This window is used to design formats to apply in Library (Browse and Category Changer), Editor (Log or Consideration), Analysis and Kick Override Order windows. These are assigned in the Browse Formats Assignment window. You can create as many formats as required; in each format, fields can be selected and specified in the order you choose. You can also assign a Browse sort order and sort directions to any field. Any field can be renamed just for that format, and field widths can be set in a mock-up pane. A format, once designed, can be used in any Station.
Accessing this window
Features in this window
Designing in this window
Fields listed
See also the Browse Formats Assignment window notes.
NOTE: Format selection in the Browse and other Library windows is available for Active songs only. To view inactive songs, select the default format
Click the Setup tab, then the Browse Formats tab, and finally the Formats tab to access a window similar to this image.
Click any area in the image for help
Click any area in the image for help
The Song and Link tabs are setup the same. The Song tab is used to setup custom Browse format for All Song related fields. These Song Browse Formats can then be assigned as Editor or Song Formats. The Link tab is used to setup custom browse formats for All Link related fields. These Formats can then be assigned to Link Formats.
From this toolbar, you can Add a New Format, Save or Cancel changes to a Format, Save an Existing or Changed Format as a new Format , and Delete a format.
All existing formats are displayed in this pane. Click the drop-down button to access the list of existing formats. Note that all Formats are available on all Stations.
All Fields not used in the format are listed in alphabetical order in this pane. The Song tab Fields list holds fields used in the Main Song window, the Song Additional tab, and History fields (Date Added, Date Activated, Entered Category, Last Edited and Total Plays) along with the Airtime field. From here, select a field and click the Add button to place the field in the Selected list. Optionally, drag and drop the selected field into the Selected list. The Link tab Fields List holds fields used in the Main Link window, the Link Additional tab, and History fields (Date Added, Date Activated, Entered Category, Last Edited and Total Plays). All Song and Link fields are available for use in any format, including the User Defined and Custom User Defined fields in the Additional Information pane.
NOTE: Some fields for each format are permanent. They cannot be removed from the format, and are not displayed in the Available Fields windows. They are always included in the final format, although you do not have to display them if the other fields take up enough space to move them out of view. In the Editor, for example, the Score and Lowest Score fields and the Status fields are always included in the format. However the size and position of these columns can be save to the Browse Format 
in the Editor.
These buttons are used to move Fields to and from the available Fields and Selected Fields panes. The Right-pointing Add button at top places a highlighted Field in the Selected Fields List. The Left-pointing Remove button returns a selected field back to the Fields List. Optionally, fields can be added or removed by dragging and dropping the selected field with the mouse.
All fields selected for the current format are displayed in this pane. Their order can be adjusted by using the Field Sequencing buttons or by dragging and dropping the field to a new order location.
Pressing the CTRL+F will open the Find option allowing the user to do a "Smart Filter" find. The Finder will search for results as they are typed. The Find option is available in the Selected Fields List of this window, select the pane and press CTRL+F to open the Find option.
CTRL+F - Invokes the Find Panel.
ESC - Clears the search box. If the search box is empty, pressing ESC closes the Find Panel.
DOWN ARROW - Moves focus from the Find Panel to the grid's data area.
In any Format, you can optionally display a different Name for the field, by typing the different Name into the Alias field. The Alias used is specific to that Format, although is nothing to prevent the same Alias being used in multiple formats.
The Sort field allows you to both specify a sort order, and a direction for the sort, which is applied to the Browse from any field or fields in the Browse format. This allows you, for example, to call for a format which sorts by Category first, and then by Artist and Title, with each sorted in direction you specify. Or you could sort by Duration and then by Artist and Title. Sort order is determined by the order you set up in the Selected Fields pane, and sort direction is applied to each field. If you don't want to sort on any field, you can select this option as well.
TIP: You can specify sort direction for any field in a browse - see the sorting notes in the Working with Browses topic - by clicking on the header for that field.
The # of Chars is the number of characters that will show for the value in the field selected. For example, if the # of Chars was set to 2 and the selected field was Sound Code then an event with the Sound Code of Rock would only show Ro in the resulting field of the Browse window.
The Delimiter is the character between two or more values. If a song had two Sound Codes such as, Rock and Fast and the Delimiter was + then the resulting field would show Rock+Fast or Ro+Fa if the # of Chars was set to 2.
The Mandatory column works with the Inline Editing feature to make the field a required field when a user is editing a song/link in the browse window. In this case, the user can not delete the contents of a mandatory field when inline editing. Also, the contents of a mandatory browse format field can not be deleted in the Multi Song/Link Changer.
Click these buttons to order fields in the Selected Fields pane. This determines the sort order and the field sequence in the browse. Click to select a field, and then move that field up and down in the field sequence. Fields are displayed from top to bottom, and read from left right in the Preview Pane and in the Log or Consideration Pane formats. Optionally, use the Alt+Up and Alt+Down on the keyboard or drag and drop the field to re-order the selected field.
To save a Column width for the Browse Format go to the desired window such as the Library Browse window, adjust the column widths, then use the 
Format Selection drop-down to save the changes to the column widths.
Adding and Removing fields when creating or editing a Format
Saving an existing Format as a New Format
button in the Toolbar to access the New Format window.
TIP: This window is also opened when Saving an Existing format as a New Format with the Save As option.
TIP: Custom Formats are available in all Stations, although users may not need the same format in a different station with a different set of requirements. You can, of course, design formats for a specific station, and name them accordingly.
Click the Save 
button to save your changes in this window. If you do not click the button upon leaving the window, you will be prompted to save your changes at this point.
Click the Cancel 
button to re-read the original settings and return to the window to its last saved state.
TIP: If you save changes to an existing format, that format is changed permanently. To retain an existing format while saving the changes, use Save as New button.
Use the Save As option to create a new format from an existing format. This can save a lot of time when designing formats.
button.
To Add a field:
Select in the Available Fields list, then click the Right-pointing Add button to add to Selected Fields List. When the cursor is on any entry in the Selected Fields grid, newly added fields are placed above this field, except when the cursor is on the last entry in the grid. Here, newly added fields are placed below the last entry. Optionally, drag and drop Fields to the Selected Fields pane.
To Remove a field:
Select in the Selected Fields list, then click the Left-pointing Remove button to return to the Available Fields List. Optionally, drag and drop Fields from the Selected Fields pane.
NOTE: Adding an Alias in any format does not change the field name anywhere else in GSelector
The following is a list of Fields available in the fields list of the Songs or Links tab. Some attributes may also have a Fallback Attribute listed depending on the settings in the Attributes tab of the Setup | Station | Features window.
This field displays the theoretical start time of the Log Item after scheduling. GSelector calculates the value for any Log Item by adding the Runtime field value to the previous Log Item's Airtime value. When working with Master Control or a Third party automation system, the field displays the actual start time, sometime referred to as the event time, of the Log item. If the station is integrated with Zetta and the Hard Time value is set for a Zetta Execute Command, Zetta Macro and Zetta Record Control event, when the log is scheduled the Air Time column will show the Hard Time and the Zetta hard time 
icon for the event. Events played, in Zetta, from the Hot Keys, Stacks or Z-Player modules will show an injected icon 
next to the air time. Hovering over the icon will display a tool tip showing which module injected the event.
This Song information field displays Album field information.
The Alternate Category displays the category that is assigned as the alternate in the Dayparts tab of the Song window. Check the Alternate Category checkbox in the Setup section Station Features window to display this field in the Station coding pane.
The Alternate Packet displays the packet that is assigned as the alternate in the Dayparts tab of the Song window. Check the Alternate Category checkbox in the Setup section Station Features window to display this field in the Station coding pane.
This Song Participant field displays Arranger information.
For Songs this field displays the Song Artist;
For Spots, this field displays Sponsor 1 information;
for all other Log Elements, this field is blank.
This Song Attributes field displays Artist Group information.
This Song Additional Information field displays Details Pane field data.
The Automation systems field displays the Interfaced automation systems name and the Media ID.
The Bed attribute marks the Link as a Bed. The Bed column will show if the Link has a Bed Type selected. There are two types of Beds: Bed with Auto-Fade and Bed No Fade (Donut)
The BPM In is the Beats Per Minute at the beginning of the Song or Link. The BPM In can be set manually by entering the value into the field, using the Beats Per Minute Calculator or by using the Audio Analysis tool. This value is used in Goals with the BPM Transition Segue Ban.
The BPM Out is the Beats Per Minute of the end of the song or link. The BPM Out can be set manually by entering the value into the field, using the Beats Per Minute Calculator or by using the Audio Analysis tool. This value is used in Goals with the BPM Transition Segue Ban.
The BPM Overall is the average Beats Per Minute of the entire song or link. The BPM Overall can be set manually by entering the value into the field, using the Beats Per Minute Calculator or by using the Audio Analysis tool. This value is used in Goals with the BPM Overall Segue Ban.
The Breaknote Media will display what is in the Media field of the scheduled Breaknote.
When a Browse List is used in a schedule, the Browse List counter field shows the position number of an element scheduled via that browse list.
Where a Song or Link is used, this color-coded field displays the short Category name; otherwise the field is blank.
This field lists the Names of Song Category Groups, or other Log Items such as Exact Time Markers, Controls. See the notes for Clock Elements for full details.
The Clock Goal field shows the Clock Goal that was selected for the clock position.
This Complete Work option tells GSelector if the song is the Complete Work or just a movement of the complete work. This Complete Work check box works with the Complete Work Name field.
The Complete Work Name attribute is used to assign the name of the Complete Work to a song (Movement). This field works with the Complete Work check box and the Legacy Rules to separate movements of the same complete work from each other, and/or separate movements from their complete work.
This Song Participant field displays Composer information.
This Song Participant field displays Conductor information.
The Constraint field show the Constraint used for the clock position.
This Song Attributes field displays Content information. This Attribute is used, generally but not exclusively, to indicate that the song is, or is not, part of a Content Library. Where local regulations require stations to feature music with specific local content, this Attribute can be used to denote such songs. When Content is an available choice in the list then Content is set as a Global Attribute in the Setup | Station | Features | Attributes tab. If Content is not visible in the list then Content is set as a Station attribute; look for Station-Content in the list.
This Song Additional Information field displays Details Pane field data.
This field, when added to a format, displays the airtime of the event without resetting at the top of every hour, calculated as starting from the Broadcast Start Hour. This field can also be used in Schedule Reports, and when designing an Export Schedule format.
This Song and Link Change History field displays the date the Song and Link was activated.
This Song and Link window Change History field displays the date the Song or Link was added.
The Date Added (Weeks Since) shows the number of weeks since the date the Song or Link was added.
0-7 days will show 1 week.
7-14 days will show 2 weeks.
Early NTP is the Early Next to Play position in the song or link. This is the value of the Early Segue marker for the asset and is used for Link/Song Chains in the automation system when integrated. When GSelector is integrated with Zetta this value is sent from Zetta to GSelector to help determine the air time of the events.
The Edit Code field shows the editing status of the associated schedule position. The Edit code is also available in the Interface | Export | Schedule window and in Schedule Reports.
Duplicated - The Copied status is displayed when an element is copied using Copy Schedule
Juggled - displayed if the item has been juggled
Inserted - displayed if the item has been inserted
Integrated - The Integrated status is displayed when the item was added during traffic Integration.
Replaced - displayed if the item has been replaced
Moved - displayed when an item has been dragged from one position to another in the Editor.
Recycled - displayed when the item is recycled.
The End Time sets the end date and time in which the item can be scheduled, the end time is set in the songs and Links Run Dates tab.
This Song Media pane field displays Ending information.
This Song Attributes field displays Energy information.
This field will display a graphical representation of the Energy attribute.
This Song and Link window Change History field displays the date the Song or Link entered its current Category.
The Entered Category (Weeks Since) shows the number of weeks since the Song or Link entered its current Category.
0-7 days will show 1 week.
7-14 days will show 2 weeks.
This Song Attributes field displays Era information. When Era is an available choice in the list then Era is set as a Global Attribute in the Setup | Station | Features | Attributes tab. If Era is not visible in the list then Era is set as a Station attribute; look for Station-Era in the list.
Event Filename is used in the scheduler to view the file name for Voice Tracks created in Master Control.
The External field will display a check mark or export True if the element is marked as External in the Clock column.
The External field will display a check mark or export True if the element is marked as External in the song or link window.
The Failure Code field is used only when GSelector is interfaced with Master Control. It contains a description of any issue encountered within Master Control when the schedule position was being processed for on-air playback. The Failure code is also available in the Interface | Export | Schedule window and in Schedule Reports.
The Fallback field will display the Fallback used for the clock position.
The Filename column displays the path and filename for the Song or Link.
This optional Attribute is used to separate songs by the name of the Film which the song was featured in. This feature is designed primarily for Film music regions, but it can be optionally in any market. This attribute is implemented by checking the Enable Film Attribute box in the Station - Features window.
The Future Moves tab in the Song and Link window allows the user to specify Category changes that will be made in the future to the selected song/link based on the selected Date or Number of Plays. The Future Moves column can be added to Browse windows and Reports to view the future moves for each asset.
The GUID (asset) is a globally unique identifying number for the asset.
The GUID (Log Event) is a globally unique identifying number for the Log Event.
This Song Attributes field displays Genre information. When Genre is an available choice in the list then Genre is set as a Global Attribute in the Setup | Station | Features | Attributes tab. If Genre is not visible in the list then Genre is set as a Station attribute; look for Station-Genre in the list.
These Song Media pane fields display Hook Start and End time values.
Displays the Hour Grid that is applied using the Hour Restriction tab for the element. Hour Restrictions are applied to both Song and Links using Hour Grids. Each Hour Grid specifies the hours where a Song of Link can or cannot be scheduled. They are designed in the Setup Hour Restrictions Grids window, accessible from the Song or Link window, and applied directly to Songs or Links in the Song and Link windows.
This Song Attributes field displays Instrument information. When Instrument is an available choice in the list then Instrument is set as a Global Attribute in the Setup | Station | Features | Attributes tab. If Instrument is not visible in the list then Instrument is set as a Station attribute; look for Station-Instrument in the list.
The Intro (Highest) is the intro of Intro 1, Intro 2 or Intro3 with the highest value for the media asset. Use this setting for the Start Offset - Song Intro for Start Offset Calculation option in the Setup | Station | Features | Clock to match Zetta's setting when determining the auto-post chain calculations in the log.
These Song/Link Media pane fields display Intros 1, 2 and 3 time values. When GSelector is integration with Zetta these values are sent from Zetta to GSelector to help determine the air time of the events.
This Song Additional Information field displays Details Pane field data.
This Song Additional Information field displays Details Pane field data.
The Last Edited field will show the date the Song or Link was last changed.
The Last Played field will show the date and hour the Song or Link was last played. This is a great option when working with song or link lists needing to be filtered or sorted on the most recent play of the element.
This Song Additional Information field displays Details Pane field data.
This is a Legacy option that will show the Link Pos column that displays a count for the number of the links in the hour.
The Live attribute is used to make the Link a Live Event. The Live column will show a check if the Link is a Live Event.
This Song, Link Media pane field displays ID information, and also Spot ID information.
This Song and Link Attributes field displays Mood information.
This Song and Link Attributes field displays Mood Fallback information.
This displays a Graphical representation of the Mood attribute.
This Song and Link window Change History field displays the date the Song or Link was last Edited.
This Song Participant field displays Musician information.
The Notes field will display a Note 
if the element has a Note assigned to it.
This Song and Link Attributes field displays Opener information.
This displays a Graphical representation of the Opener attribute.
This Song Media pane field displays Opening information.
This Song Participant field displays Orchestra information.
This Song and Link Attributes field displays Packet short name information.
The Packet (Name) field will show the name of the Packet.
This Song Additional Information field displays Details Pane field data.
This Song Participant field displays Producer information.
This Song Additional Information field displays Details Pane field data.
This Song Additional Information field displays Details Pane field data.
This Song Additional Information field displays Details Pane field data.
The Related Song Artists are assigned in the Attributes tab of the Link window and allow the user to associated Song Artists to any Link. This column will show the associated Related Song Artist for the Link.
The Related Song Theme is assigned in the Attributes tab of the Link window and allow the user to associated Song Theme to any Link. This column will show the associated Related Song Theme for the Link.
These Song Attributes fields display automatically updated Research information. See Using Research scores as Scheduling Attributes for details.
NOTE: Because research columns and attributes are Station -specific and browse formats can be applied to all fields in the entire Library, any research fields in a browse format created in one station will not display data when that browse format is used in any other station.
The Research Score Date field displays the date the research score was last updated. This field can also be used in Reports, Export and Browse Formats
These fields represent the Column Names in the Research Columns window. If you have already added columns, they will be listed in the Fields list in alphabetical order. See Using Research scores as Scheduling Attributes for details.
This field displays the Song. Link or Clock Element runtime. Some items such as Exact Time Markers to not have durations; in this case, the field is blank.
The Scheduled Time is typically used in the Editor to show the Scheduled Time of the event.
If the Song is placed in a configured Song Group the song group name will be displayed. Songs can be grouped together and can share both global and local attributes. A Song Group can be used to spread Songs, and Song demand within a Group can be balanced in the Balance: Song Groups window.
This is a Legacy option that will show the Song Pos column that displays a count for the number of the songs in the hour.
This Song and Link Attributes field displays Sound code information.
This Song and Link Attributes field displays Sound code Fallback information.
The Split Behavior field displays the split behavior of the Song, Link or Spot Block. Split Behavior is enabled in the Station Settings: Features window.
This is a Legacy option that will show the Spot Pos column that displays a count for the number of the spots in the hour.
The Start Offset time displays a plus or minus time value for starting the element. For example, this time will display on elements that have been voice tracked.
The Start Time sets the start date and time in which the item can be scheduled, the start time is set in the songs Run Dates tab.
Displays the date the song or link was last changed such as the Category being changed.
The Station-Specific Attributes (Station Artist Group, Station Content, Station Era, Station Genre, Station Instrument, Station Theme, Station Vocal) are available in the Station Coding section of the song when the Attribute is set to Station in the Attributes tab of the Setup | Station | Features tab.
Where a Station-Specific ID exists for a Song or Link, information is displayed in this field. Station Specific IDs are enabled in the Station Settings: Features window.
The Stopset column with show a check in the Editor if the Spot Block or Spotset is marked as a stopset.
The Suffix information is the catalogue number configured in the Song Additional Tab.
This Song and Link Attributes field displays Tempo information.
This displays a Graphical representation of the Tempo attribute.
These Song and Link Attributes fields display Texture information.
This displays a Graphical representation of the Texture attribute.
This Song Attributes field displays Theme information. When Theme is an available choice in the list then Theme is set as a Global Attribute in the Setup | Station | Features | Attributes tab. If Theme is not visible in the list then Theme is set as a Station attribute; look for Station-Theme in the list.
This Song Attributes field displays Theme Fallback information.
This field displays the Song, Link, Spot or Clock Element title.
This Song and Link window Change History field displays the Total number of Plays for the Song or Link.
These Song/Link Media pane fields display Trim In and Trim Out time values. When GSelector is integration with Zetta these values are sent from Zetta to GSelector to help determine the air time of the events.
These Song and Link Additional Information fields display User Defined field data.
These Song and Link Additional Information fields display Custom User Defined field data.
This Song information field displays Version information.
This Song Attributes field displays Vocal information. When Vocal is an available choice in the list then Vocal is set as a Global Attribute in the Setup | Station | Features | Attributes tab. If Vocal is not visible in the list then Vocal is set as a Station attribute; look for Station-Vocal in the list.
This Song Attributes field displays Vocal Fallback information.
This Song Participant field displays Vocalist information.
This Song Participant field displays Writer/Lyricist information.