This article will explain how to use Persona filters in a Multimedia Channel / Multimedia Playlist. Assets with (Images / Videos) set with a Persona filter will only display on licenses with the same Persona filter.
Persona tags are custom keyword filters that is used in conjunction with Mirroring.
- Mirroring ensures consistency and reduces duplication overhead
- Persona filters allow for Assets to be filtered down based on the Persona filter of each individual license.
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Login to OnePass and navigate to your NexSigns Licenses
- Login to OnePass - (For more information, see How to access OnePass)
- Click on Application then select NexSigns
- You have successfully navigated to your NexSigns Licenses
Set the Persona(s) on a NexSigns License
Login to OnePass and navigate to your NexSigns Licenses
- Select the desired Product License by clicking on any blank space in the data row and click on Settings
- Enter the intended License Persona for this device license and press Enter
Repeat as necessary - Click on Save
You have successfully set the Persona(s) on a NexSigns License
Info Reboot your Nano-PC device for the new license Persona settings to take effect.
Set the Persona(s) on Assets in a Multimedia Channel / Multimedia Playlist
- Login to OnePass, navigate to your NexSigns Licenses, and click on Start Action on the intended device
Navigate to the intended Multimedia Channel / Multimedia Playlist
Info You can navigate to the active Multimedia Playlist by following the first 6 steps in the following article - Edit and Publish a Multimedia Playlist - Find the desired Asset, and click on All Persona
- Enter the intended Persona filter for this Asset and press Enter
Repeat as necessary - Click on Save
You have successfully set the Persona filter(s) on Assets in a Multimedia Channel / Multimedia Playlist
Info In this example, the "burger-1080p.jpg" Asset will only display on licenses that are set with the "food" Persona
Example of Optimal Use
Assumptions
- User has 10 devices and intends to play the same Marketing Playlist on all
- devices are named 01, 02, ... 10 respectively
- the Marketing Playlist includes 20 Assets in a Multimedia Playlist
- User uses the Mirroring feature to ensure consistency and simplicity for all 10 devices
Intentions
- User wants to add a Image A to Device 06 only
- User does NOT want to duplicate the Marketing Playlist
Instructions
- User should add the Persona Filter to the Settings of Device 06
- in this example, the Persona Filter is "VIP"
- User should add Image A to the Marketing Playlist
- User should add a Persona Filter to the VIP image on the Marketing Playlist
- in this example, the Persona Filter is "VIP"
- User should Publish the Layout
Results
- Device 06 will play the Marketing Playlist including Image A
- it is the only device with the "VIP" Persona Filter set on the Device Settings
- The other 9 Devices will play the Marketing Playlist and skip Image A
- User can continue to maintain the single Marketing Playlist
Applies to
OnePass 3.1.x, NexSigns 2.x, NexSigns 3.x
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