Outdated PSA's

Chris:

This is what disposition is about. Set your old PSA's to "Killed" by going into their media record and setting the disposition field to that status. which you can make in Location Settings: Shows.

To start from scratch, follow these steps:

1: Set a disposition to use for old PSA's. Go to "Location Settings: Shows: Dispositions". Make a new disposition called "Killed". Make sure that you un-check the "Allow Assignment" check box. This means that if you do try to automate it, Cablecast will throw an error during your autopilot send "XXXX Show ID's disposition does not allow assignment..."

2: From the main menu, go to "Shows: Find Show". Click the "+" button twice to make two new filters. Your search will be:

A Blank title
No date
Disposition : Not Equals : Killed
Category : Equals : PSA

3: Click the "search" button

4: Once Cablecast finds all of the shows that match that criteria (which should be 0 at this point), you'll see a "save" button. Click it and it will ask you for a name. Call it "Active PSAs"

5: Assign the "PSA" category to all of your PSAs from now on.

6: When you want to "kill" a PSA, click on the link to the right of the "Media:" label. It will be the PSA's reel name. Set the disposition to "Killed"

In the schedule, if you click the "No Show Data" link in a blank record, it gives you the option to find a show by a saved search. Use your new search will be there.

As you add PSAs and make others "Killed", the search results will update automagically.

Finally, every time that you delete a show record, we harm a puppy. DON'T DELETE SHOW RECORDS. They are your source of income and job security when your board asks you what you've been doing with your time! Better to say "Look at all of these programs" than to try to explain why you've run 700 blank shows in the past 12 months.


Andrew Alan Starks
Co-Founder, Tightrope Media Systems
(866) 866-4118, 201
www.trms.com