Checking the progress of an ad campaign

With Adfox, you can keep track of your ad campaign progress if the campaign is limited in terms of impressions, clicks, or time. Please note that targeting parameters are not factored in the progress assessment.

To check the progress of an ad campaign, go to Campaigns → Commercial. You can view the progress in the Actual / Plan column.

Clicking the line with the campaign opens a side panel that shows the campaign's general settings as well as its current and forecasted progress. For accounts with the Campaign/flight/banner hierarchy module enabled, the campaign progress is available at the flight level.

Note

If there is no Actual / Plan column in the list of campaigns, click above the list and check whether the display of this column is enabled in the Column Settings window.

Checking the progress of a campaign with a general limit

For campaigns with a general limit on the number of impressions and/or clicks, the campaign progress is represented as a process indicator, with the following metrics being available:

1. Actual show rate

Shown as a percentage and has color-code identification. Calculated using the following formula:

Actual rate=actual impressionstotal impression limit × 100%Actual\ rate\mathrm {=\frac{actual\ impressions}{total\ impression\ limit} \ } \times \ 100\%

To sort the list of campaigns by the actual rate, click Actual progress ↓ in the column name. Campaigns will be sorted in the descending order. If you click it again, the order will be switched to ascending.

2. Expected show rate

Indicated by the | label on the indicator. Calculated using the following formula:

Expected rate=potential impressionstotal impression limit × 100%Expected\ rate\mathrm {=\frac{potential\ impressions}{total\ impression\ limit} \ } \times \ 100\%

The number of potential impressions is calculated based on the assumption that they are evenly distributed over time during the entire campaign period.

Note

The metric is not displayed if the campaign end date is not set.

3. Plan compliance

Calculated using the following formula:

Plan compliance=actual impression rateexpected impression rate × 100%Plan\ compliance\mathrm {=\frac{actual\ impression\ rate}{expected\ impression\ rate} \ } \times \ 100\%

If compliance with the plan is 95% or more, it means that the campaign is likely to be completed on time or even before the specified end date.

In such cases, the campaign progress indicator is green.

If the metric is between 80% and 95%, there is a risk that the campaign may not be completed on time.

The campaign progress indicator will be yellow.

If compliance with the plan is less than 80%, the risk of failure to complete the campaign on time increases. In this case, we recommend changing the campaign targeting and analyzing other campaigns that use the same inventory.

The campaign progress indicator will be red.

To sort the list of campaigns by plan compliance, click Plan compliance ↓ in the column name. Campaigns will be sorted in descending order. If you click it again, the order will switch to ascending.

Note

The metric is not displayed if the campaign end date is not set.

1. Actual click-through rate

Shown as a percentage and has color-code identification. Calculated using the following formula:

Actual rate=actual clickstotal click limit × 100%Actual\ rate\mathrm {=\frac{actual\ clicks}{total\ click\ limit} \ } \times \ 100\%

To sort the list of campaigns by the actual rate, click Actual progress ↓ in the column name. Campaigns will be sorted in the descending order. If you click it again, the order will be switched to ascending.

2. Expected click-through rate

Indicated by the | label on the indicator. Calculated using the following formula:

Expected rate=potential clickstotal click limit × 100%Expected\ rate\mathrm {=\frac{potential\ clicks}{total\ click\ limit} \ } \times \ 100\%

The number of potential click-throughs is calculated based on the assumption that they are evenly distributed over time during the entire campaign period.

Note

The metric is not displayed if the campaign end date is not set.

3. Plan compliance

Calculated using the following formula:

Plan compliance=actual click rateexpected click rate × 100%Plan\ compliance\mathrm {=\frac{actual\ click\ rate}{expected\ click\ rate} \ } \times \ 100\%

If compliance with the plan is 95% or more, it means that the campaign is likely to be completed on time or even before the specified end date.

In such cases, the campaign progress indicator is green.

If the metric is between 80% and 95%, there is a risk that the campaign may not be completed on time.

The campaign progress indicator will be yellow.

If compliance with the plan is less than 80%, the risk of failure to complete the campaign on time increases. In this case, we recommend changing the campaign targeting and analyzing other campaigns that use the same inventory.

The campaign progress indicator will be red.

To sort the list of campaigns by plan compliance, click Plan compliance ↓ in the column name. Campaigns will be sorted in descending order. If you click it again, the order will switch to ascending.

Note

The metric is not displayed if the campaign end date is not set.

If a campaign has impression and click limits, the indicator only shows campaign progress related to clicks.

Checking the progress of a campaign without impression and click limits

If there are no impression and/or click-through limits set for the campaign, its progress is displayed as a chart with data on impressions (clicks) for the last 7 days:

If there were no impressions/clicks for the campaign in the last 7 days, the campaign progress chart is not available.

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