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Upload files, set up apps as app contents, keep the library organized, build scenes with zones, and connect data sources for your apps.
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Design
What makes content readable on a TV, and how to bring designs from other tools into Szenera.
Library
Everything that appears on a display starts in the library, as a file or as a configured app.
- Upload mediaYou want to add images, videos, or documents: PDF, Word, PowerPoint, or Excel.Guide4 min
- File types, sizes, and storageA file was rejected, or you want to know how much space you have.Reference4 min
- Manage the library: find, check, deleteYou want to find, rename, or delete files, see where an item is used, or a file shows Error .Guide6 min
- Folders, tags, and saved filtersYour library grows, and you want to keep it in order.Guide3 min
- Files from OneDriveYour files live in OneDrive, and you want them in Szenera without uploading them again.Guide2 min
App contents and data sources
An app content is an app you set up once and use in playlists and scenes. Data sources bring it the news, tables, reviews, dashboards, and warnings it shows.
- Create, configure, and maintain app contentsThe weather of a branch or a news app should be set up once and then used everywhere.Guide4 min
- Where do your apps get their data?You want to know how a source, a connection, and the page Data sources fit together.Concept4 min
- Connect Microsoft 365, Google, or GrafanaA source needs access to a Microsoft, Google, or Grafana account, or you share a report from Power BI or Looker Studio.Guide6 min
- Create a data source and show it in a widgetA widget should show news, a table, reviews, or a dashboard from another system.Guide5 min
- Own warnings and the emergency overrideYour own system should send warnings, or a warning should switch displays to an emergency scene.Guide4 min
- Data sources: options, intervals, and statesYou look up which kinds of sources exist, how often they fetch, or what a state means.Reference6 min
Scenes
Scenes combine files, text, and apps on one surface, split into zones.
- Create a scene: blank or from a templateYou want to start a new scene, blank or from a template.Guide5 min
- Place and arrange widgets on the stageYou add text, images, and widgets and arrange them.Guide5 min
- Configure widgets: template, preview, and fieldsYou decide what a widget shows.Guide5 min
- Configure a scene: format, zones, transitionsYou change the format, the zones, or the transitions of a scene.Guide5 min
- Place a document (PDF) in a sceneYou want to show a document, such as a notice or a menu.Guide5 min
- Save, publish, versions, and conflictsYour scene is ready for the displays, or a change doesn't appear.Guide3 min
- Manage scenes: rename, archive, scheduleYou want to tidy up your scenes or put one into a program.Guide2 min