Formats
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What this page describes is the mechanism. The specific kinds — document types, fields, statuses — are defined for your organization; yours may differ. See the entity system. |
A format is a free-text label that classifies a display by its physical type. Formats are defined per organization — each organization maintains its own list of format names, and the names can be anything the organization’s market uses.
How format works
An organization’s administrator enters whatever format names apply to their market and assigns them to displays.
A new organization starts with the format names Billboard, Supersite, Cityboard, Cityformat, and Mediafacade. Replace them with your own market’s terms if they differ.
Auto-detection for digital displays
For digital displays, the format can be auto-detected from the screen’s aspect ratio and placement.
When a digital display is created or updated without an explicit format, the system looks up the aspect ratio (derived from the resolution) against the organization’s format definitions:
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If a matching ratio is found, the corresponding format name is assigned.
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If no match is found, the system falls back to a default: Other for indoor placements, or Mediafacade for outdoor placements.
An employee can always override the auto-detected format by entering a format name manually. A manually entered format is accepted as-is, whether or not it matches a configured format definition.