Sources

The main purposes of the Sources are:

Indicate to the Automation how the content will be broadcasted (videoserver clip, live event, ...)
Define patterns for Media ID generation.

To access to Sources, go to Administration >> Sources:

Search by text

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

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Filter Options

Click the drop down menu to display the filtering options. Select your filters and click on the "Search" button.

Click

to clear the value and remove the filter.

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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.

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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.

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Select / Unselect Source

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

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Edit Source

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".

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Delete Source

To delete a source:

Mouse over the element, and click on the icon

Or select / 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

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Create new source

Click on this button to create a new source.

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

Name. Name of the source
Code. This is the internal code that should be mapped with the Automation to switch physically to the source.
MediaId generation method. This will define how the MediaID will be generated when using this source. There different patterns for Media Id generation:
Manual: Entered by the user. When creating a production in the catalog using this source, the user should enter manually the Media Id.
Production Id. When creating a production in the catalog using this source, the Media Id of all segments will be automatically generated using the Production Id. (All segments of the production will have the same Media ID)
Production and Segment Id. When creating a production in the catalog using this source, the Media Id of all segments will be automatically generated using the Production Id + Segment Id (The segments of the production will have different Media IDs)
Custom Pattern. It is possible to associate an advanced custom pattern for Meda ID Generation For example:

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".

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