u Program License Contract record form for Legal Department access.
New functionality includes a new Contract Eligibility Maintenance screen to provide the ability to set/reset parameters and attributes related to a Contract's exhibition eligibility status.
Fields and attributes in the Contract Dates area can be set and modified in this screen. All other fields are protected and cannot be modified.
The checkmarks besides each Contract date set that information as mandatory, that is, if the corresponding date is not set in the Contract licensed programs will be ineligible for exhibition.
There is also one special checkmark that allows the users to set a Contract as ineligible independent of any other setting. If this checkmark is set in a Contract its licensed programs will be ineligible for exhibition.
It is also possible to add new manual Log entries to the Contract from this screen
The normal Contract Maintenance screen will now show a message warning that the Contract is Not Eligible For Exhibition, based on the settings from the new screen.
The Daily Log Validation routine is updated to include a check for Contract Exhibition Eligibility.
a new class of messages is added to the Daily Log Verification Report; serious messages display with type X
Messages in the serious class are:
if a titles contract does not allow its exhibition
if the log includes manual events (events with no associated program)
events with no House Number or Duration
the Automation Interface file CANNOT be generated if any serious error is found in the Daily Log
Daily Log duplication is also blocked if serious errors are found in the Daily Log
Daily Log reports have been updated to include a note for titles that are not eligible for exhibition
to prevent incorrect use of log reports for non-eligible titles, media information WILL NOT show up for events in that situation.
The Contract validation can be activated/deactivated globally via a new option in 4C-TVs Registry. A new parameter "CheckContractValid",in the GENERAL, class MUST be set to "Y" to activate the new functionality. This parameter can be set from 4C-TV Configuration screen (use the General Parameters button to set this new property).