69.2.1.10 PEBBLE BEACH

Import Scope
The Pebble Beach import allows importing the programming playlist of a certain television day from an XML file. Among the tags managed for each imported event, the following can be mentioned:
<event type> - Starts an "event" tag to be imported, by indicating its transmission type (e.g. Media, Live).
<stream> - Specifies if the imported event is a streaming event (it is playable while recording).
<onairtime> - Indicates the exact date and time the imported event is intended to be transmitted (e.g. 2011-11-28T06:44:00;00).
<reconcilekey> - A numeric string used to reconcile the imported event with an Etere asset (e.g. 39980496).
<title> - The alphanumeric title that briefly describes the imported event.
<category> - Indicates the event's type (e.g. commercial, season, news).
Please note that if no type within the database corresponds to the imported <category>, a new type would be automatically created using the <category> value (e.g. BR-SPOTS) as description and its first 4 characters as code (e.g. description=BR_SPOTS and code=BR-S).
<source> - In case of live events, this tag indicates the channel (of the Etere's routing table) from which they would be feed.  Moreover, it's worth mentioning that if the specified <source> (e.g. satellite) is missing on the database, it would be automatically generated as "LIVE_<source>" (e.g. live_satellite).
<notok> - If the tag exists on the xml, and its value is "1", then the asset will be set as "Not Ok to be Broadcasted". If the tag is not existing, or it has a different value, asset will follow Etere default rules.

When Import starts, if there are playlists locked by the same workstation executing the import, the playlists would be released automatically during the import process. If the playlists are locked by other workstations, the playlists would be forcibly unlocked when it had passed the maximum effective time (in minutes) defined in F90’s Settings tab for locking the playlists.

Import Parameters
Import - Standard - PEBBLE BEACH

Filename - Etere F90 would import all files matching the format xxxxxxxxxxxx_yymmdd_hhmmss.xml, where 'xxxxxxxxxxxx' is the custom string defined in manual import's parameters.
Import path - Specify the folder the files to be imported would be stored. Once successfully imported, files would be deleted from the specified path.
Import data - Opens the Configure Import window to specify the days and the frequency to be imported.

NB: In case of issues encountered during the import process, it is possible to consult the "Errors" tab.

Scheduling related import
Set the required parameters in Etere Scheduling > Import\Export > IMPORT\STANDARD\PEBBLEBEACHXML and click on [Save parameters] once done.