Specifications

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Ad hoc content

User Guidance Message

This message is shown on the Data Entry page, and will typically be used to assist the user when entering values. This

item is optional.

Users allowed to Enter Data

List the users who have permission to view and make changes to the Data Entry page.

NOTE: Users with Layout Manager User Access permission are able to view and modify all Ad hoc Data Entry pages.

5.8 Ad hoc Folder play

You can add a Folder to a Playlist and give Ad hoc users permission to upload their own content into that folder.

An education authority, for example, can publish a Layout that contains a Zone for showing student artwork. Each school

that has an iCOMPEL subscribed to that channel can upload their own images into the Ad hoc folder so that the actual

content is unique at each school.

Any Ad hoc folder must contain at least one default item that is shown until an Ad hoc user uploads content into the folder.

If the channel is re-published, then any content that has been uploaded locally remains in place unless the Ad hoc folder

has been removed from the Playlist.

To add an Ad hoc Folder to a Playlist, follow these steps:

1. Select the Layout and Zone where you want to add the folder.

2. Add a Folder to a Playlist and click its Edit button.

3. For the Management option, select Ad hoc and click Apply. The iCOMPEL creates a default_files sub-folder in the

folder you added to the Playlist. Any content that is put into the Playlisted folder is shown on the display, and if the

folder is empty, then content in the default_files folder is shown.

5.9 Ad hoc media folder

The Ad hoc Media folder is a special folder on the iCOMPEL that is designated for use by Ad hoc users. It is the only

Media folder (or set of folders) that these users can access.

To use an Ad hoc media, you must add it to the Playlist for a Zone, and enable it for the Ad hoc user. The iCOMPEL plays

media from the Ad hoc Media folder, in preference to any other material, if any suitable media is available. If no suitable

media is available in the Ad hoc Media folder, the iCOMPEL plays the content of the default folder for that Playlist instead.

If you see the message No Media Folder has been configured for this user, you must set a Media Folder for this user

in the Users page .

You can use the Files and Folders page to browse the file system on the iCOMPEL. The operations listed below are

available for this folder.

Folder operations

The following operations are supported for folders:

Delete the folder.

Move the folder.

File operations

The following operations are supported for files:

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