Media proof of play tracking
  • 02 Nov 2023
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Media proof of play tracking

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Article summary

You can track the playback of media items with the proof of play feature. Simply tag videos, images in playlists or template states with media elements and get a quick overview of playback times and durations. You can create proof of play tags that form some logical groups, for example, for campaigns. Such grouping can help in creating special reports where total time of playtime on displays is counted and impressions. 

This tutorial will show you how to first create a tag on the Proof of play tab, and then how to tag media items to track them. The second part is about creating reports. 

You can integrate data from proof of play into data analytic tools, like Power BI. 

Note: We have created this feature as an initial version and plan to add more functions in future versions. 

Topics covered:
  • Proof of play tab, 
  • Playlists tab



TUTORIAL STEPS:

A) Create a new proof of play tag:

  1. Open the Proof of play tab.
  2. Click on the New button.

B) Proof of play tag configuration: 

  1. Name your proof of play tag.
  2. Save the new proof of play tag configuration.




C) Assign the proof of play tag to the playlist item/s.

  1. Open a playlist on the Playlists tab.
  2. Tick the checkboxes in the proof of play column for the items whose playback you want to track.
  3. Select the proof of play tag from the dropdown list.
  4. Save the playlist.
D) Assign the playlist to a connected display.

  1. Open a connected display configuration on the Displays tab.
  2. Assign the playlist from the previous step to the display configuration.
  3. Save the display configuration.

IMPORTANT: The tagged item/s must appear on connected displays before you can see the data in reports. 
E) Proof of play report

  1. Reopen the proof of play tag you created earlier on the Proof of play tab.
  2. Preview the report of tracked items for the current month.
 

Additional features - buttons at the bottom of the page:

Generate report
Generate your custom report.

Tracked items
View all items that have this tag assigned to them.
Reset counter
Reset the tracked time of tagged items.

Additional information on how to integrate proof of play data into data analytics tools like Power BI. 

Use the URL of the cloud environment and add the suffix:

  • apiv1/vue/proof-of-play/generate/raw-data
  • apiv1/vue/proof-of-play/generate/item-per-player
  • apiv1/vue/proof-of-play/generate/item-in-total

For example: https://your instance access URL /apiv1/vue/proof-of-play/generate/raw-data

IMPORTANT: The reports are limited to 7 days, if you need more data, please reach out to us. 




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