Note: Always preview and save your sign content in Content Manager before deploying to a public-facing display.
Note: A window will display indicating either a successful deployment or errors detected.
Digital Signage
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There are two types of digital signs: static and interactive.
Content Manager is the application used to build and deploy digital signs.
Sorts allow you to sort your live data ascending or descending based on one or more data columns. For example, you could sort by date and then time – this would sort all the data by date and then, within each date, sort the values by time.
Filters allow you to filter content based on one or more columns. Filters can be based on text, numbers, or dates and times. Filters can also be applied based on variables – that is, players can have variables assigned that dictate which data is shown on that particular sign.
There are several ways to incorporate interactivity in to live data layouts. These features allow for simple ways to navigate live data content. Interactivity can also be applied to data rows, which triggers actions specific to that particular row. For example, selecting a person in a directory can bring up details or map wayfinding routes to an office. This document assumes you have already created a live data object and are now working on the layout.
Add locations and set up playlists.
You can access Content Manager software from a Remote Desktop Connection, which is a default Windows application. The Mac version of Microsoft Remote Desktop is available in the Mac App Store.
The content of your digital sign can be updated through an external Google Sheet.
Markup text is a useful tool when designing live data objects. Often data is supplied to the sign as is, and it’s up to the sign designer to manipulate the values to appear as desired. The Markup Text option provides an avenue for the sign designer to do just that.
Expressions are advanced forms of Markup Text. Similar to Markup Text, expressions can be used to modify live data. Expressions go a step further in allowing modification of how the actual data appears on the screens. They also provide an effective method of if-then logic. This can be extremely useful when certain things need to happen based on the data. Expressions can also be used in scripts and with variables.