Events
An Event is a collection of Assets and Asset Blocks scheduled to play in a given time frame. An Event can be a single item or many items depending on how the event is to be used.
Events are intended to be layered to create a dynamic playlist. Events can also affect one or more screens or screen layouts.
While in the schedule view, click on an event to view and modify the event details.
To create a new event, navigate to the Calendar page and click the Create Event button
Event View Example
New events are unpublished by default and must be published in order to end up in the generated playlist.
When multiple events of non-Loop occurrence type (Percent Share, Play Count, Play At, Filler) are programmed in the same time-frame, they will be used together to generate the playlist.
When events of occurrence type Loop are programmed in the same time-frame, the Loop event that has the most recent start time will be used exclusively. If the loop events have the same start time, the loop event with the oldest created at time will be used. Loop events that are superseded by another loop event will appear greyed out.
When creating an event, there will be one sequence automatically added to the event. Each sequence represents one screen. To add additional sequence, click + button.
Screen selection
Dynamic Scheduling
Add Asset or Asset Block
Add assets or asset blocks to a sequence by clicking the + button and selecting the items you want added.
Asset / AssetBlock Selection Modal
Event Name
Create an identifier for event.
Label Color
This is optional and is used to set the color of the event in the schedule page.
Occurrence Type
This specifies how assets are played back when multiple events are scheduled.
Filler
SVR will pull assets from this type of event to fill any empty slots in the playlist.
Loop
SVR will play only the assets in the event, immediately, and in the order listed, until the end of the event. (Similar to Quick Play.)
Shuffle Sequences: Shuffle the items in the sequence so they appear in a random order in the playlist.
Rotate Asset Blocks: Rotate through assets in order for each asset block, such that one asset appears every time an asset block is scheduled in the loop.
Never
SVR will not play assets from an event with this occurrence type. Use this to temporarily disable an event.
Percent Share
Percent Share
Specify the percent (0%-100%) of the playlist that will be populated with assets from the event.
Percent Share can be useful for overlapping events like advertisements and artistic content.
Play At
Play At
Play the event at a specific time within the hour of the active period. (This is measured in minutes and seconds from the top of the hour.)
To add a play at time, click the + button.
To remove a play at time, click the - button.
Set the mm:ss field to any value between 00:00 and 60:00.
Set active period to hour(s) desired.
Play Count
Play Count
Plays the event a specific number of times in an hour.
Active Period
Active Period
The active period is used to set the days and hours the event should happen.
- Event Start: This is the day and hour the event will start.
- Event End: This is the day and hour the event will end. (Select Never to have the event reoccur indefinitely.)
- Active Hours: Use this to select which hours within the start and end times the event can happen.
- Active Days: Use this to select which days the event will happen.
When you program an event with partial active hours, make sure to update the event start time to match the intended start time of the event.
Make sure to save when finished creating or editing an event.