Graphic Sources

The Graphic Sources are the CGs (Character Generators) of the MCR related to your channel. They are necessary to know which device should be triggered in the automation system.

In this section, you will learn how to create graphic sources. To do so , go to Administration >> Graphic Sources

Search by text

Start typing a text and click Enter. The system will show you the results matching with your query

Sort by field

You can click on any of the available fields in the columns, to order the results, ascending

or descending

Each user can also change the position of each column just using drag & drop.

Filter Options

Click the drop down menu to display the filtering options. You can filter the graphic sources by channels and dates. Select your filters and click on the "Search" button.

Click

to clear the value and remove the filter.

For more information about Channels, go to Channels

Select / Unselect All

Click on this checkbox to select or unselect all the elements of the list. When selected, the trash icon to delete all will be enabled.

Select / Unselect

To select or unselect individual elements, click each checkbox. When some element is selected, the trash icon to delete them will be enabled.

Edit

To edit an existing source:

Mouse over on the element and click the icon;

or just one click on the selected row.

This will open the metadata form, to edit all the available metadata fields:

To cancel the edit, click "Cancel". To save the changes and keep in the edit form, click "Save". To save the changes and go back to the previous list, click "Save & Go Back".

Delete

To delete a graphic source:

Mouse over the element, and click on the icon

Select or multi-select them using the checkboxes and click on the top trash icon

This action will show the following dialog:

Click

to delete the selected users, or

to cancel the operation.

If the element you want to delete has dependences , it won't be deleted and the system will show you a list of existing dependences

Create new graphic source

Click on this button to create a new graphic source.

This will open the metadata form, where you must introduce (at least) the mandatory fields.

Name. Name of the gaphic source / CG system
Channel. Select from the list the channel you want to associate with this graphic source. For more information, go to Channels

To cancel the operation, click "Cancel". To save the changes and keep in the creation form, click "Save". To save the changes and go back to the previous list, click "Save & Go Back".

Breadcrumb

It shows the current page's location within a hierarchy of content to browse history and to provide the navigation tool.

Rows per page

Click on the drop down item to select the numbers of rows per page between the available options:

Next / Previous Page

Click

to go to the previous page or

to go to the next page