Grass Valley Xnews Vertigo Suite v.5.0 - Manual (Page 58)

Xnews User Manual 3-25
Familiarizing yourself with the Xnews Interface
Once you enter your user name and password, press OK and the Work Order Window
appears (figure
3-28 ).
Figure 3-28. The Work Order window
N OTE
The entire login step is avoided if the Windows user name matches the user name in the
XmediaServer Properties’ Workflow options. If this is the case, then the user will
automatically be logged on under the logged in name and the V
ERTIGO X MEDIA L OGIN
window does not even appear.
3. In the S UMMARY text box, type a short description of what story or rundown the work
order applies to (i.e. 11PM news).
4. In the D UE field, specify the date and time by which all of the jobs in the work order are
required to be finalized in the system. You can either type the date directly in the date
text box, or press the drop-down arrow to open and use a calendar to select the date.
Similarly, you can either type the time in the text box, or select use the up and down
arrows.
5. In the P RIORITY drop-down list, select one of the available priority levels to indicate to
the graphic arts department the urgency of the work order request. The default priority
levels are: L
OW , N ORMAL , H IGH , and U RGENT . The meaning and use of the priority
levels should be determined within your organization and configured in the Priorities
workflow options on the XMS Panel application.
6. Depending on Xnews’ Work Order Options ( page 2-16 ) and the workflow defined on
the Xmedia Server, the first job can be automatically created when the work order is
created and the job is already listed in the Jobs table and its properties are ready to be
filled in.
• In the T
ITLE field, type a short title that describes the subject of the image or
clip requested.
• In the A SSIGNEE field, select from the drop-down list the name of the person
that you want to assign the job to (i.e. the name of the graphic artist).