The Combined View is where you spread a media entry's budget or other measures across time, and optionally break it down into more detailed sub-entries like placements or ad sets. It gives you one place to do the operational side of planning, without switching between other views.
What is flighting?
Flighting (also called allocation, the two terms mean the same thing. This article uses them interchangeably.) means deciding how much of a measure – for example Spend or Cost – falls in each time period. Instead of one annual total sitting on a line, you split it across months, weeks, or quarters so the plan reflects when the money is actually running.
Where to find the Combined View
The Combined View appears in the left menu under Media Overview inside a plan, alongside Calendar, Sheet view, and Production plan.
It is available at plan level only. It does not appear at the subsidiary or global Media Overview level.
💡 The Activation plugin must be enabled for your organisation before the Combined View appears. If you do not see it, ask your admin or your Camphouse Customer Success Manager (CSM) to enable it.
How to flight a measure
When you open the Combined View you will see the Flighting Flow Chart. Each measure that has been set up for flighting (for example Spend) shows a Total column and one column per time period.
Enter an allocation
Click a period cell and type a value. You can enter either an absolute number or a percentage of the total:
To enter a percentage, turn on the percent toggle on that cell by clicking on the # in the cell.
That will change the input to %
You can mix percentages and fixed values across different periods on the same line.
Allocate automatically
Right-click a measure and choose Allocate to spread the total across periods in one step. There are three options:
Proportionally across all periods – splits the total evenly across every period.
Proportionally across empty periods – fills only the periods you have not entered a value for yet.
All remaining on the last period – puts whatever is left into the final period.
Reading the total cell
In the Total column, each cell shows two numbers side by side in the format allocated / committed.
The number on the left is how much you have scheduled across the periods so far (allocated).
The number on the right is the total you entered for that line (committed).
So 8,500 / 10,000 EUR means you have scheduled 8,500 out of a 10,000 total – 1,500 is still unscheduled.
A dash on either side means nothing has been set for that side yet. If neither side has a value, the cell is empty.
If the allocated figure (left) exceeds the committed figure (right), it turns red. This means you have over-allocated. It is a warning only – Camphouse will not block you from saving.
Overruns
There is no hard limit stopping you from allocating more than the committed total. When the allocated figure exceeds the committed figure, the allocated number turns red. This is a warning only – it does not block you from saving.
Example: 12,000 / 10,000 EUR in red means you have over-allocated by 2,000.
Changing what you see
Use the view settings (the gear icon) to adjust the view:
Show or hide allocation columns – useful when you want to focus on the media entry fields.
Show or hide media entry fields – useful when you want to focus on the period columns.
Change the grain – you can view allocations in a finer grain than your plan is set up with (for example view by week when the plan is set to month). In this mode the cells are read only. To edit, switch back to the plan's configured grain.
Current limitations
This feature is currently in beta, which means it is fully usable but some things are still being built out. A few limitations apply for now:
Plan level only. The Combined View is not available at the subsidiary or global level.
No overrun protection. Allocations can exceed the committed total. The overrun shows in red but is not blocked.
Read only at a finer grain. If you view allocations in a finer grain than the plan's schedule, you cannot edit them from that view.
Manual allocation only. Smart schedule patterns (always on, ramp up, ramp down, pulsing) are not yet available.
What to read next
If you want to break a media entry down into placements or ad sets, read Breaking planning entries into sub-entries – it covers how to create sub-entries and allocate at that level too.
If your organisation plans US television or radio, read Broadcast calendar to see how to flight against broadcast weeks and months.