HootVid Sheets is a powerful spreadsheet feature, a dynamic and versatile tool that's seamlessly integrated within the platform. Much like Google Sheets, our spreadsheet functionality empowers you to organize, analyze, and collaborate on data with ease. It's the perfect solution for users who need precise control over there data or want a reliable image host.
Use Cases
Create and manage data sheets manually for dynamic video ads
Import Sheets into HootVid for manual edits or versioning
Utilize Hoots image hosting for dynamic content
Share HootVid sheets for collaboration, including those without HootVid access
Creating Sheets
Navigate to “Source Sheets” withing the user settings on the top navigation bar.
Select “Add Sheet” to create a new sheet, or “Edit” to make adjustments to an existing sheet.
Use the “Add Column” button to define the column headers for the sheet. Each column will need to have an input type assigned to define the type of data within.
Input types include:
Text
Number
Image File
Once the column headers have been defined, users can begin inputting the data by clicking the “Add Row” button. Once finished, click save.
Creating Data Sources From Sheets
Once a Sheet is created, users will select “Copy URL” and navigate to their account data sources.
Once a Sheet is created, users will select “Copy URL” and navigate to their account data sources. Create a new source by selecting “Add Data Source”.
To link the sheet to this new source, users will simply paste the sheet URL directly into the “Feed URL” input field and save. This will link the data in the sheet to the source. Any changes made to the sheet from this point will automatically update the data within the associated source.
Image Hosting
Integrated directly within HootVid sheets lives a powerful image hosting solution. This feature allows users to insert standard image files into a sheet and HootVid will remotely host that image for dynamic video use.
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Unlike a static video, dynamic video ads require hosted images from the data source. |
Within a HootVid Sheet, create a column with the “image” input type defined. Once a row is created, the choose file option will appear for that row. Users can select an image using the “choose file” button and the image will automatically be remotely hosted on the Hoot server.
These images will remain remotely hosted as long as the sheet remains within HootVid.
Importing Sheets
Sharing Sheets
Creating Data Sources FromSheets