{"id":14647,"date":"2026-08-25T18:54:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T18:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/?docs=platform-updates\/new-features\/august-2026\/pacing-dayparts-updates"},"modified":"2026-08-25T19:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T19:00:08","slug":"pacing-dayparts-updates","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/?docs=platform-updates\/new-features\/august-2026\/pacing-dayparts-updates","title":{"rendered":"Pacing &#038; Dayparts Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Release Date: August 26th, 2026\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pacing &amp; Dayparts section on the Campaign and Line levels has been updated to improve the layout and provide clearer tooltips around pacing and daypart behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Layout<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"403\" src=\"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-115405-1024x403.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-115405-1024x403.png 1024w, https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-115405-300x118.png 300w, https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-115405-768x302.png 768w, https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-115405-1536x604.png 1536w, https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-115405.png 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Daily Pacing controls now use a more compact layout, with Apply Curve to All Days displayed alongside Daily Pacing and Catch-Up ASAP. When Primetime or Custom Daily Pacing is selected, Daypart in User Time Zone now appears below the pacing chart and above the day and hour selections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"502\" src=\"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-115610-1024x502.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-115610-1024x502.png 1024w, https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-115610-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-115610-768x376.png 768w, https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-115610-1536x753.png 1536w, https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-115610.png 1638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tooltips<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The associated tooltips have also been updated to clarify how each setting works:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Daily Pacing:<\/strong> Controls how the daily budget is distributed throughout each pacing day. Daily Pacing weights are evaluated using the campaign\u2019s selected Pacing Time Zone: {campaign_pacing_timezone}.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Even:<\/strong> Spends the daily and lifetime budgets as evenly as possible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>ASAP:<\/strong> Spends the daily budget as quickly as possible while pacing the lifetime budget evenly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Primetime:<\/strong> Uses a predefined hourly weighting curve to favor higher-weighted hours in the selected Pacing Time Zone.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Custom:<\/strong> Uses the configured hourly weighting curve in the selected Pacing Time Zone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Daypart in User Time Zone:<\/strong> When enabled, Dayparts determine impression eligibility using each user\u2019s local day and hour.<br>When disabled, Dayparts use the campaign\u2019s selected Pacing Time Zone: {campaign_pacing_timezone}. This setting affects Daypart eligibility only. It does not shift Daily Pacing or its hourly weights into the user\u2019s local time zone.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Apply Curve to All Days:<\/strong> Available only when Primetime or Custom Daily Pacing is selected. The weights are evaluated using the campaign\u2019s selected Pacing Time Zone: {campaign_pacing_timezone}. When enabled, the same hourly pacing weights are applied to all selected days. When disabled, custom pacing weights can be configured independently for each selected day and hour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"parent":14147,"menu_order":16,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_is_vendor_doc":"0","footnotes":""},"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-14647","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/14647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14647"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/14647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14653,"href":"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/14647\/revisions\/14653"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/14147"}],"prev":[{"title":"Chrome Conversions Depreciated","link":"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/?docs=platform-updates\/new-features\/august-2026\/chrome-conversions-depreciated","href":"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/14644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fdoc_tag&post=14647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}