Troubleshoot creatives rejected by Xandr

What's the issue?

One or more of the following:

• The creative does not display at all
• The creative has the wrong tag size
• The creative intermittently does not display
• For expandable creatives or other creatives with interaction, the creative attempts the interaction but does not function properly
• Creative blanks due to caching issues or batch stalls
• Creative utilizes geo-targeting, impression capping, or similar blocking technology
• Creative uses DoubleVerify or Integral Ad Science wrapping without proper macros
• Creative has excess text in Creative Content, which displays outside of iFrame

How can I fix it?

You can test the creative by pasting the creative's Xandr ID at the end of the following link: https://creative-preview-an.com/cached/creative/insert creative id here

What's the issue?

One or more of the following:

• The creative has multiple versions with different brands under a single ID
• A single creative represents and clicks through to multiple different brands' landing pages
• For video creatives, a pre-roll ad for a different brand plays before the actual offer

If a creative is co-branded (for example, Brand X and Brand Y collaborating), the brand will be set based on which of the brands owns the landing page URL.

How can I fix it?

Creatives can never rotate between multiple brands or advertisers. If your creative is co-branded, ensure that all landing pages in a creative’s rotation point towards the same brand.

What's the issue?

One or more of the following:

• The creative is clicked and does not open a landing page
• The creative is clicked and a landing page opens, but no content loads
• The creative is clicked and a landing page loads, but an error keeps any content from being displayed
• Creative clicks through in the same window, does not prompt new tab or window to open

How can I fix it?

You can test the creative's click-through by pasting the creative's Xandr ID at the end of the following link: https://creative-preview-an.com/cached/creative/insert creative id here

What's the issue?

One or more of the following:

What is "sufficient"?

When evaluating a creative for appropriate brand notification, the audit team looks for at least one of three things: a logo, a landing page URL, or a distinct brand name. If the only branding on the creative is a logo, then that exact logo must also be on the landing page to be sufficient. If the only branding on the creative is a landing page URL, then that must be the URL the creative has as its landing page.

'Distinct brand name' is sufficient notification in one of the following ways:

• The creative does not display a brand
• The creative displays a brand but it is not sufficient notification
• Creative branding is obfuscated (too small, too faint) to constitute branding
  • The brand name is not an actual word and when it appears on the creative it cannot be confused for other, non-branded text (for example, Cygnas.)
  • The brand name is a distinct set of actual words and the landing page exactly matches this and/or has a distinct, matching typeface as the creative (for example, "The Best Wedding Music" goes to thebestweddingmusic.com and/or is written in red bold Helvetica on both the creative and the landing page.)

What's the issue?

The brand that the creative displays and the brand of the landing page are not the same or related.

How can I fix it?

In order for this creative to pass audit, the creative and landing page will need to contain either a brand name, logo, or URL that is identical.

What's the issue?

One or more of the following:

• The creative's landing page loads in the same page instead of opening a new window or tab
• The creative loads the entire landing page into the frame

What's the issue?

One or more of the following:

• Creative prompts download of external application automatically or on click
• Landing page automatically prompts download of external application automatically or after countdown
• The product advertised on the creative can only be opened within an application (iTunes for example)

What's the issue?

One or more of the following:

• Creative refreshes itself
• Creative causes entire page to refresh

What's the issue?

One or more of the following:

• The creative is serving Public Service Announcements, either intermittently or always
• Creative rotates in PSA as part of A/B Testing
• Creative defaults to PSA because of brand safety blocking, geo-targeting, or other capping
• Creative uses approved PSA-enabled ad verification, but is not implemented properly

What's the issue?

One or more of the following:

• The creative has no discernible brand or offering
• Implied offering on creative does not match offer on landing page
• Creative or landing page contains no content

How can I fix it?

In order for this creative to serve, the creative must clearly show a brand or offering, or the implied offering must match the offer on the landing page.

What's the issue?

There's a policy violation (for example, auto-clicking creatives) not covered in the above policies.

What's the issue?

One or more of the following:

• The landing page can't be reviewed
• The landing page violates moral policies
• The creative's call chain contains one or more malicious urls and/or referrers. 

How can I fix it?

Individual creatives must not contain any malicious calls. For landing page or domain issues, you can review the following (Xandr customer login required): 

• Xandr Policies for Buying
• Xandr Policies for Selling 

After identifying the source of any malicious calls, you will need to traffic a new creative, since Xandr won't overturn the status even if the malware is removed from the creative in Display & Video 360.