2.2 Tab Planning

Saves the current program plan. Please make sure to save your broadcasting plan regularly.

If you wish to define the start or end time of an event, thus setting it fix, you can do this with this button or the right-mouse option Set start time. Select this option to modify the time frame-precise. Depending on your changes the start or end time will change, if the other time is fix. Click OK to save the new time of the event, and to fix it in the plan.

In addition to this, you can modify the start time of an event directly in the column Broadcast start. Click into the field to mark the time and make the changes.

You can not move an event more than 6 hours. Please use the dialog Edit Event for this.

This button allows you to unfix or fix a selected event in the plan. By unfixing an event it automatically moves upwards to the end of the next previous event. Remaining times will be moved downwards. You can either fix/unfix an event with this option in the menu or in the right-mouse dialog, or by setting/removing the flag in the plan.

You can also chose the option Unfix start time for all sub-events. In this case the entire block will be unfixed and moves upwards to the end of the next previous event.

You can also set the duration of an event. This can be done for all events with a variable duration or with a duration that can be changed per default.
Events with a defined (fixed) duration CANNOT be modified.

With the help of this function all remaining times that still exist between the position of the selected event until the next fix event will be added up to extend or shorten the event duration of the selected event by this remaining time.

In case a scheduled event displays a length error - which can be seen in the column Status of the broadcast plan after activating the respective error in the header Tests and coloring all errors in the color options - you may correct the length of the event in the menu of the right mouse. This option is available in the following cases:

• The length of a scheduled version has been modified due to its activated material. The version receives a length error as the broadcast plan still contains the „old“ version length. A click on the option Correct event length will resolve this error by updating the version length.
• The length of a scheduled version without any material was changed due to a replacing of the version by another. This version receives a length error, too, which you may resolve by using this option.

If overlappings are produced during the scheduling process they are displayed as time errors in the plan (Error (Time) in the column Status of the plan).

Under the precondition that in the range of the time error is at least one element with a variable length (e. g. a design element or a count-down-board) you may resolve the error automatically by selecting the option Resolve conflict by shortening.

Select this option for a variable element and enter the duration that is necessary to resolve the overlap. The time error will be resolved.

If overlappings are produced during the scheduling process they are displayed as time errors in the plan (Error (Time) in the column Status of the plan).

If you cannot fill a remaining time you have the possibility to elongate a variable element with the option Resolve conflict by lengthening. The length of the element will be changed automatically to the necessary length. 

This function enables you to recalculate the secondary events in your broadcast plan: In case some events were rescheduled you can simply select this option to recalculate the correct position/time of the secondary events.

You can set various flags for the selected events in the broadcast plan. A once-click on the flag activates the flag. You may set the following flags for events:

• Press: SI-Information is delivered to the press/media.
• Clear: Event is sent without PIN-lock. The respective exports define whether the events are sent clear or locked.
• Live: The event is a live event (e. g. sports / concert).
• Logo: Channel-logo is delivered with the event.
• Blocked: The event is right protected (e.g. on imported events).
• Highlighted (marked): The event is highlighted in the broadcast plan.

Ad breaks can be inserted manually into slots and programs in the Planner. The dialog Edit ad break  appears.

This function removes all ad breaks in the current broadcast plan.

Joins two split events into one. Please select both halves of the event by selecting them with held [CTRL] key. Ad breaks between both halves will be removed.

Splits the selected event into two segments.

This is a customer-specific function for long remaining times of a day or more:

Here you may schedule and save certain design elements to the database which inform about the following program.

This option adds a logo to the selected element in the broadcast plan which is indicated by an activated flag Logo. You may set logos for program versions, trailers, design elements and ad sales. To remove the logo you just need to deactivate the flag Logo in the broadcast plan or in the event dialog.