Ad Hoc Content - Black Box iCompel ICOMP-ICC User Manual

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Ad Hoc Content

The Ad hoc feature allows you to delegate limited control of content to staff local to the display. This is particularly useful
where several players share the same channel but also need some customized content. The people at each location can make
those changes with a quick and easy, browser-based operation.
Local control of content is important in a wide range of application areas:
In an office, a secretary or office administrator can display welcome messages for visitors or display staff information.
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On a university campus with multiple displays, different information may need to be delivered to different faculties about
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upcoming events, room allocations, and so on.
In the retail sector, store information and special offer details will vary from branch to branch.
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In health care, patient information and other details will vary in different hospitals or GP practices in the same health
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authority area.
As the content designer, you delimit how much access is allowed at each site. You retain control of the key display elements
to maintain a consistent appearance and uniform identity for your organization.
The ad hoc environment consists of these components:
Ad hoc user – The person, usually at the display location, who has limited access and can update or change only the
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content items you specify.
Ad hoc entry – Is where ad hoc users log in through their browser, access pages that are available to them, and make their
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changes.
Ad hoc media folders – Contain all the media files that the ad hoc user can use when updating or changing content.
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You can delegate local responsibility for several different types of content:
Text
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Tables
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Newsfeeds
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TV channels, radio stations, and streaming TV
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Folders
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You can allow ad hoc users to update customizable content you have added to a playlist or update content they create in the
layouts you have allowed them to access.
As well as giving such access to content, you can also allow ad hoc users to:
Change complete layouts.
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Change display schedules.
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Perform schedule overrides.
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Synchronize content.
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You can also delegate control of a channel to an ad hoc user. In this case, you designate certain items as Ad hoc from
Center. This allows the ad hoc user to update those items on the iCC and in turn that updates each subscribing player.
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