This page lists the TV Alerts that have been created by the user who is currently logged in. Users with the Administer E-mail Alerts permission enabled can see alerts created by all users by clicking All Alerts. See Users for more information on permissions.
Click Create New TV Alert to open the TV Alert creation page. Click Edit to view or edit already existing alerts.
Alert Type
The different types of alerts are:
Closed Captioning Search
Searches closed captioning and recording metadata. Results with playable links will be emailed to the addresses specified.
Closed Captioning Search (Text Only)
Same as Closed Captioning Search. Clips will be created automatically from the search results, and these clips will be available in the library.
Closed Captioning Search with Local Smart Clips
Same as Closed Captioning Search. Clips will be created automatically from the search results, and these clips will be shared using the Share Clip feature.
TV Guide Search
Searches titles, descriptions and other information from the Program Guide. Results with direct links to future episodes will be emailed to the addresses specified.
TV Search (Text Only)
Same as above, but without links.
IMPORTANT: Exercise caution when using the Smart Clips options. If an alert generates a large number of results, the Task Queue can become backlogged with new tasks generated by the alert.
Name
The name of the TV Alert. This will be in the subject line of each alert e-mail.
Destination Folder
The folder to which Smart Clips will be saved. This option will only appear if one of the Smart Clips options is selected under Alert Type.
To Email Address
This is where the TV Alert will be sent. Multiple addresses can be entered separated with a comma.
From Email Address
This will be the "From" address on all e-mails sent by this alert. This field will autopopulate with the e-mail address of the user who is currently logged in, if an address is specified in User Settings or Account Settings. If no address is specified for the user, the "E-mail Task From" address in E-mail Alerts will be used instead.
Frequency
Determines how often the searches for this TV Alert will be run.
Near realtime: An e-mail will be dispatched as soon as new search results appear. Note: Realtime searches are run every 15 minutes, and may lag live television by 5-10 minutes.
Hourly: An e-mail will be dispatched every hour.
Every Other Hour: E-mails will be dispatched on even-numbered hours.
Every Six Hours: E-mails will be dispatched at 12 AM, 6 AM, 12 PM, and 6 PM.
Twice Daily: E-mails will be dispatched at 12 AM and 12 PM daily.
Daily: An e-mail will be dispatched every day at the time you specify.
Weekly: An e-mail will be dispatched once a week on the day and at the time you specify.
Alert on Zero Results
If this option is enabled, an e-mail will be sent every time the alert runs, even if no results are found. Normally, an e-mail will only be sent if results are found.
Search Terms
These are the search terms which will be included in each alert. Hit Enter to add the search term to the alert. Once the term has been added, the page will show the number of hits for that term in existing recordings in the library.
To add a search term, click the button, or hit Enter while typing in the text box. To remove a search term, simply delete the text from the text box.
For each alert, searches for all sets of terms will be performed simultaneously, and all results will be returned in the same e-mail. To create another alert for another set of search terms, click Save and then Create New Alert.
Clicking on a search term that has been added will run a search for that term.
If you'd like to transcode clips created from search alerts automatically, use the Workflows feature. Note: Clips that are Shared automatically using this option will expire after 14 days.
TV Guide Search
TV Guide search alerts will search future program guide data each time the program guide is updated for upcoming recordings that match your search terms.
Selecting TV Guide Search under Alert Type will expose the additional option below:
Auto Schedule Guide Search Results
When this option is enabled, a one-time recording will be created for each new search result.
By default, auto-scheduled guide search results will be placed at the bottom of the priority list. To place them at the top, select the Auto Schedule with Highest Priority option.
button, or hit Enter while typing in the text box. To remove a search term, simply delete the text from the text box.