Grass Valley NewsQ Pro v.1.5 - Manual (Page 75)

Receiving Editing Assignments
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The list of assignments shows each clip placeholder and its properties:
Receiving Editing Assignments
Assignments automatically appear in your Assignment List Manager when they
are sent from the producer or assigned from another editor.
Producers create the assignments as clip placeholders for use in an upcoming
news broadcast. You create clips in NewsEdit and link them to the placeholders
in the Assignment List Manager.
Column Description
S (Status) The clip status: displays OK if a clip has been completed, sent to the Profile
Video Server, and is ready for playback. Status is blank if a clip is incomplete
and not ready for playback.
Clip Name The name of the placeholder clip.
Type The type of clip an editor needs to create: either Voice Over (VO) or Sound on
Tape (SOT).
Duration The clip length.
Category The category assigned to the clip; you can assign categories based on the editor
to receive the assignment, for instance.
Description Brief description of the clip an editor needs to create.
Clip ID The clip ID, which is automatically defined when the placeholder is created.
Date The date the placeholder was created.