APPs Page Manual 3.0

Access to this menu in Betools through: Applications > APPs

This section lists all the VOD channels that compose the different tree structures of channels available in the different services. They are organized as different tree structures where each channel is linked to its parent through the Parent Channel field.
You can use this menu to create, modify or delete VOD channels and to manage the contents and attributes that are linked to each.

Blocks

APPs

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APPs Basic properties

Field	Description	Restrictions
Name	Name for this APPs.	Mandatory
Title	Title for the apps to be displayed on screen.	-
Description	Contains some text describing the apps.	-
Instance	Instance associated with the apps.	-
Live Channel	Pending	-
Url	Pending	-
Source	Controls the access and visibility of this app for other operators. Only operators with rights over this source or its children will be able to see it.
Active	Indicates if the application is active.	* Mandatory
License Start	License start	Mandatory
License End	License End	Mandatory
Type	Type of app: 1- Tv Apps 2 - Internal 3 - Living Apps
Category	Pending	-
Creator	Operator that created this app	-
Owner	Operator that created this app	-

Images

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This block allows you to manage the images associated to the movie and the information associated, such as the Type and Quality.

Images block

Add new images

Upload Images Block

• Use the button and a new row will be added so you can upload the new image.
• Then click the button and a dialog will be open so you will be able to select the image to be uploaded.
• Now fill the rest of the image information.
• Once finished, save changes by using the in the edit page and the image will be created and associated.
  

Add existing images

• Click the button and a dialog will open to select and existing image.
• Once finished, save changes by using the in the apps page and the image will be associated.
  

Image preview

Remove images

• Use the button to remove the association of a image from the apps.
• Once finished, save changes by using the in the apps page. This will not delete the image file from the platform. In order to delete the image, you will have to go to the Images Page.

Preview images
By clicking in the button in each image, you can access to the image preview.

Device Model Availability

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This blocks allows you to manage the availability of this app in the different device model in the instance it belongs to.

VOD Channel device availability block

Configuring availability
The sliding button allows you to enable/disable that device model

Subscription Info

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This block shows the information of the subscriptions associated with the app.

Subscription Info Block

Edit a subscription

• Use the button and a new tab will open with the subscription page to be able to edit from https://wikis.tid.es/gvp-dev/index.php/Subscription_Page_Manual_3.0#Edit.

VOD Channels

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This block is very similar to the Movie Criteria block but instead of selecting movies, it can be used to select what Live Schedules will be included in this VOD channels. The way of creating this content criteria is very similar.
The only difference is the Content Criteria Filters available:

• Genre ID
• Instance ID
• Live Channel ID
• Program Type
• Schedule Starts now until X days

And the Content Criteria Orders available:

• Default: Ordered by ID
• Editorial Rating : Ordered by Live Schedule Editorial Rating value
• License Availability End: Ordered by Live Schedule end value.

Actions

Create	Edit	Edit in List	Bulk Edit	Copy	Copy with Relateds	Delete

Create

VOD Channel creation is enabled by default for most of the Content operator profiles.

1. Use the button to create an empty VOD Channel.
2. Fill all the VOD Channel data and the related blocks.
3. Once finished, save changes by using the button in the VOD Channel page.

Edit

VOD Channel edit is enabled by default for most of the operator profiles. It can be used to perform modification in the VOD Channel data and related information. Once finished modifying the VOD Channel, save changes by using the button in the VOD Channel page.

Edit in List

Edit in list is enabled for VOD Channels, allowing the operator to Edit basic fields from the list view. You can modify any of the non read only fields and you can also delete any channel by clicking on the button. Once finished, save changes by using the button in the VOD Channel page.

Bulk Edit

Bulk Edit is enabled in the VOD Channel page, allowing you to modify several VOD Channels at the same time. However, not all the relateds blocks will be available for performing a bulk edit operation. The blocks available are:

• Basic channel information
• VOD Channels
• Editorial Contents
• Device Availability Mapping
• Movie Criteria
• LiveSchedule Criteria
• Subscription Criteria
• Images

Copy

Copy is enabled for VOD Channels. Using the button, you will be able to clone the basic information from the channel into a new channel. The relateds will not be copied using this mode. Once the VOD Channel is copied, review that all the fields have been copied properly and press Save button.

Copy with Relateds

Copy is enabled for VOD Channels. Using the button, you will be able to clone a VOD Channels and the relateds blocks into a new channel.
The copy with relateds will behave differently for each block:

• Editorial Contents: Use same IDs (Shallow Copy).
• Device Availability Mapping: Copy objects (Deep copy).
• Movie Criteria: Copy objects (Deep copy).
• LiveSchedule Criteria: Copy objects (Deep copy).
• Subscription Criteria: Copy objects (Deep copy).
• Images: Use same IDs (Shallow Copy).

Once the VOD Channel is copied, review that all the fields have been copied properly and press Save button.

Delete

You can delete a channel either from the Edit in List or from the VOD Channel Page, using the button. A confirmation popup will be shown before excluding it.