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Define goals

Goals are the basis of every radio proposal. You define budget, GRP and CPP goals for each market in a proposal . You can also add dayparts and define goals for those dayparts.

tipDefined goals and actuals are only available for a radio schedule associated with a proposal.

To define goals:

1  Click the Proposals tab.

2  Select the proposal:

3  Click the Goals tab.

4  Optionally, change any parameters for the schedule:

Parameters displayed in the Goals pane are the defaults for a new schedule or existing parameters for the radio schedule associated with this proposal.

• Click the link for the parameter you want to change.

tipYou can only select one market. See Related topics... below for more information.

• Click Apply Changes after changing the parameter to update the details.

5  Open the Actions menu in the toolbar and choose options to select dayparts, change goal calculations or add weeks.

tipSee Related topics... below for instructions.

6  Add budget details:

• Click the budget and GRP goals box for each market in the Flight Goals columns and type the values you want. Then press the Tab key after typing each value.

• If you selected dayparts, type the goals for each daypart under the market's row. Then press the Tab key.

tipTo expand the dayparts for a market or week, click the plus sign plus sign before the market or week.

• If you selected weeks, type the goals for each daypart under each week's row. Then press the Tab key.

• If the schedule includes more than one demo, click the drop-down list Demographics arrow in the toolbar to select a demo. You can add the goals separately for each of your demos.

informationThe primary demo is the default.

• To distribute your goals evenly across the flight, open the Actions menu and select Distribute.

• If you don't want Tapscan to automatically update rows when you change a value, clear the check in the Detail Column Distribute box in the toolbar.

If you want to clear the details you added before saving, click undo Undo in the toolbar.

7  Click Save Save in the toolbar to keep your changes.

tipAfter saving goals and a radio schedule with the necessary avail details, you can click actuals Display Actuals in the Goals toolbar to show the differences between goals and actuals.

Related topics...

Change schedule parameters

Select dayparts for goals

Change how goals recalculate

Add goal weeks

Display actuals and differences