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Content Level Scheduling

There are two ways you can Schedule content within Fusion Signage

  1. Playlist level scheduling in the Schedules section using our Calendar view
  2. Content Level Scheduling within a Playlist at the Media item level

Both have their benefits, and can actually be used in conjunction with each other for even more control over when your content appears.

Note: Both Scheduling options require Advanced or higher licences on your account.

Overview

Content level scheduling allows you to control when an individual piece of media (or Playlist) will be displayed on a screen. As this is being set up within a Playlist, it removes the need to have multiple Playlists created prior to being assigned within a Schedule.

One limitation is that the content scheduled won't be played exclusively at that time, but will be added to any other content in the Playlist.

Scheduling content

  1. You can activate content level scheduling on any item in a Playlist by clicking on the calendar icon under the Actions on the right.

  2. This will open up the Content Scheduling window for that item:

Examples

Example 1, content will play:
  • Monday to Friday: 8am to 5pm
  • Saturday: 8am to 12pm
  • Starting 13th January 2022, and continuing forever

Interactions with Schedules

As the Schedules section (on the left menu under Playlist) uses entire Playlists to allocate to a time frame, Fusion Signage will respect any content level scheduling set up within a Playlist as well.

This means you can use the Schedule to change to a different Playlist, but have the content level scheduling handle which content appears.

Let's see an example of how that would be set up:

One example is you could set up a Schedule with a Playlist called Daily Specials. Fusion Signage will change the Playlist at the designated time to your Daily Specials.