Apple Final Cut Server - Manual (Page 44)

44 Part I Installation and Configuration
Automations Pane Settings
The Automations pane allows you to create, edit, and enable watchers and subscriptions.
 Watchers are Final Cut Server items that you configure to monitor a device. When an
event occurs that it is watching for, such as a media file being added to the device or
removed from it, the watcher executes a response, such as copying the media file to
another location or sending an email.
 Subscriptions are Final Cut Server items that you configure to monitor metadata
changes. When an event occurs that the subscription is watching for, such as an asset
having its current status changed to Ready for Review, the subscription executes a
response such as sending an email to the reviewer.
There are two types of automations you can configure with the Automation pane’s
Automation Setup Assistant: a file system watcher that responds to any file changes
to a specified location and a metadata subscription that responds to specific
metadata changes.
In each case, the response of the watcher or subscription can be to copy a file to
another location, send an email to specified addresses, or archive a file.