Category Groups

by Paul Ziino

Always creating the same query over and over for the same bunch of
categories? You can create a Category Group instead!

Go to Dataset/Library/Categories, then click Groups. On the Category
Groups screen click New and name this group--something like "Active
Music" or "Current Rotation" or whatever you like and click OK. Now
check each category you want to include in this new Category Group
and click OK. Back to the Category Groups screen click OK once
again. Your new category Group will be listed in the Music tab of
the info bar beneath Entire Library, Music Categories, and Non-Music
Categories. You can also access this new Category Group when you are
in any query box by using the dropdown where it says "Entire Library".

Schedule Editor: Show/Hide Elements

by Paul Ziino

In an attempt to de-clutter your schedule editor, you can hide any
number of things from the view simply by clicking the "Show/Hide
Elements" icon (2nd from right in schedule editor).

On the Elements tab you can un-check any element types you do not
wish to view. Hide your Lognotes, Scheduled Non-Music Songs, Hour
Markers, and more.

The Toolbars tab allows you to select and un-select the Hour
Selection bar, Instant Analysis, Results Bar, and the Test Results panel.

And the Categories tab allows you to hide any specific
categories. You're only concerned about your currents? Hide
everything else. Just remember to turn things back on when needed.

All hidden items are indicated by a red line in the schedule editor,
just to let you know that something is there, you're just not seeing it.

Forced position search - you choose the field

In MusicMaster clocks you've got some options when it comes to searching for a "Forced Position" song card.  By default you can search by Song ID - but you can also add another field to search by.  Search by Category or Automation number, Title, etc....  Check out your field map in Dataset/Library/Fields and find the number of the field you'd like to search by, then head over to Tools/Options/Additional Properties and put the number of the field in Forced Song Search.  Then, when you select a forced element in the clocks - you'll have 2 ways to search!  Song ID and whichever field you chose.

Marianne Burkett

Music Scheduling Consultant/Technical Support

A-Ware Software - MusicMaster for Windows

615-206-7480

Editing Trivia

by Paul Ziino

You can edit trivia in MusicMaster by going to
Dataset/Library/Trivia, then using the dropdown box to edit Song
Trivia, Artist Keyword Trivia, Title Keyword Trivia, and so on.

To add trivia to a song, go to the song in question and click the
"View/Edit Song Trivia" icon (2nd from right, looks like an envelope
and paper clip) in library maintenance. When trivia is present on a
song, the icon is green. When a song has no trivia, the icon is beige.

That same icon is available in your keyword edit boxes for assigning
Artist Keyword, Title Keyword, and other keyword trivia. It also
turns green when trivia is present for the keyword in question.

Take Advantage of your Library Maintenance Icons!

Have you taken advantage of the "Find Matching Values" icon in library maintenance?  For instance, if you have your cursor on a songs "Mood" field and the value is 5, click on the Find Matching Values icon and every Mood 5 song will come up on your screen.  You can try it on other fields as well, like Automation number - Gender - Artist - Intro, etc... and a great way to quickly find what you're looking for. ~ Marianne Burkett

 

 

Jump to Unscheduled Items

by Paul Ziino

Here's a quick tip for you...
If you want to find unscheduled items in your Schedule Editor, hold
the Ctrl button on your keyboard and click the "Jump to Next Failure"
or "Jump to Previous Failure" icon in the editor. This takes you
immediately to the next or previous unscheduled position. And if
there are no more unscheduled positions, you'll receive an error
indicating "no matching failures found".

Section Tabs in the Info Bar by Drew Bennett

Your info bar is the place in the software where you can see your categories listed. It’s usually docked on the left side of your MusicMaster software. But did you know you can get to clocks and even music logs from within the info bar? Take a look at the bottom of the info bar and you will see three tabs; the green music note tab shows your categories, queries and song lists. The clock tab shows all the clocks in the data and the calendar tab shows recent music logs. You can double click on a clock or a music log to be taken straight there without having to use the menus or icons at the top of the software.