Modified: 2017/06/07 14:17 by admin - Uncategorized

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Network Show

This window contains the configuration details for a particular network show and is accessed from the EZ-NET window.



The above screen shot represents the default view of the network show.

Across the top of the window you will see the name of the network show and the current status.

There are three tabs ("Scheduling", "Copy" and "EzScript").

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Copy

By default, the "Copy" tab is selected displaying the list of Copy associated with this network show. This provides you the ability to make changes to Copy in the event of changes occurring after the schedule was imported. (See CopyList.)

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Scheduling

In the less often times that you need to integrate EZ-NET differently than the defaults provided, you can utilize the "Scheduling" tab to control the behavior of how EZ-NET will integrate into your existing Log pipeline.

Defaults

• Avail Type
  By default, EZ-NET automatically creates a unique AvailType so that you can utilize these in Templates/Formats to pre-assign (pledge) the placement that you are contracted to do so.
  
  If, however, you'd like to "mix" network spots with your regular spots, you can do so by selecting a different (non-default) AvailType.
  
  
  CS DO NOT CHANGE THIS without significant consideration. Changing the AvailType value to something "you already have" may save you some time and effort in the beginning, but you will lose much of what EZ-NET has to offer in the way of saving you time and effort every single day by not using the AvailType created specifically for this show. In other words, investing now in modifying your Templates/Formats to use the AvailTypes created for this show will save you countless hours going forward by effectively removing any work related to "scheduling" these shows on Logs, each and every single day. With that stated, when choosing a different AvailType, you should really consider configuring the "Show separation (optional)" section; otherwise, you may end up with undesired separation since, by default, EZ-NET doesn't need to worry about this because of the dedicated AvailTypes that it utilizes.
  
  
• Start/End Time
  Some shows provide the additional option to "override" the start and end time; this is primarily used to support networks that do not specify the start and end times.
  • Cumulus
    In addition to the default configuration options, Cumulus contains the ability to specify a start and end hours. This is necessary because the Cumulus network does not provide this information, so you are required to do so.

Show separation (optional)

• Type
  The type of separation; Minute (default) - Will enforce a customer separation for n number of minutes where n is the value specified in the Amount field, Break - Will enforce a customer separation for n number of breaks where n is the value specified in the Amount field.
• Amount
  The number in this field is used by the Type to determine the actual amount of separation.

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EzScript

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Variables

It is possible to apply EzScript during the import process in order to affect the behavior of how RadioTraffic will translate the schedule provided into a schedule that will be used. The EzScript related to this show (if any) is located on the EzScript tab.

The following variable(s) are available:

• mergedayparts
  
  Normally we import the schedule "as-is". If the network has defined the schedule in such a way that the times are pretty specific (especially true with regards to pledge times), RadioTraffic will import this so that the times are pretty specific (again, "as-is"). If you wish to override this behavior, you can specify the mergedayparts variable in the script and set the value to something other than zero. This will cause the import process to ignore the specific dayparts defined, determining the earliest and latest times and use those results to determine the overall start and end time of all of the scheduled items.
  
  Examples:
  
  mergedayparts = 1
  
  LET mergedayparts = 1
  
  
  CS Currently, the mergedayparts variable is only enabled / available / active when importing schedules from Premiere Radio Networks, Westwood One, United Stations Networks, ESPN, Compass Media Networks and ADLarge Media and is available as of version 1719. The usage of the LET keyword is optional.

• forcewholeday
  
  Normally we import the schedule "as-is". If the network has defined the schedule in such a way that the times are pretty specific (especially true with regards to pledge times), RadioTraffic will import this so that the times are pretty specific (again, "as-is"). If you wish to override this behavior, you can specify the forcewholeday variable in the script and set the value to something other than zero. This will cause the import process to ignore the specific dayparts defined, utilizing midnight to midnight as the overall start and end time of all of the scheduled items.
  
  Examples:
  
  forcewholeday = 1
  
  LET forcewholeday = 1
  
  
  CS Currently, the forcewholeday variable is only enabled / available / active when importing schedules from Premiere Radio Networks, Westwood One, United Stations Networks, ESPN, Compass Media Networks and ADLarge Media and is available as of version 1752. The usage of the LET keyword is optional.

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Exclusions

It is possible to apply EzScript during the import process in order to affect exclusions to reduce what is actually imported. The EzScript related to this show (if any) is located on the EzScript tab.

The EzScript is built in such a way that you will define, on a per day of the week basis, what will be excluded. Some examples include:

• Set Tuesday Exclude Times ("7:05", "8:05", "17:05")
• Set Wednesday Exclude Breaks ("Hr1Br1", "Hr1Br2")
• Set Thursday Exclude Hours (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
• Set Sunday Exclude All

By default, all exclusions are "off".

The day of the week after the word Set is optional. If not included, whatever is excluded is applied to all days of the week.

The Set statement is pretty flexible and supports several optional target types (Times, Breaks, Hours, First, Last and All). The definitions for each are:

Set DayOfWeek Exclude Times ("time","time")
Set DayOfWeek Exclude Breaks ("value","value")
Set DayOfWeek Exclude Hours (number,number)
Set DayOfWeek Exclude All

DayOfWeek is the day of the week to apply the exclusion; valid values are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This keyword is optional; if excluded, the Exclude is applied to all days of the week.

The Times, Breaks and Hours versions must contain parenthesis around a "list of stuff". The actual list can be "empty"; which would cause that particular day of the week to be reset to the default for the particular target type.

The individual items, if specified, for Times must be a comma-separated list of quoted times. The actual format of these times follows the same rules for the rest of the software. (See Common UI Behaviors.)

The individual items, if specified, for Breaks must be a comma-separated list of quoted values that matches how the network is specifying "breaks" (usually referred to as "pledgetime").

The individual items, if specified, for Hours must be a comma-separated list of non-quoted numbers that are between 0 and 23 (24-hour format).

The All version is included to make it easy to completely ignore a particular day of the week altogether.

If any syntax errors exist, a message stating so will be presented during the running of the EzScript (during the import process). Use the errors to assist in correcting any problem in the EzScript and try again.

If a particular exclusion is attempted against a show where the pledge time column doesn't "make sense", the exclusion is ignored.


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