---
title: "Bulk edit banners: properties, URLs, status and labels"
description: "Select banners or campaigns in the grids view and act on the whole selection — rewrite landing URLs, change one template property across a set, turn banners on or off, apply labels — or append a macro to landing URLs that differ per banner over the REST API."
type: "howto"
audience: [network-manager, advertiser]
keywords: [bulk edit, update properties, change URL, landing URL, landing URL macro, banners urls, turn on off, labels, bulk toolbar, filter by, template properties, click id]
ui_path: "Account → Advertisers (grids view)"
---

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# Bulk edit banners: properties, URLs, status and labels

In the **grids view** of **Account → Advertisers** you tick rows and the bulk toolbar acts on
the selection: one landing URL for every banner of the selected campaigns, one template field
changed across hundreds of banners that share a template, status toggled, labels applied. When
every banner must keep its *own* URL and only gain a parameter, the REST pair that reads and
writes landing URLs banner by banner does it instead. The grids view is a display preference —
switch it in **Preferences**, then pick the level with **Group by**; the rest of the bulk
operations are on [Bulk banner operations](https://epom.com/ad-server/docs/guides/advertising/banners-bulk-operations.md).

**Example.** Two weeks after launch the landing page of *Northwind Brand Q3* moves: select the
campaign → **Change URL(s)** → one URL → *Successfully updated 24 banners from 24*. A month
later the tracking vendor wants `&cid=$$CLICK_ID$$` on every URL, which differs per banner — a
script reads the 24 URLs with `GET /rest-api/banners/urls.do`, appends the parameter and writes
them back with one `POST`.

## Typical scenarios

| You want | Use | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Pause 40 banners of one advertiser for the weekend, then resume | **Turn off** / **Turn on** on the selection (with **Undo**) | grids view, All banners level |
| One new landing URL for every banner of 3 campaigns | **Change URL(s)** | grids view, campaigns selected |
| Change one template field (the promo text) on 150 banners that share a template | **Update properties** — tick only that property | grids view, banners selected |
| Append `&cid=$$CLICK_ID$$` to URLs that differ per banner | the REST pair `GET` / `POST /rest-api/banners/urls.do` | [Add a macro to every landing URL](https://epom.com/ad-server/docs/guides/advertising/banners-bulk-operations.md#add-a-macro-or-parameter-to-all-landing-urls-of-an-advertiser-each-banner-keeps-its-own-url) |
| Tag 60 banners *Q3-launch* for a matching rule | **Labels** → Mode *Add* | grids view |

## Step by step

Each operation stands on its own; use the one you need.

### The bulk toolbar

Tick rows in the grid and the toolbar acts on the selection; the actions are listed in the
[Reference](https://epom.com/ad-server/docs/guides/advertising/banners-bulk-operations.md#the-bulk-toolbar-actions). The **Filter by** combo above the toolbar decides what
the neighbouring name box matches — it is set to *Advertiser* by default, so typing there filters
by advertiser name, not banner name.

![The banners grid with rows selected](https://epom.com/docs-images/ad-server/banners-bulk-operations/grids-bulk-toolbar.webp)

### Update properties

Select banners → **Update properties**. What you get depends on the selection:

- **Every selected banner uses the same template** → the modal lists that template's properties,
  each behind an **opt-in checkbox**. The input stays disabled until you tick it, and only ticked
  properties are written — so you can change one field across hundreds of banners without
  disturbing the rest. File and HTML5 ZIP properties accept uploads here too.

  ![Update banner properties](https://epom.com/docs-images/ad-server/banners-bulk-operations/update-properties-modal.webp)

- **Any other mix** → the modal reduces to a single **URL** field that sets the landing URL of
  every selected banner.

### Change URL(s)

Select campaigns → **Change URL(s)** → enter one URL, and every banner of every selected campaign
that has a landing-URL field gets it. The answer is a count, such as *Successfully updated 12
banners from 30*; banners of types without such a field are counted but left as they are — see
the caveat below. Over the API see
[Rewriting landing URLs in bulk](https://epom.com/ad-server/docs/api/entities-banners.md#rewriting-landing-urls-in-bulk).

### Add a macro or parameter to every landing URL

**Change URL(s)** and the banner-level **Update properties** URL field both write **one** URL into
every selected banner. To append something to URLs that differ per banner — a tracking macro, a
`utm_` tag — use the REST pair that reads and writes landing URLs banner by banner, described
step by step on
[Add a macro or parameter to all landing URLs of an advertiser](https://epom.com/ad-server/docs/guides/advertising/banners-bulk-operations.md#add-a-macro-or-parameter-to-all-landing-urls-of-an-advertiser-each-banner-keeps-its-own-url).

## Caveats and exceptions

**Which banners a bulk URL change writes.** Both *Change URL(s)* and the URL-only mode of *Update
properties* write the URL to Local File, External File, Local Video, External Video, Local
Native, External Native and Template banners. **HTML Code, OpenRTB, Third Party VAST/VPAID Tag
URL, VPAID Framework and Advanced Local Video(s) banners are left as they are**, and so are native
banners with no native preferences and templates with no URL-flagged property. The result is
reported only as a count — *Successfully updated 12 banners from 30* — without naming the banners
that were left out. When the two numbers differ, set those banners' URLs individually; to get a
per-banner list of what was and was not written, use the REST
[`POST /rest-api/banners/urls.do`](https://epom.com/ad-server/docs/guides/advertising/banners-bulk-operations.md#add-a-macro-or-parameter-to-all-landing-urls-of-an-advertiser-each-banner-keeps-its-own-url)
call, whose answer names every banner it could not update.

**Update properties shows template fields only when the whole selection uses one template.** Add
a single banner of another type and the modal quietly downgrades to URL-only — which is also when
the note above applies.

**An inactive template blocks Turn on.** A banner whose template is inactive cannot be switched
on — *Banner(s) that use inactive template can not be turned ON* — unless your role holds the
admin-only permission *Update properties and status, based on inactive template*. In a bulk
**Turn on** such a banner stays off.

The caveats that apply to every bulk operation — who can do it, read-only shares, bulk delete —
are on [Bulk banner operations](https://epom.com/ad-server/docs/guides/advertising/banners-bulk-operations.md#caveats-and-exceptions).

## Not working?

| Symptom | Cause | Check — where |
|---|---|---|
| *Successfully updated 12 banners from 30* | 18 banners have no landing-URL field (HTML Code, OpenRTB, VAST tag, VPAID, Advanced Local Video) or no URL-flagged template property | set those by hand, or `POST /rest-api/banners/urls.do` for a per-banner list |
| **Update properties** shows only a URL field | The selection mixes templates or types | filter the grid to one template first |
| *Banner(s) that use inactive template can not be turned ON* | The template is inactive | activate the template, or the admin-only permission *Update properties and status, based on inactive template* |
| The name box filters nothing | **Filter by** is on *Advertiser* | switch it to the level you are typing |

The causes shared by every bulk operation — the tree view, read-only shares — are on
[Bulk banner operations](https://epom.com/ad-server/docs/guides/advertising/banners-bulk-operations.md#not-working).

## Reference

Every toolbar action, with its REST counterpart, is in
[The bulk toolbar actions](https://epom.com/ad-server/docs/guides/advertising/banners-bulk-operations.md#the-bulk-toolbar-actions). The URL
endpoints are on [Entities — banners](https://epom.com/ad-server/docs/api/entities-banners.md#rewriting-landing-urls-in-bulk).

## Related

- [Bulk banner operations](https://epom.com/ad-server/docs/guides/advertising/banners-bulk-operations.md)
- [Mass banner upload](https://epom.com/ad-server/docs/guides/advertising/banners-bulk-operations-mass-upload.md)
- [Copy, move and link with the clipboard](https://epom.com/ad-server/docs/guides/advertising/banners-bulk-operations-clipboard.md)
- [HTML code and Template banners](https://epom.com/ad-server/docs/guides/advertising/banner-html-and-template.md) — template properties
- [Macros reference](https://epom.com/ad-server/docs/reference/macros.md)