10.3. Managing Groups

To manage groups in RDAdmin, touch the Manage Groups button to open the Rivendell Group List dialog.

The Rivendell Group List Dialog

10.3.1. Editing Group Information

To examine and modify an existing group, touch its entry in the Groups list and then touch the Edit button to open the Group Dialog.

The Rivendell Group Dialog

The Default Import Title is the title string that will be assigned to carts created by dropboxes or rdimport(1) when no file-specific title metadata is found. This field recognizes the following wildcards:

Table 10.1. Default Import Title Wildcards

%fBody part of the filename
%eExtension part of the filename

The Default Cart Type: controls which type of cart (Audio or Macro RDLibrary will default to when creating a new cart in this group.

The Default Cart Number: fields define a range of cart numbers to use by default for this group --i.e. by RDLibrary or rdimport(1). If the Enforce Cart Range box is ticked, Rivendell will not permit carts to be created in or moved to this group whose cart number does not fall within this range.

If the Include this group in Traffic reports or Include this group in Music reports box is ticked, play-outs of carts belonging to this group in a log will be included in traffic or music reports, respectively.

If this Set End Date/Time box is ticked, then new cuts that belong to this group will have their end date/time automatically set to the specified number of days after the date of creation.

If the Purge expired cuts box is ticked, then cuts in the group will be purged --i.e. deleted -- the specified number of days after they expire. If Delete cart if empty is also ticked, then the cart containing the deleted cut will also be deleted if it contains no other cuts.

If the Transmit Now ' Next box is ticked, then carts in this group will generate an RLM event when played in a log.

Carts in this group will be allowed to play only on those services that are shown in the Active Services list.

To set a color for the group (used when the group name is displayed elsewhere in Rivendell, touch the Color button.

Touch the OK button to commit any changes made, or Cancel to abandon them.

10.3.2. Renaming Groups

A group can be renamed by touching the Rename button. If the New Group Name: given already exists, then the carts in this group will be moved into that group.

The Rename Group Dialog

10.3.3. Group Report

A printable report listing the defined groups and their attributes can be generated by touching the Generate Report button.