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Financial Changes

Note: Financial changes are amendments that impact the value of a booking or placement.

Key Rules

  • Financial changes can only be made in MEplan when bookings are in:

    • Planned

    • Booked

  • For Customer Invoiced or Vendor Invoiced bookings:

    • The booking must first be stepped back to Booked status in MEvision using:

      • Apply to Entries

      • Force Customer Financial Change

      • Or full voiding and rebooking (see Voiding section)

Rules Matrix Table

Amendment Type

Medium Type

Booking Status

Action Required

Rates – Parent Line

Traditional

Planned & Booked

 

 

Amend directly in MEplan

 

 

 

 

Digital

·         Planned 

 

 

 

·         Booked

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amend directly in MEplan 

 

 

 

Booking must first be removed from MEvision by:

  • Autoing the booking, or

  • Voiding the child line

 

Voiding can be done in one of two ways:

 

1.     Voiding is done through MEplan by selecting the ‘Goal’ view type and zeroing the value on the child. Reloading can then be done after autoing the booking.

 

2.     In NAV delete the booking/placement from the media purchase order issued for the booking. This will step the status back into a ‘Planned’ status in NAV. Once the booking/placement in in a ‘Planned’ status follow ‘Planned’ status above.

 

 

Rates (Child line)

Traditional

Planned & Booked

Make amendment in MEPlan

 

Digital

Planned & Booked

 

Rate changes on the child line is allowed in MEplan. Change the ‘Goal’/’Rate Card’ value on the ‘Actual’ column.

Time From & To (Parent line)

 

No Seconds (Parent line)

 

Traditional

Planned & Booked

 

 

 

Make amendment in MEPlan

 

Agency Commission (Nav)

 

Vendor Commission (Nav)

 

Traditional

Planned & Booked

 

 

Recalculate Plan Line

 

Agency Commission (Nav)

 

Digital

·         Planned

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·         Booked

 

Agency commission is factored into Digital calculations on the parent line. As parent line amendments are not allowed when child lines are committed first auto the booking/placement in MEPlan in order take the booking/placement out of NAV.

 

Once the booking is out of NAV (no tick) make the amendment on the parent line.

 

Voiding can be done in one of two ways:

 

1.     Voiding is done through MEplan by selecting the ‘Goal’ view type and zeroing the value on the child. Reloading can then be done.

2.     In NAV delete the booking/placement from the media purchase order issued for the booking. This will step the status back into a ‘Planned’ status in NAV. Once the booking/placement in in a ‘Planned’ status follow ‘Planned’ status above.

 

Vendor Commission (Nav)

 

Traditional & Digital

Planned & Booked

 

 

Recalculate Plan Line

 

Discounts/Surcharges

Traditional

Planned & Booked

 

Make amendment in MEPlan

 

Discount Groups

Traditional

Planned & Booked

 

 

 

Add the Discount Group code on the parent line in MEplan.

Digital

Planned & Booked

 

Discount Groups are loaded on the parent line. As parent line amendments are not allowed when child lines are committed first auto the booking/placement in MEPlan in order take the booking/placement out of NAV.

 

Once the booking is out of NAV (no tick) make the amendment on the parent line.

 

Voiding can be done in one of two ways:

 

3.     Voiding is done through MEplan by selecting the ‘Goal’ view type and zeroing the value on the child. Reloading can then be done.

4.     In NAV delete the booking/placement from the media purchase order issued for the booking. This will step the status back into a ‘Planned’ status in NAV. Once the booking/placement in in a ‘Planned’ status follow ‘Planned’ status above.

 

Telmar Re-import

 

·         Planned

 

 

·         Booked

 

Re-import csv file

 

 

 

Remove bookings/void

Re-import csv file

 

Amendment Type Medium Type Booking Status Action Required




Rates – Parent Line Traditional

Planned & Booked

Amend directly in MEplan

Digital Media Planned Amend directly in MEplan


Booked (Committed)
  • Parent lines cannot be edited while child lines are committed

  • Booking must first be removed from MEvision by:

    • Autoing the booking, or

    • Voiding the child line