This tutorial will show you how to add a restriction to a piece of Content in a Playlist. It is different from adding a restriction on the Content level which applies everywhere, and it is also different from setting a restriction when publishing to a Player.
- Select a Playlist from your OnSign account.
- In the Playlist Content box, to set a restriction click on the clock icon to the right of an item.
- Choose whether to actively allow or deny playback based on the restriction.
- Let's say we want to show an item at a specific location. Select "Play only when..." and then the Location identifier.
- Now, set where the item shall play. Please note, we are using the Logic Mode for restrictions. There is also a Visual Mode which works in the same way, just looks different.
You can choose if the Location shall be inside or outside a region. Click on the Manage Geo Regions button to create this Geographic Region.
- Create a new Geographic Region by clicking on the New button. You can create more than one Region.
- With the Back button you return to the Restrictions page. There you select the Geographic Regions created one by one. Use the + button to add an additional restriction. Check the logic operator between the location. By default it will be and. Select the or operator to all content to play when the Player is inside any of the Geographic regions.
- You can add other Logic Groups, for example for time or dates. Click the + button and select for example Time is between.
- When you have set all restrictions to your needs, finish with OK. When applying these settings, the selected Content will play only on Players which are in these Geographic Regions.
- Each restricted Content will display a clock icon in red. The settings only apply to the item you have edited, even if the item is duplicated in the Playlist.
- Click Save or Save and Publish.
Note, unless you applied download restrictions to your Player a restricted item in a Playlist is still downloaded to all Players where the Playlist is published. It will however not play on those restricted Players.