Asset Level Activation asset-level-scheduling
This page describes asset level activation for the assets used in Channels.
The following topics are covered in this section:
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Overview
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Activation Window
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Single Event Playback
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Handling Recurrence in Assets
- DayParting
- WeekParting
- MonthParting
- Combination of Partings
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Multi-asset Activation
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Global Override For Universal Start Time
Overview overview
Asset Level Activation lets you activate a specific asset in a channel for a scheduled time frame in the player’s local timezone. This is available for images, videos, transitions, pages, and embedded channels (dynamic or static).
For example, you want a special promotion to be displayed only during happy hour (2PM to 5PM) on Mondays and Wednesdays.
With this feature, not only can you specify start and end date and time but also a recurrence pattern.
Activation Window single-event-playback
Asset Level Activation is done by configuring the Activation tab while accessing properties of an asset.
Follow the steps below to perform asset level scheduling:
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Click any channel, then click Edit from the action bar.
note note NOTE To learn in detail on how to - Create a project, see Creating a new Project.
- Create and add content to a channel, see Managing Channels.
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Click Edit so you can open the channel editor and click an asset you want to apply the scheduling to.
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Click the asset, then click top left Configure (wrench icon).
Click the Activation tab.
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You can specify the date from the date picker using Active from and Active until fields.
If you click the Active from and Active until date and time, the asset displays and loops only between that start date/time and end date/time, respectively.
Handling Recurrence in Assets handling-recurrence-in-assets
You can schedule assets to recur at certain intervals on daily, weekly, or monthly basis too as per your requirement.
Suppose you want to display an image only on Fridays from 1:00 P.M. until 10:00 P.M… You can use the Activation tab to set the desired recurring interval for your asset.
Day Parting day-parting
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Click the asset and click on Configure (wrench icon) to open the properties dialog box.
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After entering the start date/time and end/date time, you can use an expression or a natural text version to specify your recurrence schedule.
note note NOTE You can skip or include the Active from and Active Until fields and add the expression to the Schedules field, as per your requirement. -
Enter the expression into the Schedule and your asset is displayed for the particular interval of day and time.
Example Expressions for Day Parting example-one
The following table summarizes few example expressions that you can add to the schedule while assigning channel to a display.
WeekParting week-parting
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Click the asset, then click Configure (wrench icon).
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After entering the start date/time and end/date time, you can use an expression or a natural text version to specify your recurrence schedule.
note note NOTE You can skip or include the Active from and Active Until fields and add the expression to the Schedules field, as per your requirement. -
Enter the expression into the Schedule and your asset displays for the particular interval of day and time.
Example Expressions for WeekParting example-two
The following table summarizes few example expressions that you can add to the schedule while assigning channel to a display.
Mon,Wed,FriMon-ThuMonday,Wednesday,Friday) instead of short-hand (Mon,Wed,Fri).MonthParting month-parting
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Click the asset, then click Configure (wrench icon).
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After entering the start date/time and end/date time, you can use an expression or a natural text version to specify your recurrence schedule.
note note NOTE You can skip or include the Active from and Active Until fields and add the expression to the Schedules field, as per your requirement. -
Enter the expression into the Schedule and your asset displays for the particular interval of day and time.
Example Expressions for MonthParting example-three
The following table summarizes few example expressions that you can add to the schedule while assigning channel to a display.
on February,May,August,Novemberon February-JulyCombination of Partings combined-parting
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Click the asset, then click Configure (wrench icon).
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After entering the start date/time and end/date time, you can use an expression or a natural text version to specify your recurrence schedule.
note note NOTE You can skip or include the Active from and Active Until fields and add the expression to the Schedules field, as per your requirement. -
Enter the expression into the Schedule and your asset displays for the particular interval of day and time.
Example Expressions for Combination of Partings example-four
The following table summarizes few example expressions that you can add to the schedule while assigning channel to a display.
after 6:00 and before 18:00 on Mon,Wed of Jan-Maron the 1st day of January after 2:00 P.M. also on the 2nd day of January also on the 3rd day of January before 3:00 A.M.on the 1-2 days of January after 2:00 P.M. also on the 2-3 days of January before 3:00 A.M.Multi-asset Activation multi-asset-scheduling
Multi-asset Activation lets the user click multiple assets and apply a playback schedule to all selected assets.
Prerequisites prerequisites
To use multi-asset level activation for your assets, create an AEM Screens project with a sequence channel. For example, the following use case showcases the implementation of the feature:
- Create an AEM Screens project titled as MultiAssetDemo.
- Create a channel titled as MultiAssetChannel and add content to the channel, as shown in the figure below.
Follow the steps below to click multiple assets and schedule their display in an AEM Screens project:
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Click MultiAssetChannel, then click Edit from the action bar.
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Click multiple assets from the editor, then click Edit Activation (top-left icon).
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Click the date and time in Active from and Active until from the Component Activation dialog box. Click the check mark icon when you are done selecting the schedules.
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Click refresh to check the assets to which multi-asset schedule is applied.
note note NOTE The schedule icon is visible on the top-right corner to those assets that have muti-asset activation. 
Global Override For Universal Start Time global-override-scheduling
Global Override for Universal Start Time, is a setting that allows the content author to define the playback of an image or video asset based on a specific time. The time/timezone setting of any individual player is not used.
Normally, playback is determined by the local time of any given player but with the global override, a specific, universal start time can be used to initiate the playback of the asset.
This allows the content author to designate playback of a specific asset as occurring at a specific date/time regardless of the local clock on any players which have the assigned content.
Global Override for Universal Start Time is done by configuring the Activation tab while accessing properties of an asset. Follow the steps below to perform a Global Override for asset scheduling:
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Click any channel, then click Edit from the action bar so you can add or edit content in your channel.
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Click Edit.
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In the channel editor, click an asset whose schedule you want to apply to it.
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For a Global Override, enter activation time in the Timezone override section for the asset. If you do not enter anything in this area, the timezone applied is the player’s timezone.