Session Information

Name

Session - <date>, <time>

A name to identify the session in the Sessions list and viewer.

Start/End

Current time

Select the start and end dates/times for the event.

Repeat

Disabled

Check this checkbox to create a recurring event. Then select the days on which to repeat the event.

Action

Live

To record the session, select either Record or Live & Record from the drop-down menu.

Description

—

(Optional) Information that describes the session.

Distribution Policy

None

(Optional, Distribution Policies must be defined by your system administrator) Select the distribution policy for the session from the drop-down menu.

Note

• Distribution Policies define target locations in order to deliver content to selected audiences in the most efficient manner possible. If no policy is selected, the session’s sources get routed to the locations based on the location topology. See Configuring Locations for more details on location topology.

• Only a single policy can be attached to a session.

Metadata

—

(Optional) To assign metadata to the session, select a metadata key and select one or more values or (where allowed) type in custom values.

Note

Metadata must be pre-defined by your system administrator. For information on bulk editing metadata for multiple sessions, see Editing Multiple Items.

System Default Metadata

creator

Allows you to remove the default metadata that is added by the system when a session is created. For example, when the creator metadata is enabled, the name of the user who created the session appears below the player:

After removing creator, the user no longer appears: