Rundown Properties

Once you create a Rundown, the New Rundown window will open.

The following tables list the properties in alphabetical order and describes the purpose of each one.

Basic Properties

Title

The title of the Rundown.

Rundown Times

Program start and end times. The duration is selected automatically.

Rundown Template

Users can select a Rundown template or Blank Rundown.

Story Template

Users can select a Story template or Blank Story.

If this field is selected, any new row inserted in the rundown will use a specific Story template. This template is usually created by the Group Manager.

Duration based

If you specify the Start and End time of your Rundown, the program will be timed based on the time of day such as 11:00:00 to 11:30:00.

If this box is checked, the timing will be based on the length of the program, such as 30 minutes. When the program is timed live, it will be based on the duration of the program, regardless of start time. For live broadcasts that have a specific end time, it is recommended that you do not select this option.

If this box is unchecked, timing counts down to the previously entered end time of the program, regardless of when the newscast was started.

This option can be changed at any time.

Live-To-Tape Paused

Sets Rundowns to have the Pause Recording button on forLive-To-Tape recordings.

Live-To-Tape Recording

Sets Rundowns to have the Recording button on for Live-To-Tape recordings.

On Air

Activate the Rundown timing bar when the show is ready to Go to Air. You can also select this on the Production tab of the Rundown Ribbon.

Rundown Numeric Pages

If the System Administrator has configured Rundown pages to be automatically numbered with alphabetic prefixes such as A1, A2, A3 you can override that configuration for a particular Rundown by selecting this option to have simple numeric numbering instead.

Program Name

Used as labels.

Other Properties

Director

Used as a label.

Editor

Used as a label.

NameDropper File

Network path for the NameDropper database.

ND Logo Each Line

Add a logo for each line of the NameDropper crawl.

Ticker Content

Ticker functionality is not yet enabled in the ENPS Client. These fields are reserved for future use.

Ticker Story Delimiter
Time Format

Set the timing method for frame-accurate automation systems. You can set this value to one of the following values:

  • 0 - Default
  • 1 - PAL
  • 2 - NTSCDF
  • 3 - NTSCNDF
  • 4 - THOUSANDTHS
Publishing Active Refer to the ENPS Publishing Installation and User's Guide for more information.
Publishing Days
Publishing Target

Archiving Properties

Prevent Archive or Purge

Prevents a Rundown from being archived or purged.

This option disables Auto Archive.

Open-Ended Broadcast

Sets the Rundown as an Open-Ended Broadcast.

As-Run Archive Interval (minutes)

Sets the archive interval in minutes for Open-Ended Broadcasts.

Auto Archive

Automatically archive the Rundown.

Your site's System Administrator configures the frequency.

Continuous Content

When you select this checkbox, the Rundown will not be purged by ENPS maintenance routines. However, Stories from the Rundown above and below the black line will be automatically archived based on the Continuous Content Interval (days) setting.

Continuous Content Interval (days)

If the Continuous Content box is selected, then setting a value in this field determines the number of days before a Story is archived.

For example, setting this value to 5 means that all Stories (above and below the black line) that are older than five days will be archived.

A copy of the Rundown itself will also be archived without the Stories that are still current.

Enable CTOS

Archives a copy of the Rundown to a specially designated server in your enterprise called the Central Text Object Storage server.

Check with your System Administrator to determine if this option is enabled for your enterprise.

MOS Properties

MOS Editorial Start

Send the start time of the Rundown to a MOS-enabled production device.

MOS Editorial Duration

Send the duration of the Rundown to a MOS-enabled production device.

Add MOS Durations

Control whether the lengths of MOS objects will be added to the timing of the Rundown. Select one of the following:

  • 0 - Default, or if this field is left blank, the option that your site's System Administrator selected as a global default will be used.

  • 1 - Yes. MOS Object durations will be added to story times.

  • 2 - No. MOS object durations will not be added to story times.

MOS Status

Status of the item as reported by the MOS-enabled production device such as "Not Filed", "Ready", "Playing", "Stopped" or "Not Ready."

Producers can track the progress of production material and make decisions to move or drop Stories based on this real-time status.

This information is displayed only when the Rundown has the MOS Control Active flag set on the Production tab of the Rundown Ribbon.

MOS Status Time

Time that the latest MOS status message was received from the device listed in the Last Status MOS field.

Last Status MOS

Displays the ID of the last MOS-enabled production device that sent a MOS status message to this Rundown.

MOS Redirection

Allow the ENPS Client to send all references to a MOS server to a different MOS server in the same family.

To use this feature, servers must have a fully-qualified name according to the following convention:

<familyname>.<machine>.<location>.<enterprise>.mos

For example:

video_vendor_x.product.w???.bcastenterprise.mos

MOS Channel

Send the MOS channel on which the Rundown will be produced to the MOS-enabled production device or the production control room.

MOS Block

Prevent the Rundown from sending outbound MOS messages to the devices specified in this field.

Allow External Modification

Allow MOS-enabled production devices to place temporary holds on Stories for modification.

This feature will only work when the MOS Control Active box on the Production tab of the Rundown Ribbon is selected.

The device must be using MOS 2.8.2 or higher.

MOS Macro In Refer to your Media Object Server documentation for information about these fields.
MOS Macro Out
MOS Trigger

Select Manual, Timed, or Chained.

Prevent Manual Bar Movement

Allow the Rundown timing bar to be automatically advanced based on cues from an automation system.

Use Summary Item

When active for sites using MOS Object AutoCreate, a Story that will be recorded into a Summary item will have the Summary MOS item at the top, followed by Story text and other MOS items.

If this property is checked, the Rundown will only use summary items for timing purposes. Stories that do not contain summary items will be timed normally.

MOS Control Active

Create a connection between the Rundown and MOS-enabled production devices in your enterprise.

Once a Rundown is MOS Active, its icon will change to reflect that is MOS-enabled .

MOS Allow

Limit which MOS-enabled production devices can be used from a Rundown to just the entries specified in this list. If no entries are selected, all MOS-enabled production devices will be allowed.

Since the Rundown will only be able to trigger events on MOS-enabled production devices specified in this list, if a new MOS-enabled production device is installed at your station it will have to be manually selected in every Rundown that has a MOS Allow list.

Digital Publishing Properties

Web Section

If you are creating a Web Content List, this sets the section where the content is published, e.g. Business, Sports, Technology, etc.

Refer to Web Content Lists for more information.

Web Section Order

If you are creating a Web Content List, determines the order the content is displayed in the section.

Refer to Web Content Lists for more information.

Section Metrics

Display basic usage statistics for each approved Story.

Refer to Web Content Lists for more information.

Section Preview URL

If you are creating a Web Content List, display a URL where you can preview how the content will look when it is published.

Refer to Web Content Lists for more information.

Row Properties

Duplicate Slugs

Allow identical slugs in the Rundown.

If this option is enabled, you may paste a Story into the Rundown multiple times.

Duplicate slug detection is case-sensitive.

Duplicate Slug Options

If duplicate slugs are not allowed, selecting this option will display an option menu to users who attempt to drag in a Story with the same name as another Story in the Rundown.

If you enable this option, those users will be presented with the following choices: enter the Story with the duplicate slug unchanged, enter the Story with a new slug or cancel the operation.

By default, ENPS will suggest as a new title the original slug plus "-1," and incrementing the number as additional duplicate items are entered.

Show Story Templates On Insert

Require users to select from a list of Story templates when they insert a new line in a Rundown. Users will also be able to title the Story before it is inserted.

Approved Stories Only

Select this box to prevent users from adding non-approved stories to a Rundown.

If this option is selected it will not be possible to create new rows in the Rundown directly; the only way to add entries to the Rundown will be by dragging in stories that have the Final approval box selected prior to dragging.

Overwrite story property fields

Allow Story's properties fields to be copied into another Rundown.

If this option is disabled when you copy a Story from one Rundown to another you will lose the contents of the property fields in the new Rundown.

AutoCreate Properties

AutoCreate Days

The days of the week and the time of day a Rundown will be created automatically, up to one year in advance of the Program Start Date.

Once you create and save a Rundown as a template using the Layout options on the Rundown Ribbon it is possible to use that template to create Rundowns automatically for the days of the week selected in this field.

If these fields are not set, Rundowns will not be AutoCreated.

Once the AutoCreate Rundowns are created you can change the properties of each Rundown independently. If a change is made to one of the Rundown's properties, that change will be saved even if the Rundown template changes. If a Rundown property for one of the AutoCreated Rundowns has not been set and it is changed in the template it will also change in the daily Rundown.

You must set both AutoCreate Days and AutoCreate Time fields for Rundowns to AutoCreate.

AutoCreate Time
AutoCreate Days In Advance

Create this Rundown every day for the number of days specified up to one year in advance of the Program Start Date.

To create a Rundown today, leave this field blank.

To create the Rundown one day in advance of the Program Start Date you would enter "1" in this field and so on.

To automatically create a Rundown on the day it airs, leave this field blank.

You must set both AutoCreate Days and AutoCreate Time fields for Rundowns to AutoCreate.

It is recommended that you set your Rundowns to AutoCreate 5 minutes apart.