Digital Signage Scheduling Playlists

Schedules allow users to previously prepare a time schedule to play different playlists.

A schedule can be assigned to a display the same way as we assign playlists.

Open the management console and navigate to schedules
Click on Add Schedule
Type in a name
Since we have horizontal and vertical playlists, you should choose which type of displays you will create the schedule for
Choose horizontal displays for now, and click Save
Your schedule calendar will automatically open
Choose a default playlist for your schedule. This playlist will play whenever there are no other scheduled playlists on your schedule

You can see the default playlist in the left side panel
you can also change it by choosing another one from the drop down
Below the default playlist, you can also change the schedule name
This name is used to identify your schedule when you are assigning it to a display

The red line on the calendar is a mark of the current date and time on the calendar
The calendar in the middle of the screen is set to week view by default. This is where you will put all your scheduled playlists
On the left, you can see the 24 hour time bar that helps you know at which time of the day you are working
To make the navigation easier we have the months calendar in the left panel
you can navigate through the months easily and click on a date to go to that date
To come back to the current day, click on Today
You can also use the arrows to move forward and backward in time
If you are on week view, the arrows will go week by week.

On the top left of your schedule page, you can click on the Back button to close the calendar and go back to schedules list.

On the top right, The publish button is here to apply your changes directly without leaving your schedule page

There are different ways to add a playlist to the schedule:

Add New Button

You can use the Add New button on the left
You can see that by default, the playlist is scheduled to play in the next coming hour
For now we will keep this time and we will learn how to change it later
Click on Save
The playlist you just scheduled will appear on the calendar

Click or Drag on the calendar

You can also schedule a playlist by clicking on the calendar, in the same way, choose a playlist and check the time
this way the playlist will be scheduled by default to a duration of 1 hour
Another way is by dragging and dropping on the desired position, the duration of the playlist will be as long as you drag across the calendar

In the edit dialog, you can change the scheduled playlist by choosing one from the drop down
Repeat on allows you to repeat the scheduled playlist on different days of the week
If you choose to repeat on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesday and Thursdays for example, click on save and check your calendar
You can also change your start and end time here
Type the time you want, or click on the clock to change it using the clock view
Your scheduled playlist will appear on the days you chose
Check the coming weeks, the playlist will be repeated there as well

To schedule an All day playlist click on the zone below the day name as indicated in the below picture

After you finish scheduling, we need to assign this schedule to a screen
Close your schedule and navigate to screens page
Click on Media Source
Navigate to schedules tab and choose your schedule from here by clicking on it
Now your display will show whatever playlists you scheduled
Keep in mind that the screens’ date and time are the ones used to play the schedule
The default schedule will play if nothing is scheduled