Accessthe issue sequence for a media product

To plan or edit the issue sequence for a media product, you can either access the entire issue sequence or simply the entries in one period.

Enter the media product.

Restrict display of the issue sequence, if necessary, by specifying the following criteria:

Publication date (date from – to)

Copy number (from – to)

Media issue (from – to)

The system only accepts copy numbers and media issues that are created or planned in the issue sequence.

Confirm your entries.

Createentries by assigning defaults – for daily newspapers

Prerequisites:

The frequency daily must be entered in the master record for the media product.

You must have created a template media issue whose data is to be used as a copying template when generating new media issues.

Choose Assign defaults .

Define the preassignment rule by making the following entries for each weekday:

Weekday

Issue variant type, for example Monday edition (for the weekday Monday)

Public holiday publication

Material number of template issue

Choose Assign default issue sequence .

Enter the time period for which entries are to be created in the issue sequence or specify the number of issues for which subsequent entries are to be created.

Confirm your entries.

Createentries by assigning defaults – for weekly editions

Same as for daily newspapers but the frequency here is weekly .

Choose Assign defaults .

Define the preassignment rule by making the following entries for each weekday:

Weekday

Issue variant type (for example, weekly newspaper)

If applicable, public holiday publication

Publication frequency, for example every two weeks

Material number of template issue

Choose Assign default issue sequence .

Enter the time period for which entries are to be created in the issue sequence or specify the number of issues for which subsequent entries are to be created.

Confirm your entries.

Createentries by assigning defaults – for monthly magazines

Same as for daily newspapers but the frequency here is monthly .

Choose Assign defaults .

Define the preassignment rule by making the following entries for each weekday:

Weekday

Issue variant type (for example, monthly magazine)

If applicable, public holiday publication

Publication frequency, for example every three months

Weekday in month (for example, first weekday in month)

Material number of template issue

Choose Assign default issue sequence .

Enter the time period for which entries are to be created in the issue sequence or specify the number of issues for which subsequent entries are to be created.

Confirm your entries.

Creationof entries by copying

Prerequisites:

You already edited the issue sequence of a media product that has the same irregular publication frequency manually and now want to use it as a copying template for a new issue sequence.

You must have created a template media issue whose data is to be used as a copying template when generating new media issues.

Choose Copy .

Enter the following data:

Media product whose issue sequence is to be used as the copying template

Relevant weekdays ( Copy indicator )

Material number of template issue

Choose Assign default issue sequence .

Enter the time interval for which entries are to be created in the issue sequence.

Creationof entries by means of calendar maintenance

You can display a calendar that displays the publication dates in the issue sequence. The publication dates are displayed in various colors, indicating the status of the entries:

Red=planned Yellow=marked Green=active White=outside selection area

You can use the calendar to maintain entries in the issue sequence for media products with an irregular publication frequency. To do this, you should create a template media issue beforehand. Since calendar maintenance locks the issue sequence to manual maintenance, you can activate and deactivate calendar maintenance using the switch.

Choose Calendar .

Choose to activate calendar maintenance mode.

Enter the following data:

Issue variant type for the new entry, for example, magazine

Material number of template issue

To create a new entry, click on the appropriate date in the calendar. To delete an existing entry, choose Delete in the context menu (right mouse button) for the calendar date.

To deactivate calendar maintenance, choose (calendar display) or choose to close the dialog.

Manageentries

You can insert, append, delete and move entries manually in the table for the issue sequence.

In addition, you can take account of exceptional cases, for example by entering alternative standard issue variant types for publication dates that are directly before a public holiday (Saturday edition is actually published on Friday).

Once the issue sequence is complete, mark the required entries for generation of the media issue master records. You can also cancel selection.

To edit the issue sequence, you can use the following functions, which always apply to selected entries:

Entry aid or correction by copying default values defined in the corresponding function modules (see above under Prerequisites ). Data that is not the same as the default values is overwritten.

Completeness check on entry and template master record

Flag entry for media issue generation

Remove flag for media issue generation

Insert a line for a new entry (before the flagged entry)

Append line Create a line for a new entry at the end of the issue sequence

Delete entry

Cut entry

Paste cut row (before flagged entry)

Define and edit the quantity plan horizon

You can restrict creation of (missing) quantity plan records in the quantity plan by defining the quantity plan horizon in the issue sequence. The system only creates quantity plan records for media issues that are within the quantity plan horizon. You can archive quantity planning records before the start of the horizon. According to the quantity plan horizon, new quantity plan records cannot be created in the archived period. By moving the horizon into the future, you release records for archiving. See also Use of the Quantity Plan Horizon .

Display To check whether a quantity plan horizon has already been defined for the media product, choose Edit → Quantity Plan Horizon → Display. If a quantity plan horizon is defined, the system displays the start and end dates. Otherwise, the system displays a warning.

DefineTo define a quantity plan horizon, please proceed as follows:

Select the media issue with which the horizon is to begin.

Choose Set Start (or Edit → Quantity Plan Horizon → Set Start. The system includes all the media issues from the selected media issue to the end of the issue sequence in the quantity plan horizon (these are indicated by the icon in the column Quantity Plan Horizon ).

EditTo edit the quantity plan horizon, choose the appropriate function as follows:

Please note that editing is only possible if you select the entire horizon.

Set endSelect the media issue with which the quantity plan horizon is to end and choose Set End or Edit → Quantity Plan Horizon → Set End .

MoveChoose Edit → Quantity Plan Horizon → Move and enter the number of media issues by which the quantity plan horizon is to be moved into the future. Confirm your entry to move the quantity plan horizon.

DeleteChoose Edit → Quantity Plan Horizon → Delete .