In order to be able to automate when your content should be displayed, schedules are used. With these, you can then choose when the content should be displayed. There are three different scheduling options. From & to date, Always show and Advanced schedule. We will get to these a little further down.
Tip! You can add multiple schedules to the same object!
In the playlist, there is a button on each item that indicates its scheduling status. The color of the scheduling button indicates whether the item is currently showing, will be showing, is finished, or disabled.
Active
The item is active and is being displayed. The item will be displayed until it is removed or disabled in the playlist.
Until...
The item is active and currently displayed, but has a schedule. The item will be displayed until the specified date. The button will then turn orange if there is another schedule in the future, or red if there is nothing to schedule.
From...
The item is not currently displayed but is scheduled to be displayed from the specified date and time.
Finished
The item has been scheduled to finish and is no longer displayed on the screen.
Inactive
The item has been deactivated by a user. You can read more about that here: The playlist
From & to date
The scheduling mode From & to date is used when you want an object to be shown between two different times and/or dates. For example: Wed 25 Oct 2017 at 00:00 to Sun 29 Oct 2017 at 23:59
- Choose the date and time when you want the object to appear on the screen. The object will appear on the screen immediately if no date or time is chosen in the schedule.
- Choose the date and time when you want the object to stop appearing on the screen. The object will appear on the screen until further notice if no date or time is chosen in the schedule.
Always show
The object will appear on the screen until someone removes or inactivate it in the playlist.
Advanced schedule
With an advanced schedule, you can create custom schedules. If you want an object to appear only on Fridays or under lunch break on weekdays.
There are two different advanced schedules: Same hours each day and Different hours each day.
Same hours each day
- Choose which days that the object will appear. When a day is marked blue, the object will appear on the screen on that day.
- Choose between which hours the object will appear on your chosen days.
- Choose the date and time that the schedule will start. The schedule will start immediately if no date or time is chosen in the schedule.
- Choose the date and time when the schedule shall stop. The schedule will be active until further notice if no date or time is chosen in the schedule.
Different hours each day
- Choose which days that you want the object to appear on the screen. When a day is marked blue the object will be shown that day.
- Choose between which hours the object will appear on the chosen days.
- Choose the date and time that the schedule will start. The schedule will start immediately if no date or time is chosen in the schedule.
- Choose the date and time when you want the schedule to stop. The schedule will be active until further notice if no date or time is chosen in the schedule.
