Amazon Ad Server (AAS) supports two ways to manage creative assets:
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Uploading the assets as a part of workspace
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Adding the files as additional assets in your ads
Additional assets are useful when an ad contains dynamic elements for Dynamic Creative Optimization (DCO); it is recommended to store all images and videos as additional assets. A best practice to keep your workspace optimized is to include essential files such as the .config file, default image, and HTML file in your workspace, and store all other files in separate folders, but in the same directory as your Workspace.
Additional assets can be any file that a browser can display, such as images, videos, CSS, JavaScript, JSON, XML, or font files. A ad can have up to 100 additional assets.
Note
Note: Before you begin, locate the assets and workspace that you want to use.
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Select Creative > Assets Library.
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Click Upload to upload your workspace and assets.
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Create a new ad.
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In the Creative Assets section, select the Main Assets tab and define the workspace folder and default image.
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In the Creative Assets section, select the Additional Assets tab.
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Click Add Asset.
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Navigate to the folder where your assets are located.
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Select a file to add as an additional asset.
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Click Assign.
K-weight of ads are defined based on its workspace. When the ad has additional assets, those assets are also counted as a part of K-weight. AAS picks up the largest file among the additional assets and then combines its weight to the K-weight of the workspace. If the selected asset is a video and larger than any videos in the workspace, the video will be defined as the largest video in the workspace when K-weight is calculated. If additional assets are stored in a workspace, the total K-weight of all assets will count against the weight of the ad.
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Ad Type |
Ad Size Calculation |
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Regular ads with no videos |
The size of the workspace and the largest additional asset. |
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Rich Media ads with a video |
All of the non-video assets plus the largest video in the workspace. If there are additional assets, and one of them is larger than the largest workspace video, it will replace the video in the workspace. |
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DCO ads |
The sum of the non-video assets plus the largest video in the workspace. |
Returns an object with information about the asset. In local mode (before uploading), it will return null.
//returns information about the asset assigned with id No.1 as Additional Assets
var assetProps = EB.getAssetProps("",1);
//Get the width and height of the asset:
var assetWidth = assetProps.width;
var assetHeight = assetProps.height;
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Name |
Type |
Description |
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localPath |
String |
Path of the file relative to your ad's main |
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assetID |
Integer |
ID of the additional asset file in AAS. |
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Name |
Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
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assetID |
Number |
Unique ID for the asset in AAS. |
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bitRate |
Number |
Bitrate of videos. Value is -1 where bitRate does not apply. |
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dsPath |
String |
Relative path to the asset in AAS. |
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height |
Number |
Height of the asset, if relevant. |
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width |
Number |
Width of the asset, if relevant. |
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ordinalNum |
Number |
ID of the file in the additional assets list. Value is 0 for workspace assets. |
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type |
Number |
Returns the absolute URL of the asset. Returns an empty string if the asset was not located.
//returns absolute path of the asset assigned with id No.1 as Additional Assets
var imagePath = EB.getAssetUrl("",1);
// put the url in ‘image1’ element
document.getElementById('image1').setAttribute('src', imagePath);
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