
  When entering your demos, be sure to identify each demo by preceding it with the correct code letter:
  
  R - rating
  I - impression
  S -share
  P - PVT
  
  For example RM1834.
  
  Remember that these demos will default to the estimate level but you may change them there.
- Click the Save icon.
If you want to configure various buying guideline rules and have them automatically set up on the Filters tab in the Buy Module, you can use the Conditional Formatting section to do so.
If you want to be able to adjust ratings for shorter spot lengths, you can click the Equivalizer button to access the Spot Length Equivalency feature.
Click the Save icon to save the settings.