Conflicts

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Introduction

Conflicts provides a way in which the scheduling engine will protect related products from appearing close to one another on the Log. For example, you might not want car dealerships to run back to back (or very close) to one another. This protection works on a Contract by Contract basis and is in addition to Customer separation.

Main Menu

• File
  • New
    Opens the Conflict Window.
  • Open
    Opens the highlighted item in the Conflict Window
  • Print
    Prints the existing visible list.
  • Print Preview
    Print previews the existing visible list.
  • Close
    Closes the window.
• View
  • Trashed
    Checkmark on/off to show trashed.
  • Reset
    Using MyViews you can design a layout that best suites your personal working style; this option serves as a means to reset the layout to "factory original."
  • Refresh (F5)
    Reloads the list from the server.

Context Menu

Columns

• Name The Name of the conflict.
• Separation method Separate by time or Availtypes.
• Amount A number used in conjunction with the separation method.

Usage

This window is accessed through Settings.



This window shows all conflict codes within the system. You can change header items by using the column chooser but all available items will show in the default screen as shown below.



Your columns are Name, Separation Method and Amount. You can alter any of the above by clicking on them and adjusting them the window that pops up. It will look just like the New Conflict window. (see below)

Conflict

Introduction

Clicking on the New button in conflicts or Left click "File" in the main menu and click "New" brings up the conflict window.

Usage

The above window shows what will be displayed when you create a new conflict.

Name

The name field should be populated with something meaningful representing the category of advertising that will be used in order to determine whether a conflict occurs in an effort to create a reasonable separation buffer.

Separation

When the spots are scheduled on the Log, several rules are evaluated in order to create / enforce the space between various scheduled items. Two of these rules are based on Conflict (Primary and Secondary - defined on the Contract). When evaluating the primary and/or secondary conflicts, the type of separation defined for the individual Conflict is evaluated and there are three basic types:

None

When the separation method is set to None, the primary/secondary conflict evaluation are skipped during the automatic placement process on the Log.

Minutes

A separation method of Minutes requires defining how many minutes will be used in determining how far apart similar items (with the same conflict) can be placed. Keep in mind that the amount of time is on both sides of the item being placed compared to both sides of other items already placed.

Avails

Separation method of Avails requires specifying the number of avails between similar items (with the same conflict).