This Linker window can store additional copyright and catalog information, globally assigned User-Defined information, Segments where a song/link is used as part of the Link, and where this information is needed for Association Reports (see notes here). The User-defined information fields can be used as Attributes in Filters, spread goals, Dayparts, and segue bans. A User-defined field is one which does not already exist in GSelector. Information in these fields is not used for scheduling or Goals, but Links can be browsed by User-defined fields, Reports can be generated, and Browse formats designed using User-defined fields. You can name or rename any User-Defined or Custom User Defined field in the Global Settings: User-Defined Fields window. User-defined fields are common to Songs and Links; once defined in any station they are applied to all stations.
Click the Linker tab, then the Link tab, select a Link, and finally click the Additional tab. This image is reduced in size to better fit in the help window.
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If you have accessed this window from a browse of Links, you can navigate through the browse list using the arrow keys. The number of Links in the browse and the place the current Link holds in this list are displayed. This information automatically updates as you click through the browse.
As you click through the browse, the Media ID, Category and Title is displayed next to the toolbar.
NOTE: If you click to another Link having made changes in and Link window tab, you are prompted to save or discard those changes before moving to the next Link.
The toolbar is common to all Link window tabs. See the detailed notes here.
These fields are used to store catalog information. In this pane, you can enter Publisher, Label, ISRC number, Record Number, Promoter, Country, License, Association, and Prefix and Suffix catalog number information. Auto-Complete is enabled. Not all fields are compulsory for all territories. For further information, consult your local RCS office.
TIP: Information stored in these fields can be displayed in formats used in the Editor window , the Consideration window , and the Link Browse window . For details, see the notes on designing and assigning Browse formats
You may optionally add information in the ten fields provided here. These fields are common to Songs and Links. That is, if you name a User-Defined field for a Song, it will also be so named for Links. You cannot, when naming fields, assign the same name to more than one field. Auto-Complete is enabled for all user-defined fields
TIP: Information stored in these fields can be displayed in formats used in the Editor window, the Consideration window, and the Song Browse and Link Browse windows. For details, see the notes on designing and assigning Browse formats
You may optionally add information in the further 1-89 Custom configured fields. These additional fields can be Text, Date, Number or True/False. This information is not used in scheduling; it simply allows the station to store more details against any link. You can rename any Custom User Defined field in the Global Settings User Defined tab (see the Global Settings User-Defined tab notes) window. When naming fields, you cannot assign the same name to more than one field. Any name that you assign to any of the fields is used in both the Additional information windows in Songs and Links, and is also applied to all stations in your licensee group.
TIP: Information stored in these fields can be displayed in formats used in the Editor window, the Consideration window, and the Song Browse and Link Browse windows. For details, see the notes on designing and assigning Browse formats.
NOTE: The Number fields support positive or negative whole numbers (not fractions) from -2147483648 to 2147483647. Thousands separator is optional. Maximum text for a Text type field is 255 characters. The date format will follow the computers regional settings. Year Date can be omited for current year (MM/DD/YY or MM/DD). The - separator can also be used (DD-MM-YY). Valid strings for True/False are: "True" or "False" (case insensitive), or "0" (false) or "1" (true).
This pane allows the user to add timed Segments of Songs or Links to any Link. Songs and Links are accessed using the Add Segment window, which allows the user to select any active song or link in the Station library. Local copyright laws can oblige a station to make association reports covering music used in Links. See the notes in the Association Reports section for more details. See the Segments notes for full details.