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How to Schedule a Creative or Playlist

One of the most powerful features in our digital signage platform is scheduling. It gives you complete control over when your content plays—by date, time, and even day of the week.

What Can You Schedule?

You can schedule:

  • A creative within a playlist

  • A playlist within a screen (each screen can hold multiple playlists)

🔁 Examples:
  • Show one playlist on weekdays and another on weekends.

  • Play a daytime creative during business hours and a nighttime creative after-hours as a screensaver.

To explore even more options, check out our Enhanced Scheduling UI.

How to Schedule a Creative

  • Open a playlist in Edit Mode.

  • Hover over a creative thumbnail.

  • Click the calendar icon (datetime picker) on the top corner of the creative.

  • A scheduling window will appear where you can set:

    • Start and end dates

    • Times

    • Days of the week

Once scheduled, the icon will show a small clock overlay. If the creative isn’t currently set to play, it will be marked as “Expired.”

How to Schedule a Playlist

  1. Open a screen in Edit Mode.

  2. Hover over a playlist thumbnail.

  3. Click the calendar icon (datetime picker) on the top corner of the playlist.

  4. Choose your desired schedule settings.

📌 Playlist scheduling works the same way as creative scheduling

Watch & Schedule: Video & Tips

You can schedule by:

Option How to Set It Up
Forever (Default) No action needed—content runs all the time.

Schedule by forever
Specific Dates Check “Set expire time schedule”, then choose start and end date/time.Schedule-by-dates
Specific Times Check “Recurring”, then set daily start and end times.Schedule-by-time
Specific Days Select “Weekly” and pick the days you want it to play (e.g., Mon–Fri).Schedule-by-days
Dates + Time Use “Set expire time schedule” + “Recurring” for specific date ranges and times.Schedule-by-time-and-dates
Dates + Days Use “Set expire time schedule” + “Weekly” for specific date ranges and days.

Schedule by days and dates
Days + Time Check “Recurring” + “Weekly” to play only during set times on selected days.Schedule-by-days-and-time
Dates + Days + Time Combine all three: Set expire time schedule, Recurring, and Weekly. Great for maximum control.Schedule-by-days-and-time-and-dates

Important: Playlist vs. Creative Priority

If both a playlist and a creative inside it are scheduled:

  • The playlist schedule takes priority.

  • For example: If a creative is set to play Monday morning, but the playlist is only scheduled for weekends, the creative won’t play on Monday.