Export Formats

84.4.4.11 STANDARD > EPG > XML-COLBY

Export Scope
The EPG -> COLBY option, allows the user to export the daily list of scheduled programs, thus, by creating a file in XML format (with a .XML extension) containing the schedule for each day of a certain time range.
Export Parameters
This export module requires the following parameters to be set in order to be correctly used:

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•Period to export (from date - to date): Indicate the date range on which the schedules to be exported are contained.
•Export path: Indicate the directory path where the exported files will be stored once generated.
•Station Service ID: Indicate the Colby's station reference code.
•Field used as description: Select Title, Story, EPG1 or EPG2 field as the field to extract the asset description during export.
•Export filename: Indicate the method to be used to generate the name of exported files:
- Variable: If enabled, exported files will be named according the following format: DD-MM-YYYYSdd-mm-hh-nn.xml, where DD MM and        YYYY indicates respectively the day, month and year of the first exported day.
- Fixed: Specify the name with which exported files will be saved (e.g. MyColbyExportedFile.xml).
•Export the "Hearing impaired program" flag: Enable this option to export program with closed captions cater for the hearing-impaired group.
•Export events with a duration longer than: This parameter permits to export only those events which duration is longer than the value specified here, ignoring events with shorter durations.
Launch the export
Once the export has been configured, it can be started just by pressing the <Export> button.

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