Scheduling
The Scheduling app allows users to efficiently manage a schedule of jobs, resources, and workflows.
Tip
Do you prefer visual learning? Take a look at the demo video about this app.
Note
This page contains information about the Scheduling app within the MediaOps Solution. If you are looking for information about the Scheduler module within DataMiner Cube instead, refer to DataMiner Scheduler.
App overview
The following pages are available in the Scheduling app:
Job View: Allows you to keep track of all jobs in the system on a timeline. Using the available filtering options, you can focus on the jobs that are relevant to you. You can also create new jobs from here, either starting from scratch or starting from a predefined workflow. To update existing jobs, you can use the pencil icon to open the Edit job panel. An automatic locking mechanism is used to avoid conflicts when multiple users try to update the same job.
Resource View: Shows the jobs for the resources in a specific resource pool. When a resource is used within a job, this will be visualized in the row of that resource in the timeline component. This page allows you to create a job where the selected resource is added immediately. You can also swap jobs between resources in the same resource pool, by dragging the job from one resource's row to another resource's row.
Ops Board: Shows the jobs in the system in a list view, filtered on the state of the job (Active, Upcoming, Completed, or All). From the Actions column, you can edit, duplicate, start or stop a job.
Search Jobs: Provides the tools to find any job in the system. This includes canceled jobs, which are hidden on all other pages.
App Configuration: Allows you to configure general app-wide settings.
About: Provides information on the version of the MediaOps package.
Jobs
A job represents a planned activity that will be executed. With a job, you can reserve resources, request a resource from a given pool of resources, and schedule a workflow. The system will make sure that, in the background, the availability of all resources is managed so that no resource conflicts occur.
Next to that, administrative metadata can be added to a job, such as a description, an owner, or the organization for which the job will be carried out.
Resources
Various types of resources can be included in a job and used to indicate that a job needs a certain type of resource for its operation. For example, if you are sending a live broadcast crew to report from an event, you might be sending an OB truck equipped with broadcast cameras, mics, and an electricity generator, together with a driver, a camera operator, an audio engineer, and an announcer. All of these can be represented as a resource inside MediaOps and scheduled with jobs in the Scheduling app.
For more details on how to create and manage resources, see Resource Studio.
Workflows
When you schedule a job, you can either create a workflow on the fly, or you can select a predefined workflow created in the Workflow Designer app.
For an example of how you can create a job and make a workflow on the fly, refer to the tutorial Creating a job and configuring it with resources. For an example of how you can use a predefined workflow instead, follow the tutorial Creating a workflow to use as a template for a job.