Ad Tool Assets

Article Topics: NATS Admin, Ad Tools

Ad Tools are assets that affiliates use to promote a site. You can view all of your Ad Tools for a specific type in the Ad Tool Asset List. On the Asset List page, you can add and manage your Ad Tools for an ad tool type.

There are multiple ways to access the Ad Tool Asset List, but the easiest way is by clicking on the "Actions" button next to your desired Ad Tool Type, and then clicking "View Ad Tool Assets".

View our article on Adding and Editing Ad Tools for more information on different ways of navigating to the Ad Tool Asset List.

Filtering and Sorting

To filter the Ad Tool table, click the "Filter" button at the top-right corner of the page.

Clicking the "Sort" button next to the "Filter" button allows you to sort by different categories including Banners, Height, Width, File Size, Thumb Ext, Alt Text and Type. You can also change the order from ascending or descending. Lastly, the amount of Ad Tools displayed per page can be changed.

Ad Tool Overview

​To access an Ad Tool's Overview, either click on the desired Ad Tool ID in the Ad Tool Asset List or click the "Actions" button to the right of the Ad Tool and click "Ad Tool Overview".

The Ad Tool Overview displays Ad Tool details while allowing you to edit their information and manage rules for each Ad Tool.

Details Tab

The Details Tab holds information regarding your Ad Tool, as well as lets you update some of the Ad Tool's details.

The information on this tab includes:

• ID: A unique identifier for the Ad Tool.

• Ad Tool Category: The Ad Tool category that this ad tool is in.

• Ad Tool Type: The corresponding Ad Tool type that this Ad Tool is in.

• Published: The date and time that the Ad Tool was published. This time and date are set when creating the ad tool.

• Groups: The Ad Tool group or groups that the Ad Tool is a part of. This can be edited and updated by clicking the "Update" button next to this field.

Rules

The Rules Tab is where you can set rules for your Ad Tool for any target affiliates, programs, sites, and/or tours.

To add a new rule, click the "Add New" button at the top-right of the tab. There, you can set a SHOW, HIDE, or IGNORE rule for your target, as well as set the target affiliate, program, site, and tour. If no targets are set for a field, it will default to ALL.

To filter the types shown in the Rules table, click on the button next to the search bar and choose the desired types to be displayed.

You can edit a rule by clicking the "Actions" button to the right of a rule and then clicking "Edit This Rule". You can also remove a rule (which changes its type to IGNORE and status to Expired) by clicking the "Actions" button next to an active rule and clicking "Remove This Rule."

Adding a New Ad Tool

To add a new Ad Tool, click on the "Add New Ad Tool" action button at the top-right of the Ad Tool Asset List section of Ad Tool Management.

You will need to fill in all of the information in each field and choose the file to be displayed as the Ad Tool. The fields that you need to fill in are the fields described and made in the Fields Tab of your Ad Tool Type Overview.

To learn more about adding and editing Ad Tools, see "How to add new Ad Tool Types."

Once finished, click the "Add New Ad Tool" button, and the Ad Tool

Adding and Editing Ad Tools