Copying sessions in Showtime Manager

To save time when working in Showtime Manager, you can copy and paste sessions between days, weeks, screens, or sites. This article describes several methods for copying sessions. 

Copying individual sessions

1. In Showtime Manager, select the session you want to copy.

   Tip: Click and drag with your mouse to select multiple sessions, or hold the Control key and click each session you want to include.

2. Press Control + C.

3. Click on an empty space in the schedule or press Control + V to paste the new session.

   To cancel the copy action, press Escape.

Bulk copying sessions (simple method)

The Bulk Copy tool in the sidebar is a quick way to duplicate the entire schedule from a previous day or week. This tool is available in Cinema Manager and Film Manager.

1. In Showtime Manager, open the week you want to add sessions to. 

2. In the sidebar, click Bulk Copy.

3. Select the week that you want to copy from.

4. Drag and drop the day you want to copy onto the schedule. All sessions from that day will be copied onto the same screens. 

   To copy the entire week, click Copy Week.

Bulk copying sessions (advanced method)

The Bulk copy tool in the toolbar allows you to duplicate sessions from previous days and weeks, or from different sites. You can also choose to copy specific films and screens. 

Note: This tool is available in Film Manager only.

Example: After programming the opening week for a blockbuster film for Site A, you can copy every session of that specific film to Site B as well. 

1. In Showtime Manager, open the site and week you want to add sessions to. 

2. In the toolbar, click Bulk copy.

3. Select the Planning group and Site to copy from.
4. Select the Starting week to copy.
5. Choose either Full schedule or Specific films.
6. Choose one of the following copy methods:
   • Full week: Copies the entire week to another week. 
   • Days: Copies specific days from one week to another. 
   • One to many: Copies sessions from one day to multiple days (for example, from Monday to Tuesday and Wednesday). You can use this method within the same week, or from one week to another.
7. Click Next.
8. Select the screens that the new sessions will play on. Click Map by screen to play the new sessions on the same screens as the originals, or Map by capacity to play them on screens of equivalent capacity. Adjust manually as required. 
9. Click Next. The new sessions are added to the schedule. 

See also:

• Showtime Manager overview
• Creating sessions
• Opening sessions for sale
• Working with session properties