The Distributors form in Cinema Manager and Head Office lets you create and manage distributors and their information.
Note: This is an extended version of the Distributors form. For a simplfied version, see the Distributors (webpage) form.
Distributors represent the organisations you receive films from and pay film hire fees to. Distributors can be associated with films and searched when adding sessions in Showtime Manager.
Use the Films form to assign a distributor to a film.
Note: The options listed below may be different depending on where this form is accessed.
Distributor
Option | Allowed Values | Description |
Name |
1–50 characters |
The name of the Distributor. This is displayed on Reports. For example: Paramount Pictures. |
Description |
1–50 characters |
A description of the Distributor. |
Short Code |
1–8 characters |
A short name used for the Distributor when the full Name is too long. |
Address |
1–30 characters per line |
The address of the Distributor. This may be a physical address or a postal address. |
Contact |
1–30 characters |
The name of the primary person of contact at the Distributor. |
Phones |
1–15 characters |
The contact phone numbers for the Distributor. |
Facsimile |
1–15 characters |
The fax number for the Distributor. |
|
Any configured Email |
The contact email address for the Distributor. |
HO Code |
1–10 characters |
A code that links Distributor records at Cinema Manager and Head Office together. |
Rentrak Code |
1–30 characters |
The Distributor's code for Rentrak consolidation feeds. |
Tax Code |
1–20 characters |
This is the Distributor's GST number. This can be used for generating invoices through Film Hire. |
BO Rev |
Any configured General Ledger Account |
This can be used to override the GL Account set by Ticket Types, allowing revenues for all Films by the Distributor to be consolidated in one GL account. |
Fee Rev |
Any configured General Ledger Account |
Select a GL Account for Ticket Fee revenue shared with the Distributor to be assigned to. |
MACCS Code |
Any MACCS External Distributor Code |
This field allows your organisation to enter a MACCS External Distributor Code against each Distributor record. This code is downloaded from Head Office to Cinema Manager. The code value is included in the eBOR extract generated by the MACCS Box Office Returns export task. |
Government Code |
1–50 characters |
A unique code allocated by a regulatory body of films (such as SARFT, or ICAA) to identify a specific distributor. |
Default Distributor |
Selected Cleared |
If the checkbox is selected, the Distributor will be the default Distributor assigned to new Film records. Only one Distributor record can be configured as the default. |
Report Codes |
1–15 characters |
Report Codes can be used to create custom extracts of figures for a 3rd-party system. |
Last Modified |
Any date and time, in your computer's local date and time format |
The date and time at which the details for the Distributor were most recently modified. |
Last Exported |
Any date and time, in your computer's local date and time format |
The date and time at which the details for the Distributor were most recently exported from HeadOffice. |
Accounts Payable Identifier |
1–20 characters |
A code to link the Distributor to the accounting system, so that payments made to the distributor can be tracked. |
Box Office Reporting
Option | Allowed Values | Description |
Box Office Report Destination |
Distributor (EBOR) Maccs |
The organisation your box-office returns for this distributor's film will be reported to. Select Distributor (EBOR) to send an electronic box-office-returns file directly to the distributor. |
Report Date Range |
Today Yesterday Week |
The number of days reported by the Report Box Office Returns task. For example, if you select Week, the task will report the last seven days' worth of data. |
Report Specific Date | Any date |
Enter a date to override the Report Date Range and report returns from a specific date instead. Note: To use this parameter, you must enter a value for Include Days Prior. Enter 0 to report data from a single day. |
Include Days Prior | Any number |
Box office returns are reported from this many days before the Report Specific Date, if one is entered. For example: A Report Specific Date of 10 January with an Include Days Prior of 5 will include data from 5 January to 10 January. Note: If you enter a Report Specific Date, you must enter a value for Include Days Prior. Enter 0 to report box-office returns from a single day. |
ExcludeComps |
Y N |
Determines whether the Report Box Office Returns task reports information about complimentary ticket sales. |
ExcludeZeroValueComps |
Y N |
Determines whether the Report Box Office Returns task reports information about sales for complimentary tickets with a price of $0. |
SplitByFormat |
Y N |
Determines whether a film's returns data is reported separately for each format the film was shown in. |
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