Alert tool

Owned by Florian Rögner
Last updated: Oct 23, 2024 by Patrick Mc Laren
3 min read

ATF SDK provides a tool that can be used to report suspicious ads on a webpage. This tool can be turned on via the console (or with a button on a toolbar which needs to be created before). It allows to inspect the selected ad from all ads that were served and is used to send this  information along with a comment to a predefined email address (default is atf_dig_prodtech@adtechfactory.com).

 Provided information about the ad slot and ad:

  • OrderId

  • LineItemId

  • CreativeId

  • Creative code

  • Ad slot type

  • Delivered size

  • URL

  • Ad unit path

  • Slot Targeting

Bookmark the Ad Alert Tool in your Browser

It will be a helpful to save the Ad Alert Tool as a bookmark in the bookmarks bar of the browser. Here we show you how to for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox:

Chrome

  1. Right-Click on the bookmarks bar and select the marked entry as shown in the screenshot below:

     

  2. A new tab opens and in the upper right corner you can see three dots. On a mouse-over you can see “Organize”. Click on the dots and you will see the following screenshot. Select the marked line of the drop-down menu.

     

  3. A new small window will open. Fill in the lines as shown bellow.
    Name: The name you fill in will appear in the bookmark-tab in the browser.
    URL: javascript:window.atf&&window.atf.report()

 

Firefox

  1. Right-Click on the bookmarks bar and select the marked entry as shown in the screenshot below:

     

  2. A new small window will open. Fill in the lines as shown bellow.
    Name: The name you fill in will appear in the bookmark-tab in the browser.
    URL: javascript:window.atf&&window.atf.report()

 

Report an alert

To run an alert for a suspicious ad on a website you only have to push your new created bookmark Ad Alert Tool in the bookmarks bar. The following small window will open an you have to fill in the following information for us:

  1. Which ad slot contains the suspicious ad?

  2. Your E-Mail-adress (reporter)

  3. Short description - why should we take action?

  4. Additionally you can attach a screenshot you have made before.

  5. Finally send it!

Mobile

To create an AdAlert Mobile,
you have the following options:

  • Download the Mozilla browser and do exactly the same as for the desktop.

  • Download the Chrome browser and do exactly the same as for the desktop, also the Publisher Console works.

  • In Safari you have to modify an existing bookmark, you cannot just create a new one.
    Create a bookmark: https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/ipad/ipadc602b75b/ipados, then edit the existing bookmark and go to the URL: javascript:window.atf&&window.atf.report()