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14 Managing Automations
This chapter contains the following:
 About Final Cut Server Automation (p. 193)
 General Automation Tips (p. 195)
 Response Pane and Window (p. 196)
 Watcher Pane and Window (p. 212)
 Subscription Pane and Window (p. 215)
 Schedule Pane and Window (p. 217)
About Final Cut Server Automation
Configuring the Final Cut Server automation features can help your workflow in many
ways. Just two of these ways are sending emails when specified events occur, such as a
change in an asset’s status or a job failing, and automatically copying assets to
specified devices.
Final Cut Server provides two methods for configuring your system’s automation: using
Automation Setup Assistant in Final Cut Server System Preferences or using a group of
panes in the Final Cut Server client’s Administration window.
Using Automation Setup Assistant
Using Automation Setup Assistant in Final Cut Server System Preferences is the easiest
method to quickly configure the most commonly used automation functions. Based on
the profile you selected when you installed Final Cut Server, one or more automations
were created for you; you just need to customize them (if necessary) and activate them
to have them working for you.
See “
About the Customer Profiles” on page 29 for specific information about the
installer’s customer profiles. See Chapter 6, “Using Automation Setup Assistant,” on
page 77 for information about using this method to configure your automations.