Microsoft Invest - View line item details
The Line Item Details screen displays settings for a specific line item, essential metrics and performance visualizations, and related objects that may have been set up under the line item.
Getting to the Line Item Details pane
Select the appropriate tab (Upcoming, In Progress, or Completed) from the Line Items menu. From the Line Items grid, click anywhere within one of the rows to view details for a specific line item.
You can use the search field at the top of the Line Items screen to search for a specific line item or navigate from page to page using the pagination functionality at the bottom of the screen. For more information, see Searching for Objects.
Viewing line item settings
The settings that display here are read-only and can be edited by clicking Edit at the top of the Line Items Details screen. For more information, see Create an Augmented Line Item.
| Settings | Description |
|---|---|
| Peer Approval | Indicates whether or not peer approval is required before the line item can be set to active. Note: This setting cannot be updated at the line item level. For more information, see Peer Approval. |
| Optimization & and Budgeting | Specifies the optimization method and goal priority as well as all budgeting information that includes the following: payment model, revenue, budget, and total lifetime budget. |
| Flights | Specifies the start and end dates to indicate when the line item will begin and end based on the advertiser's time zone. Daypart settings also display here to define how you want to target users based on the day and time when they see impressions. For more information, see Daypart Targeting. |
| Programmable Splits | Indicates whether any programmable splits exist for the line item. For more information, see Working with Programmable Splits. |
| Creatives | Specifies the creative type, such as banner, and rotation that defines the creative delivery strategy that will be used when multiple creatives of the same size are trafficked to a line item, and includes the number of associated creatives along with their dimensions, name, and ID. If there's an issue with the creative, a yellow triangle indicator will display to the right of the uploaded file. For more information, see Working with Creatives. |
| Supply Strategy | Specifies the buying strategy, such as Open Exchange, Managed, or Deals, which is also referred to as the supply source, as well as settings related to: - Deals: Indicates whether all deals or specific deals will be targeted. - Inventory Type Targeting: Specifies the inventory types (app and/or web) that will be targeted. - Inventory Targeting: Specifies the inventory list (allowlists and blocklists) that will be used to constrain the inventory type. |
| Viewability | - Threshold: Specifies if a viewability threshold exists in which only impressions that contain a certain percentage of predicted viewability will be bought. - Video Targeting: Defines how you want target your video inventory based on the playback method, player size, and position. - Page Targeting: Displays details about the tag position and query strings.For more information, see Video Targeting. |
| Brand Safety Targeting | Specifies the brand safety segments, which are pre-defined by third-party verification vendors, that will be used to target inventory. These segments help apply additional quality controls to the inventory that is being targeted, such as exclude drugs. |
| Audience Targeting | - Demographics: Specifies the demographics, such as age and gender, that will be targeted. - System Targeting: Specifies the operating systems, browsers, languages, device models, and carriers that will be targeted. For more information, see System Targeting and Cross-device targeting. |
| Segment Targeting | Specifies the segments that will be used to target various users. For more information, see Segment Targeting. |
| Environment Targeting | - Device Type Targeting: Specifies the devices, such as PCs, phones, tablets, TVs, game consoles, and set-top boxes, that will be targeted. - System Targeting: Specifies the operating systems, browsers, languages, device models, and carriers that will be targeted.For more information, see Segment Targeting. |
| Key Value Targeting | Specifies the categories and items that will be targeted. Examples of keys include cars, cities, and countries. For more information, see Key/Value Targeting. |
| Reporting Labels | Indicates whether a Trafficker, Salesperson, or Line Item Type has been associated to the line item. If so, these labels can be used when running reports. For example, if a salesperson is associated with the line item, the report will be grouped by salesperson to compare line item performance across salespersons. |
| Comments | Displays any comments that have been recorded with the line item. Comments are for reference only and do not affect line item delivery. |
Viewing line item analytics
The Analytics tab provides detailed metric information in the form of graphs and charts so that you can:
- view flight progress, delivery, performance, and margin with a high level of granularity to keep track of how well your line items are pacing against the optimization goals that have been set.
- monitor associated splits to keep track of how they are delivering and performing.
- scan for problems using easy-to-read data visualizations.
- hover over the visuals to see specific data for a single day.
For more information, see Monitor Splits.
Troubleshooting line item delivery and bid performance
The Troubleshooting tab displays a prioritized list of top issues and bid performance messages to help you improve your line item delivery and impression count. For more information, see Troubleshoot Your Augmented Line Item Delivery and Bid Performance and Bid Performance Messages for Augmented Line Items.
Viewing child object details
To view child object details:
- Click the Associated Objects menu on the right of the Details pane.
- Select the appropriate object category such as Creatives.