The Song Coding window is an extension of the Song Window and Multi-Song changer Attributes and Participants grids (see the Song window and the Multi-Song Changer notes) . It displays and allows editing of Attributes, Participants and Song Groups for the Artist and Song in the current song window or the browsed Song List. From here, you can create, add, (and in the Song window only, remove) Attributes and Participants, for both Artists and Songs. Attributes and Participants that are added or edited in this window are added across the full Database, even though they might only be assigned to Songs in one Station.
For a list of Attributes, see the Attributes topic.
For a list of Participants, see the Participants topic.
Place the mouse pointer in the Song window or Multi-Song Changer Attributes/Participants grid and double-click.
Or Click the Edit button at top right in the Song window or Multi-Song Changer Attributes or Participants pane to open this window. The window opens displaying the last tab view accessed. The image in the window illustration below is the Attributes tab view. See here for the Participants tab view.
Click any area in the image for help.
Click any area in the image for help.
TIP: You can rapidly jump to any Attribute in a long list by typing the first letter of the Attribute code. See the Hot Key search notes in the Working with Browses topic for more details.
This grid lists all Attributes assigned to this artist.
This grid, shown below the Artist Attributes, lists all Attributes assigned to this song.
Click this tab to close the Attributes tab and open the Song Coding in Participants view.
This is an expanding pane which allows you to select codes and descriptions to assign to the listed Attributes. By clicking the New button, you can add a heading or code to the Attributes list. See the notes for Creating and Assigning Attributes in this topic. The attributes listed here can be dragged and dropped into the Artist Attribute grid or the Song Attribute grid using the mouse. The Add/Remove buttons can also be used to assign attributes.
Click the Participants tab from the Song Coding window Attributes view to access the Participants view.
Click any area in the image for help.
Click any area in the image for help.
TIP: You can rapidly jump to any Participant by typing the first letter of the Participant's name. See the Hot Key search notes in the Working with Browses topic for more details.
From the Participants view, click this tab to work with Attributes. The Attributes view is the default view both in the song window and the song coding window.
This grid lists all Participants assigned to this artist.
This grid lists all Participants assigned to this song.
This pane allows you to select names to assign to Participants. By clicking the New button, you can add a name under any Participant heading. See the notes for Creating and Assigning Participants in this topic. The participants listed here can be dragged and dropped into the Artist Participant grid or the Song Participant grid using the mouse. The Add/Remove buttons can also be used to assign attributes.
Enter the part or all of the name of a Participant and click the Search button.
Select either the Station or the All radio button to show assigned Attributes or Participants for this station, or all Attributes or Participants across the entire Library . Results are shown in the in Attributes list pane or the Participants list pane.
In many Library databases, the list of potential Participants can often run into the thousands. GSelector automatically displays all Participant names for the current station, when you select the Station radio button. When searching for Participants across all Stations in the Library, select the All Participants radio button, and a Text Search box is activated, in the same way that you search in the Browse window for Inactive songs. Enter all or part of the Artist name in this box, click the search button at right of the text field, and GSelector automatically displays any matches for the string entered here. The Participant can then be selected or edited in the usual way.
Click to edit a selected Attribute or Participant. See the Editing notes.
To create a new Participant or Attribute, click to create a new Attribute or name a new Participant
Click to delete a selected Attribute or Participant. See the Deleting notes.
NOTE: The process of deleting an Attribute value or Participant name is permanent. Once it has been deleted, it is removed from all Songs and Links to which it has been assigned, and the code or name is removed from the library. Use the Remove button to remove it from the asset but maintain the Attribute value or Participant name for other assets.
There are two sets of add-remove buttons, one set for Artist-level Attributes and Participants next to the artist-level Attribute or Participant grid, and one for Song-level Attributes and Participants, next to the song-level Attribute or Participant grid. The buttons move items into and out of the Attribute or Participant grids lists and their associated panes in each view. Click the left-pointing buttons to move the selected Attribute and Participant to its grid at Artist or Song Level. Click the right-pointing buttons at Artist or Song level to remove the selected Attribute or Participant from the artist or song grid.
Click this button to close the Song coding window and return to the underlying Song window.
Creating and assigning Attributes
Assigning an Existing Attribute
Removing an Assigned Attribute
Creating and assigning Participants
Assigning an Existing Participant
Removing an Assigned Participant
button to open the Create New Attribute window.
button at Artist or Song level to add to the relevant grid.TIP: It is very easy to create overlapping names and descriptions for Attributes. Before creating a new Attribute, check the list of Attributes already created by expanding the Attributes list .
button to open the Create New Participant window.
to button to add the attribute.
In the Artist or Song Attributes grids, drag the attribute to be removed from the grid and drop it in the Available Attributes. Optionally, select the attribute to remove, and click the right-pointing button. The code is removed from the Attributes grid. Click Close to close the window and return to the song window.
to button at Artist level to assign a role for the Participant in the Assign Artist Participant window, or at Song Level to assign a role for the Participant.
TIP: You can edit Participant roles at any time right in the grid. Click the Participant role to display a list of roles.
In the Artist or Song Participants grids, drag the Participant to be removed from the grid and drop it in the Available Participants. Optionally, select the attribute to remove, and click the right-pointing button. The code is removed from the Participants grid. Click Close to close the window and return to the song window.
button.
NOTE: The process of deleting an Attribute code or Participant name is permanent. Once it has been deleted, it is removed from all Songs and Links to which it has been assigned, and the code or name is removed from the library.
buttonNOTE: The process of editing an Attribute code or Participant name is permanent. Once it has been changed, the change is applied to all Songs to which it has been assigned.