Set up the SSP provider

  • Published on Jul 11, 2025
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To use content from an SSP, you must set up a connection to the SSP provider and specify a playlist, spot group, and category for the SSP content that the system downloads from the SSP.

Note

If you are using an IXM One version prior to 12.0, you must change the configuration in the configuration file. Learn more ...

Prerequisites

Ensure that you meet the following prerequisites before setting up the SSP provider:

  • You know the SSP provider URL and type.

  • You've created a designated user for SSP with sufficient user rights for the SSP playlist, spot group, and category in IXM One.

  • You've created a spot group to which the system can assign SSP spots after downloading them from the SSP.

  • You’ve created a playlist for SSP spots.

  • You've created a category for SSP assignment.

Set up the SSP provider

To set up the SSP provider, perform the following steps:

  1. In IXM One, go to Administration > SSP.

  2. To set up a new SSP provider, click New.

  3. In the Create new SSP provider window, enter the following general data:

    Setting

    Description

    Provider name

    Enter a name for the SSP provider.

    State

    Select one of the following states:

    • Active

    • Deactivated

    SSP user

    Select a user from the dropdown menu.

    Playlist

    Select a playlist for SSP spots.

    SSP spot group

    Select a spot group for SSP spots.

    Category

    Select a category for SSP spots.

  4. Switch to the SSP Information tab.

  5. Enter the following data:

    Setting

    Description

    Type

    Select the SSP type from the dropdown menu.

    SSP URL

    Enter the URL of your SSP provider.

    SSP live tag URL

    Optionally, specify the URL template of the SSP provider to allow passing live tag data.

    For example, if you’ve set the live tags ac1:1 and a0:5 on the player and want to send them to the SSP provider, you can use the following URL:

    • https://prod.ssp1.eu/ssp1/?key=c762&seg=ac1%3A1%3Ba0%3A5&playerid=123

    • https://prod.ssp1.eu/ssp1/ is the URL of the SSP provider.

    • key: identifies the customer at the SSP server.

    • seg: stores the live tag data.

    • playerid: specifies the player’s Box-ID.

    Live tag separator

    Specify a separator for concatenated live tags values.

    By default, its a semicolon (;).

    Media separator

    Optionally, specify a media value separator.

    For example, use a semicolon (;).

  6. Click Save to save your SSP provider.

Note

If you came here from the server configuration chapter, please go back and make sure you've fully set it up including IIS and UDC. Go back.