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  1. I'm not aware of anyone that has actually reported they have done this - but that doesn't mean it can't be done.

     

    I suspect the most likely way of having this work is using a geofence system that can detect the region someone is in, and trigger a request to Revive Adserver for the appropriate content.

     

    But as to recommendations for the technology to do that, sorry - it's not something I've had a chance to look into yet.

  2. So, this is what the database schema should be if your version of Revive Adserver is saying that you're running schema version 613:

     

    https://github.com/revive-adserver/revive-adserver/blob/master/etc/changes/schema_tables_core_613.xml

     

    So, when it says something like:

     

    index missing from table: data_intermediate_ad_variable_value.data_intermediate_ad_con

     

    I would be looking here for the full table definition:

     

    https://github.com/revive-adserver/revive-adserver/blob/master/etc/changes/schema_tables_core_613.xml#L2404

     

    And then scrolling down to here, where the indexes for that table are defined:

     

    https://github.com/revive-adserver/revive-adserver/blob/master/etc/changes/schema_tables_core_613.xml#L2790

     

    Hopefully, that's reasonably clear, and you can see the 6 indexes that this table has, and you can compare that with your database to see what's been added/removed.

  3. I would like to ask if there will be no problem renaming and adding parameters in asyncjs.php?

     

     

    No, it should be fine to hack the source of Revive Adserver if you want to / have a need to. Just be aware that you may have to repeat that with every upgrade, so offload as much of your custom work as you can into new files that you can just copy over when it's time to upgrade, and keep the changes to the core files as small as you can, to make life easier later on.

  4. Thanks for the link but that's for banner delivery invocation tags.

     

    My question was more in regards to the "Tracking" invocation tags.

     

     

    Ah, sorry, didn't understand that!

     

    As above, basically, though. JS needs JavaScript, and is more flexible and adaptable to deal with more situations. Image is just image, and needs programming on your behalf to do cache busting.

  5. Option 1 won't work - there's no bracketing of the AND logic unfortunately, so you're effectively limiting to display only between 2pm and 8pm on the relevant dates.

     

    Option 2 seems the better approach (although your final day start/end times don't match the stated original desired end time!).

     

    As a general rule, most people tend to avoid those kind of start/stop times, and just use dates, so it can be done at the campaign level, and use the limitations to block out certain days or times where the banners should not run.

  6. You say "priority", but then talk about not waiting a "priority" of zero, because that defeats the purpose of limiting daily views.

     

    So, I suspect you're actually talking about capping limitations, not priority?

     

    Either way, though - if you're using direct selection for banners, then the whole concept of priorities and/or limits is completely irrelevant, unfortunately. If you ask for a specific banner, you get that specific banner. If you ask for banners of a given keyword, you get a banner.

     

    I don't think direct selection pays any attention to things like priorities and limitations.... Or, perhaps it just causes DS to fail when they are set up.

     

    DS wasn't really built to work for these kinds of things, from memory - and almost certainly hasn't been well maintained. 

     

    We pretty much feel here at Revive Adserver that we don't want to document DS, and that we'll eventually deprecate the functionality...

     

    Doing it through zones is the preferred way.

  7. Can you provide more details on how the campaign is set up, what it's linked to, what kind of limitations are in place, etc?

     

    Seeing the numbers go down like that makes me think that Revive Adserver is desperately and continuously scaling back the priority of the campaign because it thinks that the campaign is going to over deliver - so I have a feeling it's perhaps not set up to deliver how you want it?

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