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A new media plan is created when an ad operations specialist amends an activate advertisement campaign offer. The behavior of media plans that are created for amended orders differ from media plans that are created during the quoting phase of advertisement campaigns.
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When a media plan is created for an amended order, the same of records are created for the media plan as the original media plan for which the order was initially created. The media plan for the amended order is also associated with same opportunity as the original media plan. This means that the media plan consists of the same ad placements and services of the original media plan. The configuration of the ad placements and services are the same as the original media plan.
The admin can set up a configuration that sets Amended as the status of amended orders and the status of media plans that are created for amended orders. If you see that the status of orders remain as Activated after amendment and the status of the new media plan is set to Draft, check with your admin about quote and order statuses for order amendments. See Create Ad Availability View Configuration Records for Amended Orders.
After a media plan is created for an amended order, the media plan goes through the same lifecycle as any other media plan. So, the ad operations specialist performs tasks such as adding and removing ad placement and services, configuring ad placements and services, sending media plans for approvals, and generating contracts for media plans. After the media plan is approved and the advertiser or agency has signed off on the contract, the ad operations specialist can create an order for the media plan. To learn about how to work with media plans, see Manage Media Plans for Advertisement Campaigns.
The media plan that's created for an amended order inherits the name of the original media plan for which the amended order was created and the name also includes the phrase 'Amended Quote'. This naming construction helps ad operations specialists identify media plans for amended orders and the original media plan that the new media plan is based on. and the original . The original action type of quotes created for media plans of amended orders is set to Amend. The Amend original action type drives the behavior of media plans that are created for amended orders. If the admin has configured the reference decision tables to drive the behavior of media plans for amended orders, then the media planners aren't able to change pricing model of ad placements. To learn about the rules of the reference decision tables, see Media Plan Customization Decision Table Hierarchy and CSV Files.
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