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<h1 id="dayparting">Dayparting <a href="#dayparting" class="header-link"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-link"></span></a></h1>
<blockquote class="tip"><p>In broadcast programming, dayparting is the practice of dividing the broadcast day into several parts, in which a different type of radio or television program apropos for that time period is aired.
Wikipedia</p>
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<p>OTS Signs Command Center supports the creation of multiple Dayparts, which can include day of the week exceptions. This means that a single day can be split into as many <strong>pre-defined</strong> parts as necessary.</p>
<blockquote class="tip"><p>A typical use case would be a hospitality User who has different content to display for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Dayparting allows that User to create a Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner daypart, each of which starts and ends on a different day for selection to simplify day to day scheduling.</p>
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<h2 id="add_daypart">Add Daypart <a href="#add_daypart" class="header-link"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-link"></span></a></h2>
<p>Dayparts are created and administered from <strong>Dayparting</strong> on the main CMS menu.</p>
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<li>Select the <strong>Add Daypart</strong> button.</li>
<li>Complete the form fields to configure.</li>
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<blockquote class="tip"><p>Include <strong>Exceptions</strong> to define different start and end timings for selected days!</p>
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<p>On Saving, the Daypart will be available for selection in the <strong>Dayparting</strong> drop down menu of the schedule form when adding an Event.</p>
<blockquote class="tip"><p>The below Daypart form shows an example Breakfast Daypart:</p>
<p><img src="img/v4_scheduling_daypart_form.png" alt="Exanple Breakfast Daypart" /></p>
<p>Saturday and Sunday have been configured as exceptions so that breakfast starts and ends at different times on those days:</p>
<p><img src="img/v4_scheduling_daypart_form_exceptions.png" alt="Daypart form exceptions tab" /></p>
<p>On Scheduling, the <strong>Breakfast</strong> Daypart will appear in the drop-down for selection. On selecting, the from/to date time selectors will change to date only selectors and the time will be taken from the Daypart configuration - according to the day of the week the Event occurs on.</p>
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<h2 id="edit_dayparts">Edit Dayparts <a href="#edit_dayparts" class="header-link"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-link"></span></a></h2>
<p>Make edits to existing Dayparts using the row menu.</p>
<blockquote class="tip"><p>Add Sharing options for Dayparts to Share with other Users/User Groups!</p>
<p>Updating the start/end times or exceptions for a Daypart will cause existing future events to be updated with the newly defined times.</p>
<p>Existing recurring Schedules, set to recur beyond the current time, will have new Schedules created to reflect the updated information.</p>
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