Proof of play

The proof of play feature lets you track the playback of media items across your displays. Simply tag videos and images in playlists or template states with media elements, and get a quick overview of playback times and durations. You can also group proof of play tags logically — for campaigns, for example — which is useful for reports that count total playtime and impressions across displays.

This tutorial covers two parts: first, creating a tag on the Proof of play tab and tagging media items to track them, then creating reports from that data.

You can also integrate proof of play data into analytics tools like Power BI.

Note: this is an initial version of the feature, and we plan to add more functionality in future releases.

Topics covered:

Proof of play tab,
Playlists tab

TUTORIAL STEPS:

A) Create a new proof of play tag: Open the Proof of play tab. Click on the New button.
B) Proof of play tag configuration: Name your proof of play tag. Save the new proof of play tag configuration.
C) Assign the proof of play tag to the playlist item/s. Open a playlist on the Playlists tab. Tick the checkboxes in the proof of play column for the items whose playback you want to track. Select the proof of play tag from the dropdown list. Save the playlist.
D) Assign the playlist to a connected display. Open a connected display configuration on the Displays tab. Assign the playlist from the previous step to the display configuration. 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 Reopen the proof of play tag you created earlier on the Proof of play tab. 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.

Documentation Index

Media proof of play tracking