This page describes channel level activation for the assets used in Channels.
The following topics are covered in this section:
Channel Level Activation allows the channels to switch after a particular set schedule. The single event channel replaces the main channel after a set schedule and plays for a particular time, until the main channel plays its content again.
The following example provides a solution by focusing on the following key terms:
The following section explains the creation of a single event playback inside a channel for an AEM Screens project.
Before you start implementing this functionality, please make sure you have the following prerequisites ready to start implementing channel level activation:
Create an AEM Screens project, in this example, Channel Level Activation
Create a channel as MainAdChannel under Channels folder
Create another channel as TargetedSinglePlay under Channels folder
Add relevant assets to both the channels
The following image shows the Channel Level Activation project with MainAdChannel and TargetedSinglePlay channels in Channels folder.
For additional information on how to create a project and how to create a sequence channel, please refer to resources below:
Implementing Channel Level Activation in an AEM Screens project involves three major tasks:
Follow the steps below to implement the functionality:
Create a Location
Navigate to your Locations folder in your AEM Screens project and create a location as Region.
To learn how to create a location, please refer to Creating and Managing Locations.
Create Display under Location
Assign Channels to Display
For MainAdChannel:
You can also assign channel from the display dashboard by navigating to Channel Level Activation --> Locations --> Region --> RegionDisplay and clicking Dashboard from the action bar. Click + Assign Channel from the ASSIGNED CHANNELS & SCHEDULES panel.
Similarly, assign channel TargetedSinglePlay for display**:
You must set the priority for TargetedSinglePlay channel higher than the MainAdSegment channel.
To choose the same day, you have to select the next day and the manually edit the date to the same day but for a later time. This restricts the user from selecting a past date. Please refer to the example below:
Once you have the set up for channels and display complete, please launch the AEM Screens player to view the content.
The player displays the content of MainAdChannel and exactly at 11:59 pm (as set in the schedule), the TargetedSinglePlay channel will display its content until 12:05 am and then the MainAdChannel will resume playing its content again.
To learn about AEM Screen Player, please refer to the following resources:
AEM Screens Player downloads
Working with AEM Screens Player
You can schedule assets in a channel to recur at certain intervals on daily, weekly, or monthly basis too as per your requirement.
Suppose you want to display contents of a channel only on Fridays from 1:00 pm until 10:00 pm. You can use the Activation tab to set the desired recurring interval for your asset.
Select the channel and click on Dashboard from the action bar to open the channel dashboard.
After entering the start date/time and end/date time from the Channel Assignment dialog box, you can use an expression or a natural text version to specify your recurrence schedule.
You can skip or include the Active from and Active Until fields and add the expression to the Schedules field, as per your requirement.
Enter the expression into the Schedule and your asset will display for the particular interval of day and time.
The following table summarizes few example expressions that you can add to the schedule while assigning channel to a display.
Expression | Interpretation |
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before 8:00 am | the asset in the channel plays before 8:00 am everyday |
after 2:00 pm | the asset in the channel plays after 2:00 pm everyday |
after 12:15 and before 12:45 | the asset in the channel plays after 12:15 pm everyday for 30 minutes |
before 12:15 also after 12:45 | the asset in the channel plays before 12:15 pm everyday and then also after 12:45 pm |
Mon,Tue,Wed or Mon-Wed | the asset plays in the asset in the channel from Monday until Wednesday |
on the 1st day of January after 2:00 pm also on the 2nd day of January also on the 3rd day of January before 3:00 am | the asset in the channel starts playing after 2:00 pm on January 1st, continues playing for the whole day on January 2nd all the way until 3:00 am on January 3rd |
on the 1-2 day of January after 2:00 pm also on the 2-3 day of January before 3:00 am | the asset in the channel starts player after 2:00 pm on January 1st, continues playing until 3:00 am on January 2nd, then it starts again on January 2nd at 2:00 pm and continues playing until 3:00 am on January 3rd |
You can also use military time notation (that is, 14:00) instead of am/pm notation (that is, 2:00 pm).
Select the channel and click on Dashboard from the action bar to open the channel dashboard.
After entering the start date/time and end/date time from the Channel Assignment dialog box, you can use an expression or a natural text version to specify your recurrence schedule.
You can skip or include the Active from and Active Until fields and add the expression to the Schedules field, as per your requirement.
Enter the expression into the Schedule and your asset will display for the particular interval of day and time.
The following table summarizes few example expressions that you can add to the schedule while assigning channel to a display.
Expression | Interpretation |
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Mon,Tue,Wed or Mon-Wed | the asset plays in the asset in the channel from Monday until Wednesday |
before 8:00 am | the asset in the channel plays before 8:00 am everyday |
after 2:00 pm | the asset in the channel plays after 2:00 pm everyday |
after 12:15 and before 12:45 | the asset in the channel plays after 12:15 pm everyday for 30 minutes |
before 12:15 also after 12:45 | the channel plays before 12:15 pm everyday and then also after 12:45 pm |
You can also use military time notation (that is, 14:00) instead of am/pm notation (that is, 2:00 pm).
Select the channel and click on Dashboard from the action bar to open the channel dashboard.
After entering the start date/time and end/date time from the Channel Assignment dialog box, you can use an expression or a natural text version to specify your recurrence schedule.
You can skip or include the Active from and Active Until fields and add the expression to the Schedules field, as per your requirement.
Enter the expression into the Schedule and your asset will display for the particular interval of day and time.
The following table summarizes few example expressions that you can add to the schedule while assigning channel to a display.
Expression | Interpretation |
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of February,May,August,November | the asset plays in the channel in February,May,August,November |
When defining days of the week and months, you can both use the short hand and full-name notations, such as, Mon/Monday and Jan/January.
You can also use military time notation (that is, 14:00) instead of am/pm notation (that is, 2:00 pm).
Select the channel and click on Dashboard from the action bar to open the channel dashboard.
After entering the start date/time and end/date time from the Channel Assignment dialog box, you can use an expression or a natural text version to specify your recurrence schedule.
You can skip or include the Active from and Active Until fields and add the expression to the Schedules field, as per your requirement.
Enter the expression into the Schedule and your asset will display for the particular interval of day and time.
The following table summarizes few example expressions that you can add to the schedule while assigning channel to a display.
Expression | Interpretation |
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after 6:00 and before 18:00 on Mon,Wed of Jan-Mar | the asset plays in the channel between 6am and 6pm on Mondays and Wednesdays from January to end of March |
on the 1st day of January after 2:00 pm also on the 2nd day of January also on the 3rd day of January before 3:00 am | the asset in the channel starts playing after 2:00 pm on January 1st, continues playing for the whole day on January 2nd all the way until 3:00 am on January 3rd |
on the 1-2 day of January after 2:00 pm also on the 2-3 day of January before 3:00 am | the asset in the channel starts player after 2:00 pm on January 1st, continues playing until 3:00 am on January 2nd, then it starts again on January 2nd at 2:00 pm and continues playing until 3:00 am on January 3rd |
When defining days of the week and months, you can both use the short hand and full-name notations, such as, Mon/Monday and Jan/January. Additionally, you can also use military time notation (that is, 14:00) instead of am/pm notation (that is, 2:00 pm).