59.5.8.18 Program Schedule (alternate)

Report Description

As its name suggests, the Program Schedule (alternate) report is an alternate version of the Program Schedule report containing the same playlist but featuring different properties (columns) for each event scheduled on it. the program schedule (alternate) allows one to view the playlist differently without redesigning the program schedule report.

This report is useful to, for example, send an alternate scheduling report to other station departments (e.g., to ingest missing materials) that will verify its correctness.

Report Filters

All the parameters that permit detailed report generation have been distributed across seven different tabs to allow for easier configuration. By default, all filters are disabled (i.e., either blank or unselected); to enable them, it is enough to configure at least one parameter inside. Available filters include:

•Date

Indicate the time criteria to be used for filtering events; it is possible to define any of the following methods:

- Interval: It permits to specify if the days to be included will be taken from a given custom date or one of the standard filters (i.e., 'current day,' 'this week,' 'next week,' 'current month,' 'current year,' 'today's month date,' 'today's  year day,' 'previous month,' 'the previous year,' 'last 30 days, 'following 30 days' or 'all dates'),

- Time: Indicate if the report will include the whole day scheduling or only a specific time range.

•Object

Indicate the event type (s) that will be used to filter the events included in the report. Use the 'hide groups and system types' option to display only those types defined by the station and hide those created by default Etere.

•Properties

This tab permits to customize the layout of the report by selecting the complementary information that will be displayed on it. You can also decide to include some standard info, such as:

- Print date: Enable it to display the date (and time) in each page footer,

- Pages Number: If active, a progressive number will be displayed in the footer on all pages across the report,

- Operator: It is the login name of the person who performs the report,

- Station name: The name of the station from which the report is being performed,

- Multiple lines text: Enable this option to continue printing a detail in another line instead of truncating it (as by default).

- Interline: Enable this option to increase the space between lines to 1.5 cm (one-and-one-half); by default -when disabled- this space is set to 1 cm (single).

- Columns: It permits to specify the database fields that will be included in the report. The column headers in the top part of the columns window will be displayed as shown in the report. It is possible to arrange them just by using drag and drop.

Report Preview

The [Settings] permits configuring the page layout of the outgoing document; once filters and settings have been set, it will be possible to select between displaying a preview using the related [Preview] button or printing the document directly using the [Report] button. Please note that some reports permit the export of the generated document in the most common formats (PDF, CSV, DOC, XLS, XML, etc) just by using the [Export] button.

Automation_Program_Schedule_(alternate)