The available actions for any event are listed in the Actions column on the right side of the Programming screen in Classic View. You may view any event, and edit or add events associated with an event that has not yet happened. For example, you can modify playout until it begins playing. Shortly after the event has started the Modify option changes to View. When an action for a specific event is selected, the Web Application opens the appropriate screen and automatically fills in the available data, reducing typing and errors.
Event Actions: View
Past events can be viewed. Display the list of events on the Programming page, making sure the Hide History box is unchecked. Click on the View action for the event. The example below shows the data for a playout.
The information supplied when the playout was added is displayed in the Playout Detail screen. In addition, the screen displays status information.
- Completed – The event ran normally.
- Ended Early/Late – The event stopped early or late.
- Missed – The event did not play.
- Terminated – The operator stopped the event.
To return to the Programming page, click the Close button at the bottom right of the screen.
Event Actions: Modify
To change some information about an event, click its Modify action. The information displayed is identical to the information completed when the event was added but includes the event’s status.
- Pending or Scheduled – The event is scheduled but has not yet happened. It can still be modified.
- Started – The event is currently playing or happening. It cannot be modified. If you need to stop the event, go to the Dashboard and click the Stop button under the event.
When modifying an event you can change:
- Program Guide — Add the event to the Program Guide listing, or remove it if it is already included.
- Metadata — Track or override the content metadata.
- Optional Recurrence — You can modify all recurrences or just this event. If you change anything and want it to apply to all recurrences of the event, check the Update all recurrences in this series? box.
When you have finished modifying the event, click the Save button to return to the Programming page, or click the Cancel button to return to the programming page without changing anything.
Event Actions: Adding Subsequent Events
Use the action symbols to schedule others events immediately after this one.
- + “Plus” – Follow this event with another of the same type.
- p “Playout” – Schedule a playout event after this event.
- s “Stream” – Schedule a stream event after this event.
- x “Cross” – Schedule a switch event after this playout, or a playout after this switch event.
You can use these actions to construct a continuous schedule of events without re-entering dates and calculating start times. The links are displayed for an event as long as there is a time gap between that event and the next event. The Web Application fills in the correct data and start time information so the new event will occur immediately after the preceding event finishes. In the example below, the operator clicked on the Plus action of a playout event that was scheduled to end at 3:10 PM. The date and time of the next playout are already filled in.
Fill in the displayed information as needed, just as though you were adding an event. Click on the Save button when complete.
Event Actions: Overlay (o)
Only B-series analog servers support overlays.B-series ASI, IPTV, SDI,and HD-SDI (PRO) servers, and S-series archive servers do not support overlays.Use the o (“Overlay”) action to select a text crawl, station logo, or other overlay graphic to play on the screen with a playout event. Overlays are available only for playout events. In this example, the event begins at 3:00 PM so the overlay start time is already set to 15:00.
Add the rest of the overlay information. You may change the start time if you do not want the overlay to run for the duration of the playout. If an overlay was running with the previous playout, add 10 seconds to this overlay’s start time. Click on the Save button when complete.
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I have a question about optional occurrence. I select a particular show from content and scroll down to “upcoming events”, then hit “edit” to update it to another file.. when I click under Optional Recurrence to “update all recurrences in this series” it never seems to work for me. I click on it, then select the new file, then hit save but it only updates that one air time. It won’t update all the additional resonances. I have to do it manually.
Diane, you can change the content that is scheduled to play for a single event only. What you can can choose to change for all or a single occurrence is if the event appears in the program guide or the metadata associated with the event. I hope this helps.
Do you mean the Programming tab? I know I can select all the shows at once to unschedule them, but there’s no way to update them all at once with a new file? Oh well, thanks rsorino!