Understanding Icons in the Cablecast Schedule

March 2, 2022

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Introduction

The Cablecast Schedule uses icons to show status and settings for scheduled items. This article explains what each icon means so you can quickly understand what’s happening in your schedule.

Icons

Icon	Description
	Red X: This icon appears on the left of a scheduled run and indicates that the associated file for the show is invalid.
	Green Checkmark: This icon will appear on the left of a scheduled run and indicates that the show scheduled has a valid file associated with it.
	Red Question Mark: This icon will appear on the left of a scheduled run and indicates that the show scheduled is set with the Video Server format, but there is no file associated with it.
	Yellow Play Stream (appears as a yellow triangle with two (2) close brackets to the right): This icon indicates that this show has the format of Network Stream.
	Yellow Camcorder: This icon indicates that this show has the Live format.
	Green Dot: This icon appears to the left of a scheduled run and indicates that the run has been sent to Autopilot and is committed to air.
	Orange-Red Dot: This icon appears on the left of the schedule and indicates that the scheduled run has NOT been sent to autopilot. If autopilot is not sent, this show might not play at the scheduled time.
	Green play triangle: This icon appears next to the title of the show. It indicates that the show has been set to VOD-enabled.
	Blue dot or blue highlight box in Schedule: Blue is used in the Schedule and Main Menu heads-up display to indicate the current time/currently airing program in the schedule.
	Black CC: This icon will appear next to the title of the show and indicates that the file has compatible closed captions associated with it.
	Red CC: This icon will appear next to the title of a show and indicates that it will be Live Captioned using Cablecast Cloud Services
	Grey bar over Red bar: This icon will appear on the right of the scheduled run and indicates that there is a conflict with the time this show was scheduled in association with other shows, and that the start time will be bumped.
	Grey bar horizontal over green bar with arrow inside: This icon will appear to the right of a scheduled run and indicates that there WAS a conflict with the time this show was scheduled in association with other shows, and it was resolved by bumping it.
	Lock icon: This icon appears on the right of the scheduled run and lets you lock the start time of that run.
	Green CG (text): This icon will appear on the right of the schedule and indicates that CG has been enabled on that Show/run. This means that the Show will appear in the public-facing schedules in Cablecast CG and on Internet Channels.
	Grayed CG with red circle cross, overlay: This icon will appear on the right of the scheduled run and indicates that a show is CG Exempt. This means that it will NOT appear in published versions of the schedule.
	Green DSK text: This icon will appear on the right of the schedule and indicates that there are overlay graphics set for this show record and run.
	Gray satellite dish: Indicates that no network or social stream destination is configured for the scheduled run. Green satellite dish: Indicates that a network or social stream destination is configured. Gold satellite dish: Indicates that a network or social stream destination is configured, but the program is scheduled to start in less than 15 minutes. This serves as a warning that there may not be enough lead time for the live event to be properly created and configured on YouTube. Users should schedule the event further in advance to avoid potential streaming issues.
	Red Dot (at right of schedule): This icon appears on the right of the schedule and indicates that this scheduled run is set to record.
	White Arrow pointing up inside of Grey box: This icon/button is the move up action, which will move this scheduled run up to play immediately after the show scheduled before it.
	White Arrow pointing down inside of Grey box: This icon/button is the move down action, which will move this scheduled run down to play immediately before the show scheduled after it.
	Trash icon inside of grey box: This icon/button is the delete run button. It will remove this scheduled run from the schedule.
	Pencil icon inside of grey box: This icon/button is the edit run button. This will open the run details options, which allow you to edit different aspects of that specific scheduled event, such as DSK, recording a run, enabling captions, etc.
	Gray robot head: If a run has been scheduled using the Autoschedule tool, it will have a gray robot icon to the left of the show title in the schedule.