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| Fax reports directly | Most system reports can be faxed directly from DDS to vendors. Fax status can be viewed in DDS applications. |
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| Email and download reports | Many DDS reports can be accessed immediately, where it can be downloaded or emailed directly from the DDS system in the following formats: HTML, PDF, CSV or Excel spreadsheet. |
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| Email and download data | Data can be downloaded or emailed directly from many DDS applications in the following formats: html, pdf, csv or Excel spreadsheet. |
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| Export data to relational reporting systems | Data can be directly exported into an agency's relational reporting database or system, where it can be manipulated or queried using SQL query tools. |
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| User comments upload | Users can upload user-defined comments into the system. |
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| User-defined field upload | Users can upload user-defined fields into the system. |
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| Local TV and radio system |
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| Proposals and Letters of Instruction | Agencies can fax proposals and letters of instruction directly from the DDS system. |
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| Local TV |
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| Goal upload | Buyers can upload goals from third-party vendors directly to the DDS system. |
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| Electronic avails | Sellers can send avails to buyers electronically; buyers can then upload these avails directly to the DDS system. |
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| Buy upload | Buyers can upload buys from third-party vendors directly to the DDS system. |
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| *Electronic orders and revisions | Buyers can send orders and order revisions electronically to sellers. |
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| *Electronic contracts | Sellers can generate contracts electronically. |
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| *Electronic invoices | Sellers can send invoices to agencies electronically. |
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| Radio |
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| Goal upload | Buyers can upload goals from third-party vendors directly to the DDS system. |
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| Buy upload | Buyers can upload buys from third-party vendors directly to the DDS system. |
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| *Electronic XML orders and revisions | Agencies can send XML orders and order revisions to sellers electronically. |
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| *Electronic invoices | Sellers can send invoices to agencies electronically. |
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| Local cable |
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| Goal upload | Buyers can upload goals from third-party vendors directly to the DDS system. |
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| Buy upload | Buyers can upload buys from third-party vendors directly to the DDS system. |
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| *Electronic invoices | Sellers can send invoices to agencies electronically. |
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| National TV and radio system |
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| Goal upload | Buyers can upload media budget data directly to the system. |
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| Program record upload | Agencies can upload program record data, both regular and NAD, directly to the system. |
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| Package Header report | Agencies can email or fax the Package Header report. |
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| Electronic Package Header report | Agencies can send an electronic file version of the Package Header report |
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| Original buy deal/contracts (TECC version 1.0, ANSI X12 843/850 and DDS proprietary format) | Vendors and agencies can upload directly to the system in a variety of supported formats. Primarily used by the cable industry to transmit original deals. |
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| Revised buy deal/contracts (TECC version 1.0) | Vendors and agencies can upload revisions directly to the system. Primarily used by the cable industry to transmit original deals. |
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| Fax Letters of instruction | System enables users to automatically fax national broadcast instructions directly to network traffic departments. |
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| Net pattern upload | Users can upload pattern records into the DDS system from third-party systems. |
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| Proprietary file export to third-party applications | Agencies can send a third-party application the proprietary unit file of the media-buying application to alter particular fields. Useful in external application allocation scenarios. |
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Print and out-of-home system |
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| Online insertion orders and space reservations | Buyers can send online insertion orders and space reservations. Vendors receive email notifications, then check orders online where they can approve or reject it and enter comments.
Insertion orders can also be imported directly into a vendor’s database or system. |
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| Faxed insertion orders and space reservations | The system can fax insertion orders and space reservations, and reports when the faxes are delivered. |
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| Insertions upload (Print Buy Upload) | Buyers can upload directly to the DDS system. |
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| Upload user-defined fields for Product and Estimate records | Buyers can upload directly to the DDS system. |
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| Tearsheets upload | Agencies can upload directly to the DDS system. |
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| Production system |
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| Email and fax bids and production orders to vendors | Emails and faxes can be sent directly from the DDS system. |
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| Email and fax production estimates to clients | Emails and faxes can be sent directly from the DDS system. |
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| Production invoice input transaction uploads | Upload large electronic invoice files from your vendor into the DDS system. |
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| Production estimate and billing transmissions in ANSI or flat file formats via FTP, BDE or email | ANSI standard formats and agency-defined file formats are used to create estimate and/or billing transmissions that can be sent to and uploaded directly to your client's payable/receivable systems. |
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| General accounting system |
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| *Positive pay (A57) | DDS provides support for positive payment services by sending check disbursement data to the bank, which verifies the data on checks before checks clear the agency’s account. |
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| *Electronic bank reconciliation (ACR) | To assist with cash reconciliation, the bank periodically sends DDS deposit and statement information, which is then uploaded to an agency’s cash accounts. |
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| *Electronic Check Transmissions | DDS provides check and remittance information in a flat data file that can be:
- Printed by the agency using third-party software
- Sent to the bank for electronic funds transmission or check and remittance printing |
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| Transaction and data uploads | Allows an agency to upload the following types of data and/or transactions from a data file to the DDS system:
- Financial and employee budgets
- Employee information
- Cash application data
- Recurring charges or transactions that come from another system or vendor |
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| *Output to third-party financial consolidation systems | Allows an agency to create customized reports with data that can be downloaded and fed into a third-party system. |
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| Payroll/Timekeeping |
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| *Electronic payroll uploads | Allows DDS to upload payroll information to the DDS system, on behalf of the agency, from a payroll services company. |