out of page size

[lee]

How does one determine a size is an out of page one?   I read in previous post on this forum that says 1x1 should be interpretted as out of page.   On network 38302577, adunit 'home out of page' has a size 'out-of-page' setup.   The API doesn't return any size for this adunit.  For the adunit 'home_1x1", size 1x1 setup.   This size is returned in the API.    How does the Google DFP UI determine which size is 'out of page'?

[Tesfamichael Hailegeorgis(DFP API Team)]

Hi,

The size of the ad unit 'Home out of page' is not shown as 1X1 on the UI as well. But, the Ad unit 'home_1x1' has size 1X1 in the UI and this can be returned via the API (width and height are both 1). Size has to be specified in terms of width and height. The name given to a 1X1 size is out of page which is either native, ignored or fluid size. The API returns the dimensions(width and height) for the size field. Feel free to let us know if you have further question on this.

Thanks,

Tesfamichael Hailegeorgis, DFP API Team

[lee]

My question is why the API doesn't return the 'out of page' size whereas the Google UI shows it has an 'out of page' size for the 'home out of page' adunit.

[Tesfamichael Hailegeorgis(DFP API Team)]

Hi,

There is no size as out-of-page in the API. The out-of-page is a name to identify the 1X1 size. When you create an ad unit, you can set the size as 1X1 so that I will be an out-of-page size and this can be returned via the API. I agree, it shows as out-of-page on the UI and it is not returned through the API, there are few things that are shown on the UI but not through the API. In this case, the API is not a perfect mirror of the UI.

Thanks,

Tesfamichael Hailegeorgis, DFP API Team

[lee]

Isn't this a bug in the API then?  If the UI allows us to set an 'out of page' size, shouldn't the API at least return this as 1x1?

[Tesfamichael Hailegeorgis(DFP API Team)]

Hi,

Sorry for the delayed response.

Just to clarify, the sizes like 1x1 are pixels and out-of-page isn't represented as pixels. That is why 1x1 cannot be returned for out-of-page on the UI. 1x1 on the creativePlaceholder represents out-of-page when it's used in conjunction with IS_INTERSTITIAL. So,out-page-is a special construct and we won't return it via the API.

Thanks,

Tesfamichael Hailegeorgis, DFP API Team

[Andrew]

There still seems to be an issue remaining, or perhaps my misunderstanding: 

Example:

When you create a line item with Out of Page as the creativePlaceholder size, the Google DFP Web UI filters the ad units to BOTH the ad unit with 1x1 and the ad unit with Out of Page assigned.

When you create a line item with 1x1 as the creativePlaceholder size, the Google DFP Web UI filters the ad units to ONLY the ad unit with 1x1 assigned.

However, the API, when resulting ad units, will not return the Out of Page size when it is assigned to an ad unit - i.e. the size collection is empty if Out of Page was the only size assigned to the ad unit. So from an external app using the API, how can we achieve the filtering that is apparently required? How can we determine from the API to allow the ad unit that has Out of Page assigned based on the creativePlaceholder size?

Thanks

[Tesfamichael Hailegeorgis(DFP API Team)]

Hi Andrew,

If you create a line item with out of page size on the UI and try to pull it via the API, you will get the following response for the creativePlaceholder:

<creativePlaceholders>

                        <size>

                            <width>1</width>

                            <height>1</height>

                            <isAspectRatio>false</isAspectRatio>

                        </size>

                        <expectedCreativeCount>1</expectedCreativeCount>

                        <creativeSizeType>INTERSTITIAL</creativeSizeType>

                    </creativePlaceholders>

So, CreativePlaceholder applies to line items. It doesn't apply to ad units:

https://developers.google.com/doubleclick-publishers/docs/reference/v201511/LineItemService.CreativePlaceholder#creativeSizeType

Thanks,

Tesfamichael Hailegeorgis, DFP API Team

[rishi sharma]

Hi Andrew,

did you solve this issue? i have the same issue, tried creating adUnits with size 1x1 and fullDisplayString as "Out-of-page", but does not help on the UI side when filtering in the line item when selecting the inventory...

thanks in advance

riShi

On Monday, February 1, 2016 at 7:01:57 PM UTC-5, Andrew wrote:

[Vincent Racaza (DFP API Team)]

Hi Rishi,

For line items, "out-of-page" size for the creativePlaceholder is supported. You just need to set the size to "1x1" and the creativeSizeType to INTERSTITIAL.

In the creation of ad units via the API, only the fluid size is supported by setting isFluid to true, but the actual value of "Out-of-page" size is still not supported. You can follow our blog to receive any future updates like new releases.

If you have other clarifications, kindly create a new forum thread so your new concern will be easily tracked.

Thanks,

Vincent Racaza, DFP API Team