The playlists list
What each column tells you, what total duration is for, and what search matches.
Playlists lists everything in the workspace with a thumbnail of its first item. It opens with 3 columns:
| Column | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Title | The playlist name. A playlist shared from another workspace has (Shared) after it |
| Duration | How long one full pass through it takes |
| State | Enabled or Disabled |
Choosing columns
Open Table settings to show, hide, and reorder columns. Your choice is saved to your account, so it's there the next time you open the page, in any browser.
| Column you can add | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Plays on | The screens and labels it targets |
| Priority | Whether it is a priority playlist |
| Transition | The transition between items |
| Items | How many items it holds |
| Created | When it was created |
Export downloads a CSV file of what the table shows: the columns you've chosen, and every row that matches your search, not only the page you're on.
The table opens sorted A to Z by title. Select a column header to sort by that column, and select it again to reverse the order.
Duration is the loop length
The duration column adds up every item, which answers the question that matters on a wall: how long before someone standing there sees the same thing twice.
A four-minute rotation in a lift lobby is wrong, because nobody stands there for four minutes. Sorting by duration finds the playlists that have quietly grown past what their location can support.
State
Disabled means assigned but never playing. It is the fastest way to take a playlist out of service without dismantling it, and the first thing to check when a playlist that looks correct is not appearing.
A disabled playlist shows a banner across its own page, so you cannot edit one for ten minutes without noticing.
Search
Search looks only in the columns that are showing. To find playlists by the labels they target, turn on Plays on first. For one label, its page under Labels lists every playlist aimed at it, which is the quicker way to find out what a group of screens is showing.
Typing shared lists playlists shared into this workspace from another. See Share with another workspace.