Enabled additional Run Frequency configurations (1 & 3 hours)

First, approve the roles for which you will allow SmartSwitch (Access to roles requires being an Administrator on your Accounts).

Navigate to Control Center - Roles, then click the three vertical dots in the row which you would like to add SmartSwitch.

Under Offers, check the box for SmartSwitch with either Full Access or Read Only.

Navigate to Offers - SmartSwitch, then click + Add New Rule.

You will land on the General tab.

As you start filling in the fields, a preview of the rule will appear on the right side.

Please note that there is a maximum allowance of 30 individual rules.

Start/End Dates are optional. Leave blank if you do not wish to have dates associated with the rule.

Enable Notifications will send notifications to Employee Users when there is traffic being affected by a SmartSwitch rule. Please note that even if this setting is enabled, Employee Users will not receive them if they have disabled these specific notifications in their account. In the Portal, each Employee User can adjust their notification settings by navigating to Control Center - My Account > Notifications tab.

Enabling Notify Partners will send a notification to Partner Users whose traffic is affected by a SmartSwitch rule. Please note that even if this setting is enabled, your Partners will not receive them if they have disabled these specific notifications in their account. In the Partner Portal, each Partner User can control which notifications they receive by navigating to Company - My Account > Notifications tab.
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For a Partners' guide to managing notifications - [Click Here]

Targeted Entity Type: Decide whether your rule is based on Advertiser, which will include all Offers attached to the selected Advertiser(s), or is based on an Offer. If you choose Advertiser, SmartSwitch will apply to each offer individually from that Advertiser.

Click Next to move on to the Settings tab.

You will land on the Settings tab. As you start filling in the fields, a preview of the rule will appear on the right side.
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Using the settings entered below as an example, this would mean that a report will run every x hours (1, 3, 6, 12, 24 hours) that analyzes the Sub4 data from the past 24 hours to determine whether action is necessary. If there are sources that should be blocked (action), Partners and Networks are notified with a x hour (1, 2, 4, 6, 12, 24 hours + Custom) delay before the pause takes effect.

Variable: Select Source_id or Sub1-5 to indicate which data set you would like the rule to be associated with.

Action: Decide whether you would like to either 1) send the blocked Click to a blank page, 2) follow the Fail Traffic logic, or 3) simply receive a notification about the associated traffic.

Run Frequency: Define how often the data is checked against the rule.

Data Lookback Window: Define the time window each data check analyzes.

Action Delay: Define the length of time allowed between notifying the Partner/Network and the action taking effect.

Click Next to move on to the Rules tab.

You will land on the Rules tab. As you start filling in the fields, a preview of the rule will appear on the right side.

Using the settings entered below as an example, this would mean that once any Sub4 variable reaches 5001 total Clicks and the CVR (Conversions/total Clicks) is below .05%, the sub4 traffic source will be blocked an hour after the notification is sent. Once the Rule is set up, click Run Evaluation to determine whether any current traffic is affected by this rule.

Activation Thresholds must be met to enforce the associated KPI, and are defined by a specific data point and the assigned minimum or maximum value. They are Total Clicks, Revenue, Payout, Impressions, Events, Conversions (approved status) or All Conversions (approved, pending, rejected status excluding view-through conversions).

KPIs are Key Performance Indicators based on Events and associated values. You have the option of using regular KPIs or advanced KPIs.
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SmartSwitch makes real-time calculations based on your defined thresholds and KPIs to automate optimization. Please note that you can add multiple thresholds and KPIs by clicking the '+' and/or remove them by clicking the trashcan. Please note the following logic is applied when there are multiple settings implemented:

Events: Select Base, Event or the specific name of the Event to which this KPI will apply.

Metric: Determine the data point the rule will use in the KPI formula. You can read the definitions of the metrics [here]. Fraud Level: This metric is based on the parameter &fraud_flag=1 being passed in the advertiser postback. Please discuss with your advertisers if this metric is available.

Value: Assign a number or percent value to the event which the KPI formula is solving for.

To use advanced KPI, please toggle it on to find the input options:

Events: Select Base, Event or the specific name of the Event to which this KPI will apply.

Metric: Determine the data point the rule will use in the KPI formula. The metrics available under advanced KPI include:

Value: Assign a number or percent value to the event which the KPI formula is solving for.

Operator: Determine the nature of the value(s) associated to the metric. Options here are: greater than, less than, or a range.
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Click Next to move on to the Additional Options tab.

You will land on the Additional Options tab, which allows you to exclude a Partner / Variable combination from any rule.

Click Save to finalize the SmartSwitch rule.

Navigate to Offers - SmartSwitch, then click on the SmartSwitch Rule and go to the Actionable Variables tab.

Show Filters: Filter by Offer, Partner, Rule, Status, and Time Intervals (Created After, Created Before, Blocked After, Blocked Before) for a more granular historical view.

Apply to Selected: Select rules using the check boxes to apply either Block, Delete or Whitelist from the drop-down menu.

Click the three vertical dots on the far right end of each row for a detailed view.