How to Create a Content Notification


To create a new Content Notification, perform the following steps:

  1. Go to the Portal by clicking here.

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  2. Hover over 'TOOLS' and select 'CONTENT NOTIFICATIONS' from the portal menu.

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  3. Click on 'CREATE NEW'. The details tab of the content notification edit page is displayed.

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  4. Enter a name for your content notification rule.

  5. Click on the 'Company' field and select the owning company for this content notification.

  6. Enter a description for this Content Notification rule.

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  7. Go to the 'SUBSCRIBERS' tab.

  8. Search for Users or Subscriber Lists by entering their name in the search field and selecting the relevant User or List from the drop-down menu.

  9. Optional: You can remove selected Users and/or Subscriber Lists by clicking on the 'X'.

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  10. Go to the 'E-MAIL' tab. 

  11. Under the 'E-MAIL' area, apply the required fields according to the following table:

    Field Name Description
    SUBJECT Enter a subject for your content notification email.
    DESCRIPTION Enter a message that will be displayed in the content notification email body.
    SHOW VIDEO IDS Select this button to include video IDs into your content notification email.
    SENDER NAME Enter a sender name for your content notification.

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  12. Go to the 'PLAYLISTS PICKER' area and apply the required fields according to the following table:

    Field Name Description
    SELECT PLAYLIST

    Search for the required playlist by entering its name and selecting it from the from the drop down menu.

    Note: If a Playlist is already selected, you can click on the 'X' icon to clear the selection and search again.
    TYPE NAME Enter a custom name for this playlist. This is the name of the playlist that will be displayed in the email notification.
    MIN

    Enter a value between 1 to 20 to define how many videos from the assigned playlist must be new videos that were not sent out previously in a Content Notification.

    Note: To learn more about the MIN and MAX settings, please see What do the Content Notification MIN and MAX fields do?
    MAX

    Enter a value between 1 to 20 to define the maximum number of videos pulled from the selected playlist and displayed in this content notification section email.

    Note: To learn more about the MIN and MAX settings, please see What do the Content Notification MIN and MAX fields do?


  13. Optional: Click on 'ADD ANOTHER PLAYLIST' to add another playlist section to this Content Notification.

    Note: You can add up to 3 Playlist sections in total.

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  14. Optional: Go to the 'POST SETTINGS' tab to schedule your content notification emails to be sent on a daily basis or once for a future date. For further details, please see How to Schedule a Content Notification?

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  15.  Click 'SAVE & CLOSE'. Your content notification is saved and the content notification details page is displayed.

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  16. Optional: Click on 'SEND NOW' to immediately send your Content Notification to the relevant recipients.
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