Tool Bar
The toolbar at the top of the page provides quick access to the most commonly used functions including:
New - Creates a new season ready to be compiled with its most relevant data. See Season Manager.
Save - Stores all changes performed to the season into the database.
Undo - Cancels the last modification performed to the season.
Add Episode - Creates a certain range of episodes within the season. See Episodes Management.
Add episode with prefix - Creates episodes named as [Prefix][YYYMMDD][Suffix] (e.g. 'Peanuts20110528_night'). See Episodes Management.
Refresh episodes - Updates the episodes list of episodes (useful for multi-users management).
Refresh - Saves all changes performed and updates the displayed general information.
Update codes and titles across schedules - Extends all performed changes (i.e. code and title) to the schedules on which episodes are scheduled to go on-air, updating them with the new information.
Update media and properties across schedules - Save all changes performed on the season' media, properties and secondary events, also extending these changes to the events on which the season episodes has been scheduled to go on-air (i.e. updating them with the more recent information).
Tools Menu
Besides the functions mentioned above, the following tools menu are available:
Create a new record with the same data - This option duplicate the current opened season, creating a new one featuring all the same information and episodes. The operator will be prompt to enter a title for the new season.
Set all episodes as live - This function (also available by right-click on the search results) allows to:
➢Set as live: If enabled, the current season will be set as "LIVE", it will be possible to transmit unrecorded episodes since they are received directly from a source routing channel.
➢Set event property: Set the event property to be assigned to episodes. By default it is proposed to set them as "variable/manual" (i.e. events with a variable duration with a manually controlled start/end).
NB: Please note that unchanged parameters won't be updated across the seasons but only those (live-channel and/or event-property) modified by the user.
Create promo - This tool allows to create (in few steps) a promotional asset that linked to the current season; please refer to the Create a promo chapter for more details.
Copy notes in all season episodes - If the asset is an episode of a season, by selecting this option you can copy the respective common data (e.g. User 1, or User 2, or User 3 tabs) in the episode to all episodes of the season, or select “All notes” option to copy all common data (User 1 and User 2 and User 3 tabs) to corresponding “User 1 and User 2 and User 3” fields of the assets. After copy, the common data would be reflected in Season Manager as well as the Search column in Media Library.
If the copied common data does not appeared after the function is executed, you can right-click on any other tab and select “Show” option to refresh and update the copied data.