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Master Control

Master Control is the control room's own screen: every service of the day in time order as the Now line moves down, what is on air and what comes next, read from across the room. The dashboard, the first page after sign-in, answers one question: is the next booking ready?

  • Master Control
  • Dashboard
  • Set Status
Master Control · the control room's screen at 09:38, no financial data

On Master Control and the dashboard

  • Master Control: on air now, next, upcoming and completed, live
  • ON AIR in the top bar: what is on air, NEXT and your clock
  • It updates itself within seconds of a change, without reloading
  • Each person keeps their own columns, rows and text size
  • No financial figures on master control's screens
  • The dashboard: the day in time order, with Provider, Space and Fields marks
  • The week ahead and a Ready meter for today
  • Set Status from a phone, where a role allows it
Master Control · the wallThe NOW line moves; services go on air

Who uses it

  • Master controlReads Master Control and marks services on air and done.
  • Booking deskStarts the day here and clears what is not ready yet.
  • Head of operationsSees the week ahead at a glance.

What it does

01

Master Control: the screen for the control room

Master Control is read from across a room: a dark display with every service of the day in time order as the Now line moves down, marked NOW, NEXT, UPCOMING and COMPLETED, with the day's counters. Studio or location and satellite can each have a column of their own, and a booking's Remark and Report can show under it. It carries no financial figure at all.

  • Each person picks the columns, rows and text size, and can hide cancelled or finished services
  • ON AIR in the middle of the top bar shows what is on air, NEXT and your clock, and opens Master Control
  • It updates itself within seconds of a change, without reloading
Master Control · the control room's screen at 09:38, no financial data
02

Dashboard: the day as a running order

The day's services are grouped by where they stand: on air now, next and later, with the present moment marked. Choose today, tomorrow or the week. The page refreshes itself and shows when it last did.

  • New Booking and Advanced Search sit on the same ribbon
  • Signing in returns you to your last page; the dashboard is only the very first start
Dashboard · the running order at 09:38
03

Three readiness marks per booking

Each row carries three marks: Provider, when every provider has confirmed; Space, when the space is clear; and Fields, when every required field is filled. A mark that is not yet green says what is missing and opens the booking to fix it.

  • The marks read the same rules as the booking desk
  • An in-house provider never waits for its own confirmation
Dashboard · the running order at 09:38
04

The week ahead and the Ready meters

A side column shows the week ahead as a bar per day, a Ready meter for today, and the waiting work of the other departments each person covers.

  • Waiting work links straight to the page that clears it
Dashboard · the running order at 09:38
05

No money on master control's screens

Each page shows only what the person may see. Master control sees Master Control, the dashboard and the statuses it may set, and no financial figure anywhere. A person without bookings access sees only their own waiting work.

  • What each role sees is set on the role's Permissions tab
Roles · each area in a plain sentence
06

Set Status from a phone, where a role allows it

On a phone, a booking opens on its own screen. Phones and tablets are view only until a role is given Make changes from a phone; nobody has it at first, administrators included. Where a role has it, Set Status raises the statuses this person may set, each in its colour, and one tap changes it.

  • The same statuses and permissions as on the desk
Phone · Set Status on 31405, where a role may change from a phone

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