Attribute form

Description

1–50 characters

The name of the Attribute displayed on reports. It can also be configured in the Alternate Language.

Short Name

1–10 characters

The name of the Attribute displayed on POS and Kiosk. It can also be configured in the Alternate Language.

Type

Concept

Session

Audio Language

Subtitles Language

(selected or cleared)

The Type indicates the scope of the attribute's use:

• Concept attributes are used to market types of cinema experiences, such as Gold Class or IMAX.
• Session attributes are used to indicate notable features of particular sessions, such as 3D or Closed Caption.
• Audio Language attributes are used to indicate the language soundtracks available in a particular session, such as English or French.
• Subtitles Language attributes are used to indicate the language of the subtitles available in a particular session, such as German or Chinese.

  Language attributes are typically either an audio type or a subtitles type. Other (non-language) attributes can be a concept type and/or session type.

  For example:

• Gold Class is both a cinema Concept and a notable Session feature.
• Closed Caption is a notable Session feature but not a cinema Concept.
• 2D is the default type of session, so it is neither a cinema Concept nor a notable Session feature.

  In your website, Concept attributes will have their own page listing all sessions of this type. Session attributes are displayed next to sessions with those features. Attributes with no type are not displayed.

Display Priority

1–99

Determines the placement of the Attribute, relative to others, when displayed in POS or Kiosk.

• 1: Highest priority. The attribute will be displayed first.
• 99: Lowest priority. The attribute will be displayed last.

Note: If two or more Attributes in a Film or Session have the same Display Priority, they will be displayed in alphabetical order, based on their Short Names.

Symbol

1 character

A single character symbol that can be used for display and identification purposes.

Movie Format/Screen Matching

None

Warning

Enforced

The level of attribute matching between Screens and Movie Formats that is enforced in the film scheduling process:

• None - if the attribute is assigned to a movie format, a film in that format can be scheduled regardless of whether or not the screen also has the attribute.
• Warning - if the attribute is assigned to a movie format, a warning prompt is displayed if a film in that format is scheduled in a screen that does not also have the attribute. This can be overridden and ignored if necessary.
• Enforced - if the attribute is assigned to a movie format, films in that format cannot be scheduled if the screen does not also have the attribute.

Note: Attributes can also be assigned directly to Film and Session records. These are NOT used in the Movie Format/Screen Matching process. The only Attributes used in Film/Screen Matching are those assigned to Movie Formats and Cinema Screens.

Editing at Cinema

Not Allowed

Removal Only

Determines the editing permissions that Cinema Managers have for the attribute when applied to sessions downloaded from Film Programming at Head Office:

• Allowed - cinema managers may add or remove the attribute from sessions as required.
• Not Allowed - cinema managers cannot change the attribute assigned to sessions.
• Removal Only - cinema managers may only remove the attribute from sessions if it is not required. They cannot assign it to a session that does not already possess it.

Inherit to Session

Cleared

Selected

If the checkbox is selected, the Attribute may be inherited to Sessions or Film Bookings from the scheduled element (Film, Movie Format, Screen, Film Booking).

Attributes must be recorded directly on the Session in order to display on sales channels and signage.

It is important to note that the attribute's level of Movie Format/Screen Matching has a significant effect on this function:

• If set to None and Inherit to Session is selected, the attribute will ALWAYS inherit to the session from the Movie Format, the Film, or the Screen.
• If set to Warning and Inherit to Session is selected, the attribute will always inherit to the session, but a warning prompt will be displayed if the Movie Format is configured with an attribute that is not also present on the Screen.
• If set to Enforced and Inherit to Session is selected, the attribute will only inherit to the session from the Movie Format if the attribute is ALSO assigned to the Screen.

If the checkbox is cleared, the attribute will never be inherited.

Promote

Cleared

Selected

Determines whether this attribute is displayed on kiosks and your mobile app. It could be used to highlight a session with a special price or format.

3D Glasses Required

Cleared

Selected

Select this option if customers need 3D glasses to watch films with this attribute, and your site uses Usherpoint. When Usherpoint scans a booking with this film attribute, it checks how many 3D glasses the booking has. Usherpoint then provides a message based on whether there's enough 3D glasses in the booking, and how customers are collecting them.

Note: To use this option, you must have at least one item with 3D Glasses selected.

Available at Site, Cinema

n/a

Note: This field is read only, and downloaded from Head Office.

If the attribute is configured as available for the cinema at Head Office, the checkbox will be selected, and the text will indicate that the attribute is available at this site.

If the attribute is not configured as available for the cinema, the checkbox will be cleared, and the text will read "This attribute is not available at this site."

External Code

1-20 characters

Provides a way to associate and integrate Attributes with a similar entity in third party software systems.

Marketing Message

1–1000 characters

A long description of the attribute, which is displayed on your website. This is useful to describe the cinema experiences for Concept Type attributes.

For example: The marketing message for the Gold Class attribute will be displayed on the Concept Page containing all sessions with that attribute assigned.

The message can also be configured in the Alternate Language.

Session Warning Message

1–1000 characters

You can use this flexible field to display a warning message or important session information in Kiosk. For example, to prompt patrons to return their 3D glasses after a session, or to highlight that a session is after midnight.

Note: This message only appears in Kiosk, not any other application.

Media Set Links

Attribute Icon

Attribute Advertising Media

The context in which the corresponding Media Set is used.

• Attribute Icon: small format icons used on sales channels and signage to identify sessions with special properties.
• Attribute Advertising Media: large format advertising media used to promote special sessions.

Media Set

Any configured Media Set

The Media Library media set used in the selected context.

When no Media Set is selected, click to open the Media Library application and create a new media set.

When a Media Set is selected, click to drill down and open the media set to edit.

Click to open the Media Library lookup.

Drag one or more media files

Media files can be dragged directly from Windows Explorer onto the film record. Save the film record to automatically create a new media set.