Scheduling basics

Introduction

Scheduling lets you control when a slide or playlist appears on screen. Use it for time-limited campaigns, lunch menus that only show at lunchtime, holiday greetings, or any content that should appear during specific hours or days. This article walks through the basic scheduling controls available on every slide and playlist.

Where scheduling lives

Two places, depending on the scope:

• Per slide: open a slide in the screen editor or playlist editor, then click Schedule slide (FI: Ajasta).
• Per playlist: open the playlist editor and click Schedule playlist (FI: Ajasta soittolista). The playlist's schedule applies to all its slides at once.
• Slides and playlists with a schedule show a Scheduled (FI: Ajastettu) badge in the editor.

The three scheduling controls

Every schedule combines three independent layers:

• Date range (FI: Tietty ajanjakso / Päivämäärät): a from-date and to-date defining the campaign window. Outside the range, the slide doesn't play.
• Days of the week (FI: Viikonpäivät): which weekdays it plays on. Toggle Ma / Ti / Ke / To / Pe / La / Su independently.
• Daily constraint (FI: Päivittäinen rajoite): a start and end time within the day (e.g. 11:00–14:00). The slide only plays during this window.

Show or hide

A subtle but important toggle:

• Show or hide (FI: Näytä vai piilota) determines whether the schedule says "play during these times" or "hide during these times".
• Show slide (FI: Näytä sisältö) is the default: the slide plays only inside the schedule.
• Hide slide (FI: Piilota sisältö) inverts it: the slide plays everywhere EXCEPT inside the schedule.
• Use Hide when you want to suppress a slide during, e.g., the staff meeting hour, while keeping it on every other time.

Step-by-step: schedule a slide

A typical scheduling task:

• Open the screen or playlist that contains the slide.
• Click the slide to open its settings panel.
• Click Schedule slide (FI: Ajasta).
• Pick which controls you need: date range, days of week, daily time window. You can use one, two, or all three.
• Choose Show slide or Hide slide.
• Click Save (FI: Tallenna).
• Click Publish (FI: Julkaise) at the top of the editor.
• Within seconds, the schedule applies on screen.

Scheduling examples

Common scheduling scenarios:

• Lunch menu: Mon–Fri only, daily 10:30–14:00. (Days of week + daily constraint, show.)
• Weekend promotion: Friday 17:00 to Sunday 23:00. (Date range + days of week, show.)
• Holiday greeting: 23.12.2026–26.12.2026, all day. (Date range only, show.)
• Morning announcements: Mon–Fri 07:00–09:00. (Days of week + daily constraint, show.)
• Hide-during-event: a default slide that plays everywhere except 09:00–10:00 on Mondays. (Days of week + daily constraint, hide.)

Troubleshooting

Common scheduling issues:

• Slide doesn't appear when expected: check the date range hasn't expired, the day-of-week toggle includes today, and the daily time window is in your local time zone.
• Wrong time zone: the device follows its own time zone setting. If a screen is in a different country than where you're managing it, double-check the device time.
• Schedule looks right but slide still doesn't show: confirm you clicked Publish after saving the schedule. Drafts don't reach the device.
• Preview shows the slide skipped: the preview tool tells you exactly why a slide was skipped (hidden, outside schedule, etc.). Use it to verify before publishing.

Summary

Scheduling has three layers (date range, days of week, daily constraint) and one toggle (show or hide). Combine them as needed. Always Publish after saving. For more advanced patterns like per-weekday time windows or playlist-level schedules, see the next two articles.