Creating and Managing Locations

The locations host the configuration of the displays according to where the various screens are.

This page shows creating and managing locations for Screens.

Pre-requisites:

• Configuring and Deploying Screens
• Creating and Managing Screens Project
• Creating and Managing Channels

Creating a New Location

Once you create your project for Screens, follow the steps below to create a new Location for a Screens project:

1. Select the Adobe Experience Manager link (top left) and then Screens. Alternatively, you can navigate directly to: http://localhost:4502/screens.html/content/screens.

2. Navigate to Screens project and click Locations.

3. Click Create next to the plus icon in the action bar. A wizard will open.

4. Select the template Location from the wizard and click Next.

5. Enter the properties for Title and Tags, More Titles and Description, On/Off Time, and Vanity URL.

6. Click Create and the location is created and added to your locations folder.

See the steps below to understand creating a new location for an AEM Screens project. For demonstration purposes, the new location (SanJose) is created under DemoProject.

Once you create a location, you have to create a new display for your location.

Editing Properties for a Location

To edit/access the properties of a location:

1. Select the location.
2. Click Properties from the action bar.

The Next Steps

Once you create a location, you have to create a new display for your location.

See Creating and Managing Displays for more details.