Update Options

• Automatic update mode

  • Full: Merges the playlist in its current state in Viz Channel Branding with changes made in the original source file.

  • Times: Updates primary event begin time and duration, and any changes made to the original source file. Any primary event additions or deletions are ignored. Only the times are updated.

  • Full update without event deletion: Merges the playlist in its current state in Viz Channel Branding with changes that have been made to the original source file, without deleting any (primary) elements.

• Delete processed files (days old): The number of days after which processed playlist files (*.done) will be deleted.

• Clear played older than (hh:mm): When updating the playlist, primary and secondary events that have not been played and are older than the specified time, are removed.

• Clear unplayed older than (hh:mm): Same as Clear played older than, but validation is also performed against unplayed elements.

• Allow updates for a running playlist

  • Selected: Playlists that are currently active are updated.

  • Unselected: Only playlists that are not playing are updated.

• If ‘Date’-mapping is blank retrieve date from running playlist: When selected, an attempt is made to find the date from the running playlist when “Date”-mapping is blank.

• Create playlist if one does not exist: If you update a playlist that does not have an existing date, the playlist is created/imported for you.

• Lock edited pages against replacement on Update: When selected, any secondary event originating from a schedule that has been manually edited via the client is skipped during next update.