Series Page Manual 3.0
Access to this menu in Betools through: 
Video On Demand > Movies > Series
The Series page is a variation of the Movies page. Its purpose it to make it easier and more visual to Edit Series, Seasons, Episodes and its relationships.
This page brings a new element: the treeview. In this block it is possible to see the hierarchy between all the elements that belong to a Series. The block opens an aside and allows to edit one or more elements at once, by selecting them on the tree view. whenever more than element is selected the editing blocking will automatically enter in bulk edit mode.
Blocks
Main Image
Preview of the series image, displaying the first image related to the content, priority order of the image type: Cover, Original Cover, or any other.
Series Elements
Series tree view, when we select several elements, we can delete or edit in bulk mode
Clicking on 
button, a warning will be displayed.
Clicking on 
button, an aside will be open
The save function 
verifies and applies the changes for each edited block.
If we edit a block without saving and close the aside, a warning will be displayed to save and continue or dismiss the changes made.
The aside allows edition of the following information blocks:
Basic Information
| Field | Description | Restrictions |
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| Name | Internal name for the movie. This name is not displayed for users (see Metadata block). |
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Metadata Validation Results
This block allows to display the Metadata validation results for this serie.
| Field | Description | Restrictions |
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| Name | Internal name for the movie. This name is not displayed for users (see Metadata block). |
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Availability Windows
Using this block, the OB operator is able to manage the different availability windows for those instances the operator has access. The behavior is the same of the block from the Movies page.
Create a new availability window
- Use the AddExisting.png button. This will create a new empty entry row to be filled.
- Then select the instance where you want to define the new availability window. You will only able to view those instances you have access to.
- The next step is to define the Availability Window Start Date and End Date.
- You can also enable or disable Is ComingSoon flag. This flag can be used to display a Coming Soon message in applications, but the playback/rental will not be allowed.
- Press the Save button
in order to apply changes.
Restrictions
The availability windows definition have the following restrictions:
- It is not allowed to create overlapping windows for the same Instance. MIB will show an error when trying to save a movie with overlapping windows for the same instance.
- The availability window has to be created between the License Window. If the availability window being created is outside the License Window for the movie, MIB will show an error when trying to save.
Metadata
This block shows the metadata associated with series, coming from the XML metadata.
| Field | Description | Restrictions |
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| Name | Internal name for the movie. This name is not displayed for users (see Metadata block). |
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Genres
Persons Roles
Images
Age Ratings
Metadata Enrichment
Actions
| Create | Edit | Edit in List | Bulk Edit | Copy | Copy with Relateds | Delete |
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Create
Create is not enabled for this page.
Edit
Series edition is enabled for operators. It can be used to modify some existing series information. Once finished modifying the information, save changes by using the button in the edit page.
Edit in List
Edit in list is not enabled for this page.
Bulk Edit
Bulk Edit is not enabled for this page.
Copy
Copy is not enabled for this page.
Copy with relateds
Copy with relateds is not enabled for this page.
Delete
Delete is not enabled for this page. Delete option is enabled in 'Series Elements' block.
