Overview
The Series information page is used to consolidate and manage all the series in the system.
It manages both content-related information of a series, such as KNPs, and also allows access to other system settings that are specific to a series.
Accessing the Series information page
The Series information page can be accessed in two ways:
1. From Supervisor >info>series information.
2. From Manager>Rolodex tables>customer>edit (magnifying glass)>Series
Accessing from the customer menu will filter the series displayed to that specific customer.
Adding Series information to a series
To add series information to a series follow these steps:
Click the Series info icon.
Inside the Series info pop-up, choose the target language you wish to create the series information for.
If set to “All”, the series information will be displayed to all languages.Click the “Add series information” button.
Enter a subject (for example: KNP, General technical instructions).
Enter the series information under Message.
Click save.
Note that after adding series information to a series, the series info button becomes blue.
Viewing system information as a basic resources
Once series information is set for a series, assigned basic resources with the roll “Can see the Series information” will be able to view it from their My tasks or Pool tasks page, by clicking the series information icon and the Display button.
Note that the series information column might be hidden from view in the grid by default.
To add it to the grid, click the 3 vertical dots in any other column-head and click the series information.
Editing system information as a basic user
Resources with the rolls “Can edit the series information” and “Can Add and Edit the Series information” will be allowed to edit it by clicking the “Edit button”.
Once edited, a new version of the series information will be updated.
The latest version will be indicated by a blue i icon, as well as the date and time.
In order to see the previous versions, you’ll need the roll: Can see previous versions of the Series information
Resources can click the “Read” icon once they have read the info, in order easily follow whether they have read the latest version or not.
Other information and functions in the Series information page
The “Edit” icon opens the Series edit pop-up, just like when creating a new series. It allows to edit an existing series' name, notes, file name code, auto-duration update setting and the active setting.
“#” is a unique id number assigned to a series.
“Series name” is the series' name.
“Customer” is the customer in which this series has be affiliated to.
“Series notes” are notes that can be added to a series.
“Series info” is the main page where all KNP related info will be updated for a series.
“Automated file distribution” shows the distribution to this specific series.
“Storage servers” shows specific storage servers for a series.
“Approved names” allows to enter an approved name for the series in different target languages, and also to specify if information such as episode title, episode number or season should be included in the body of the subtitles.
“Dates not flexible” allows to set a specific series as such.
“Toolkit settings” can be set for a specific series.
“Prices” can be set for a specific series.
“Series status report” will display the total numbers of episodes and seasons per series.
“Active button” - will deactivate an active series. It can still be accessed by enabling “Show inactive series” at the bottom of the page.
