Traffic Parameters

u Traffic Parameters configuration screen.

Copy Disposition 

u The Copy Disposition list allows the specification of information concerning the disposition of Program copies (versions) and other media.

• Material : material (copy usage) the following parameters apply to;
• Disp Copy : indicates the disposition to be used for copies of the type indicated in the Material column; if omitted, the information indicated int the corresponding Program's Contract will be used;
• Base Date: indicates the Base date to be used for calculating of the program copies' disposition date; if omitted, the information in the Program's Contract is used;
• # Days: indicates the number of days for calculating of the program copies' disposition date; if omitted, the information in the Program's Contract is used;
• Disp Media : indicates the disposition to be used for the corresponding media records; if omitted, the information indicated in the Default Disposition parameter in the yellow block is used;
• Recycle : indicates if material can or cannot be directly recycled by the Media Library, thru the Media Library Disposition function. Materials that do not have that indication can only be recycled by Traffic, through the Copy Disposition function.

u The Controlling Company for which the Copy Disposition parameters apply is selected from the popup on the top left corner. This allows the definition of different options for each Controlling Company and provides the ability to specify options for Controlling Companies with no Contract or Program Rights in the database (ex. basic channels).

u This panel allows to configure the treatment given by the system to each specific Disposition code, when "executing" the disposition of Program Copies. For each disposition code, the following parameters can be configured:

• Action : can be either Keep or Delete, indicating the treatment to be given to the Program Copy record; indicating if the corresponding records should be kept in the Data Base or eliminated;
• New Copy Disp : new value for the program copies' disposition, in case they are kept in the Data base;
• New Media Disp : new value for the disposition of the Media that correspond to the executed copies; this value will update the corresponding Media Library's records;
• New Media Mat : new value for the material field in the Media that correspond to the executed copies; this value will update the corresponding Media Library's records.

u When a Program Copy is registered, the copy's version and material (copy usage) will determine the Job to be created automatically by the system. This will be determined by the association of version/material pair in the Copy Shipping/Receiving panel.

u When registering of Program copies, an associated Job will be created, whenever an AWB is indicated, or if any costs are indicated, or if the copy that is being created indicated that a Job must be created (according to the list above). The Job will be created with the specified JobService code . It will be marked as complete and will update the Status of the corresponding Program.

u If there are any Templates asociated to the Jobs being created, these will also be added to the database at the same time.

u This mechanism allows for example, that as a copy with Version="ORI" and Material="Original Master" is being registered, a Job "Master Shipment" be automatically created. The service "Master Shipment" has the status code "RO", therefore this code will be included to the Program's status. For this service there is a defined Template, that indicates the creation of a Job with service "Checking Order", and that will also be created automatically by the system.

u In that same way, other automatic procedures can be defined, providing the creation of a group of Jobs whenever a given set of copies is registered in the database.

u The "RCV" column specifies the number of days estimated for the execution of the Job created automatically.

u The control parameters for Faulty Tapes functionality are:

• Version Type : specifies which Type to be attributed to the faulty copy;
• New Disposition :specifies the new disposition to be assigned to the faulty copy;
• Dispos.Days : indicates the number of days (from the current date) to be set as the disposition date for faulty copy;
• Faulty Job: specifies which Job Service to be used to create a corresponding follow-up Job (the Job will not be created if the JobService is undefined);
• JobDueDays : indicates the number of days (from the current date) to set as the estimate delivery date for the dollow-up Job (see above for the possible values).

updated release 2.2.002