Submit a creative for approval

A creative may run on a screen only with an approval. This guide follows one submission through the console, from the form to the files you load onto the players.

Related pages: Approval envelope and revocation list formats and Integration API, which creates submissions and uploads their media from your own software.

Before you start

Submissions are made from operator and agency accounts. The advertiser is named in the form, by name and BIN. An advertiser that has no such account asks its agency or operator to submit.
An operator account can pick only its own structures. An agency account picks from all active structures.
Have the file ready: MP4 or MOV (H.264, H.265), JPEG or PNG, up to 100 MB.

Fill in the form

Open Submissions and choose New submission.

Field	What to enter
Advertiser	The name of the advertiser, up to 300 characters
Advertiser BIN	12 digits. May be left empty
Notification number	Your reference, up to 100 characters. May be left empty
From, To	The placement period. The end date may not be before the start date, and a submission cannot be sent once the end date has passed (Asia/Almaty days)
Product category	One entry of the IAB Ad Product Taxonomy 2.0. It is required to send the submission
Fee plan	Single submission or Annual prepayment. No fee is charged in the test contour
Structures to run on	Tick each structure. Next to it, Plays per day is optional: if the actual plays of a full day stray by more than 30 % from what you declare, the platform raises an event
Creative file	The file to upload

Save draft keeps what you entered; the file is uploaded with it. A new file replaces the earlier one. A draft can be edited as long as it has not been sent.

Send it

Send for review needs the advertiser name, both dates, the category and the file. Without them the console names what is missing. After sending, the submission moves on by itself:

State	Meaning
Draft	Not sent. You can edit it
Submitted	Sent, waiting for the file check
Checking the file	The platform reads the file
In review	A moderator of the authority has the submission
Information needed	The moderator asked you a question. You can edit it
Awaiting approval	The moderator recommended it; an approver decides
Signing	The approval is being signed
Approved	The approval number is issued
Rejected	Refused. The History shows the reason. A rejected submission cannot be edited: make a new one
Withdrawn	You took it back

The Technical checks card of the submission lists container and codec, resolution, duration, frame rate, file integrity, audio on an outdoor structure, whether the file fits the screen and whether it fits the slot. The results are advisory, except that a broken file, or one that does not fit a chosen screen or slot, is returned to you. The History card lists every step with its time.

Answer a question

When the state is Information needed, the form shows the question under Moderator question. Change the data or the file and choose Send again. While a submission is a draft or waits for information, Withdraw takes it back.

Load the approval onto the players

When the state is Approved, the submission shows the approval number. Open Approvals and then the number. The page shows the manifest that was signed, with the SHA-256 of the file, the period and the structures. Two downloads make up the bundle for the player:

Download the creative: the media file.
Download the .p7s signature: the signed envelope, named after the creative file with .p7s added, for example spot.mp4 and spot.mp4.p7s.

Put both files side by side on the player. The player checks the signature and the checksum before it shows the file. Public check page opens the page that anyone can reach with the number.

The status of an approval in the list is Active, Expiring soon (valid for 7 more days or fewer), Expired, Not in force yet or Revoked. A revoked number enters the signed revocation list and the public page shows the revocation.

If it does not go through

The console says	What to do
This file type is not accepted	Use MP4 or MOV (H.264, H.265), JPEG or PNG
The file is over the size limit	Compress the file to 100 MB or less
An operator may pick its own structures only	Remove structures of other operators, or submit from an agency account
The period is over	Move the end date to today or later
New submissions are suspended by a violation case	A case on your structures suspends new submissions until the authority lifts it. See Answer a violation case