Editing an Assignment
After you create an assignment, you might want to customize it with additional information, update the its priority or status, add assets, and more.
If multiple users are adding or removing contacts or resources to the same topic, assignment, or task at the same time, some changes might. In this case, the user making the final change “wins”.
To edit an assignment:
Change the title of the assignment.
If you need to change the name of the assignment, you can click once on the title field and enter a new name.
You can also change the assignment’s name by clicking twice on the title of the assignment in the Planner Explorer.
Assign a Due Date.
This value defines the completion date for the assignment. It is not inherited from the topic and must be configured separately.
Click the Info field to add a description or other data that might be relevant to the assignment.
This area allows you to enter more descriptive data about the assignment. You might want to include background information or possibly additional instructions for the assigned contacts.
Additionally, Collaborate allows you to add links to external websites, or even to different apps or assets within MediaCentral Cloud UX. For example you could load a story into the Rundown app, and then copy/paste the link from your browser into Info. The link becomes active after you click away from the Info field. When you click a hyperlink, the Collaborate app opens the page in a new tab in your browser.
Add Team members, Resources, or External Contacts.
During the creation of the assignment, you might have inherited these values from the topic in which case these values are pre-populated. Alternatively, you might want to assign new values or reassign the assignment to another user. For more information, see
Adding and Removing Team Members, Resources, and External Contacts.
Add Tags.
For more information, see
Adding and Removing Tags.
Configure the assignment metadata.
- Metadata (Topic)
This field displays the name of the topic that is associated with the assignment. You can use the menu to move the assignment to another topic — including the Assignment Landing Zone. For more information, see
Moving an Assignment to a New Topic.
- Metadata (Departments and Sources)
If you selected the option to inherit metadata from the topic when creating the assignment, the Departments and Sources fields are configured automatically.
For more information, see
Working with Metadata.
Unlike Topics, assignments do not include Start and End Date metadata values.
Add assets to the assignment.
Configure the Priority and Status settings.
Create tasks to help you manage the assignment.