In Qompose, you can set Validity periods at the playlist level to determine when full Playlists will become active or inactive when published to your players.
Adding a Validity Schedule
From your Content Library, right-click the Playlist you'd like to add Validity to
Click Edit from the drop-down menu
Select the Playback rules tab
Under Validity, click + Add to create a new Validity Schedule
Select the Start and End date columns in the table to choose your desired dates
Select the Validity Schedule's name to give it a unique label (by default, each new schedule adopts a numerical name, e.g. #1)
Top Tip
Click the arrow to the left of your Validity Schedule's name to expand its properties. From here, you can get more granular — setting specific Start and End times, as well as the specific days the schedule should apply to.
Click + Add at any time to create additional Validity Schedules, each with its own unique name for easy organisation
Click + Add within a Validity Schedule to add further start/end time windows to that same schedule
Once finished, click Save settings to confirm your changes
That's it — once published, your Playlist will now adhere to whichever Validity Schedules you've set at Playlist level.
Please Note
If you duplicate a Playlist that has Validity Schedules applied, those schedules carry over to the copy automatically — see Duplicating a Playlist below.
Identifying a Playlist with Validity applied
Hovering over a Playlist within your Content Library will show an icon and tooltip if a Validity Schedule has been applied to it.
Removing a Validity Schedule
Head back into the Playlist's properties, within the Playback rules tab
Click the ✕ next to the relevant Validity Schedule within the Validity section
Duplicating a Playlist now carries over Share of Voice and
Duplicating a Playlist works the same way as before — right-click the Playlist and select Duplicate. This instantly creates a copy containing all the original's content, named to match the original with "_Copy" added to the end.
New Feature
Duplicating a Playlist now also carries over its Share of Voice settings and any Validity Schedules, rather than requiring you to rebuild them from scratch on the copy.
Summary
With Validity Schedules controlling when your Playlists are active, and Share of Voice now automatically carrying over when duplicating a Playlist, you can manage time-bound and weighted content with far less manual rebuilding.