When I upgrade from Openads 2.0, it says some geotargeting settings may be modified. Why?

Openads 2.4 now supports the full range of MaxMind geotargeting databases . As a result, some of the geotargeting options in Openads 2.0 are no longer compatible with the new targeting options. On upgrading to Openads 2.4, the following targeting options may need to be modified:

• US/CA State
• Region (Africa)
• Region (Asia)
• Region (Australia/Oceania)
• Region (Caribbean)
• Region (Europe)
• Region (North America)
• Region (South America)
• Region (Unknown)

Any banner using a delivery limitation of these types may have its delivery limitations modified on upgrade. A delivery limitation of the above type will only be modified in the event that the limitation targets the banner to more than one regions, and where there are at least two regions in different countries, within that single limitation. For example:

In this example, the single "Region (Europe)" geotargeting limitation targets regions in more than one country. As a result, this single delivery limitation would be updated to be two separate delivery limitations - one where "Region (Europe)" is equal to "Bosnia and Herzegovina, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina", and another where "Region (Europe)" is equal to "Belgium, Antwerpen OR Belgium, Brabant". These two delivery limitations will be joined together with an "OR" operator.

While this works in most situations, if you have a delivery limitation that needs to be converted, and it is combined with another limitation using the "AND" operator, then the delivery limitations for that banner after the upgrade may not be the same as before.

It is recommended that, if you receive the warning that some limitations may be modified, you check the "openads_upgrade_2.0.11_to_2.3.32_beta_XXXX_XX_XX_XX_XX.log" file (in the Openads var/ directory) after upgrading. It will contain the details of all banners (if any) that were modified which you should check to ensure the targeting is correct. (Simply search the log file for "Upgraded incompatible region geotargeting limitation." to find the appropriate section. If you can't find it, no banners needed modification, and your delivery limitations have been updated without modification.)