Single Use TakeOver Channel single-use-takeover-channel
The following page showcases a use case that emphasizes on setting up a project on how to create a Single TakeOver channel that plays once for a specific time.
Use Case Description use-case-description
This use case explains how to create a channel that takes over from the normal playing channel for a display or group of displays. The takeover only occurs once and for a specific time.
For example, there is a Single TakeOver channel that plays on Friday 9:00 A.M. through 10:00 A.M. During this time, no other channel should play. Before and after this time, the Single Use Takeover channel does not play. The following example showcases the creation of a single takeover channel that allows the content to play for 2 minutes before 12:00 A.M. on Dec 31 until 12:01 A.M.
Preconditions preconditions
Before you start this use case, make sure you understand how to:
Primary Actors primary-actors
Content Authors
Setting up the Project setting-up-the-project
Follow the steps below to set up a project:
Setting up the Channels and Display
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Create an AEM Screens Project titled as SingleUseTakeOver, as shown below.
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Create a MainAdChannel in the Channels folder.
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Click the MainAdChannel and click Edit from the action bar. Drag and drop some assets (images, videos, embedded sequences) to your channel.
note note NOTE The MainAdChannel in this example demonstrates a sequence channel that plays content continuously. 
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Create a TakeOver channel that takes over the content in MainAdChannel and plays only for a specific day and time.
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Click the TakeOver and click Edit from the action bar. Drag and drop some assets to your channel. The following example showcases a single zone image added to this channel.
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Set up a location and display for your channels. For instance, the following Lobby location and MainLobbyDisplay display are set up for this project.
Assigning Channels to a Display
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Click the display MainLobbyDisplay from the Locations folder. Click Assign Channel from the action bar.
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Populate the fields (Channel Path, Priority, and Supported Events) from the Channel Assignment dialog box and click Save. You have now assigned the MainAdChannel to your display.
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Click the display TakeOver from the Locations folder. Click Assign Channel from the action bar so you can assign the single-use takeover channel.
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Assign the TakeOver channel to your display at a scheduled time and populate the following fields from the Channel Assignment dialog box and click Save:
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Channel Path: Click the path to the TakeOver channel
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Priority: Set the priority of this channel greater than the MainAdChannel. For instance, the priority set in this example is 8.
note note NOTE Priority can be any value that is higher than the priority value of the normal playing channel. * **Supported Events**: Click the **Idle Screen** and **Timer**.
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Schedule: Enter the text for the schedule that you want this channel to run the display. For example, the text here allows the content to play 2 minutes before 12:00 A.M. on Dec 31 until 12:01 A.M.
The text in the Schedule mentioned in this example is on the 31 day of December after 23:58 and also on the 1 day of January before 00.01.
Navigate to the display from SingleUseTakeOver > Locations > Lobby > MainLobbyDisplay and click Dashboard from the action bar so you can view the assigned channels with their priorities, as shown below.
note note NOTE It is mandatory to set the priority of the takeover channel as the highest. 
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