How To Create A Schedule

Table of Contents:

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• Create a Schedule
• Select the Days
• Set the Time Window
• Choose Your Content
• Add More Timeslots
• Editing an Existing Schedule
• Schedule Validation

Display any content on any screen or screen group exactly when you want.

Our scheduling tool automates what content plays, where it appears, and when. Create seasonal campaigns or schedule content by the hour or minute, with changes taking effect immediately.

Create timeslots by selecting the days and times when content should play. Advanced tagging makes it easy to manage networks of any size while monitoring which screens have scheduled content and their online status.

Create a Schedule

1. From the NowSignage CMS, select Schedules from the left-hand menu.
2. Select + Add New (top right).
3. Select Add Schedule.
4. Enter a Schedule Name.
5. If required, select a Folder and add any relevant User Access Tags.
6. Select Create.

Once created, the schedule will open ready for you to configure your timeslots.

Timeslots determine when your content will be displayed.

Select + Add timeslot to begin.

Select the days

Select the days of the week that you want the content to play.

You can select each day individually or use the available shortcuts:

• Select all selects every day of the week.
• Only Weekday Days selects Monday to Friday.
• Only Weekend Days selects Saturday and Sunday.

Set the Time Window

Use the From and To fields to specify when the content should play.

Times are entered using the 24-hour clock.

For example, setting:

From: 09:00 → To: 17:00

will make the selected content available between 09:00 and 17:00 on the selected days.

For content that needs to run for the full day, set the time window to 00:00 - 00:00.

Choose Your Content

Under Choose the content, select the type of content you want the timeslot to display.

You can choose between:

Playlists: Select a playlist containing the content you want to display.

Layouts: Select a layout when using a multi-zone configuration.

Once you have selected the desired Playlist(s) or Layout, set the date and time press save.

Dayparting

This can also be used to create day-parted schedules, where the content automatically changes throughout the day.

You can add multiple timeslots to the same schedule to display different content at different times.

For example:

Select + Add timeslot and repeat the process for each additional period.

This can also be used to create day-parted schedules, where the content automatically changes throughout the day.

Once you have finished creating your timeslots, check that the correct:

• Days are selected
• Times have been entered
• Playlist or Layout has been selected

Select Save to save your changes.

Editing an Existing Schedule

To make changes to an existing schedule:

1. Select Schedules from the left-hand menu.
2. Select the schedule you want to edit.
3. Add, edit or remove timeslots as required.
4. Select Save to apply your changes.

To rename a schedule, select the pencil icon on the main Schedules page or choose Edit in the top-right corner of the open schedule. You can also add or update User Access Tags here.

Schedule validation

The updated scheduling logic will now highlight configuration issues within the schedule.

If there is an overlapping timeslot or a Playlist has not been assigned, a red error message will be displayed.

If you see this message, review the schedule details and correct the affected timeslot before saving or publishing your changes.