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How to Run Tasks

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  1. Select Tasks from the navigation bar to open the Tasks menu.

  2. Click on the 3-dot action menu on the right side of each task

  3. Action menu opens in a drop down with different options.

    Tasks dashboard lists media tasks, with the first row’s ellipsis menu highlighted for additional actions.


  4. Select Run Task to run the task.

    Tasks dashboard shows a context menu with the highlighted Run Task option for executing a selected task.


  5. A confirmation prompt will appear to verify your task details, including the selected content, the chosen display(s), and the task type. Here we selected to run an Override Media Task on a display.

    Run Task confirmation dialog summarizes a one-hour news media override before launching the task.


  6. You are all done. Your task will be sent to your selected displays.

Note: When you run a Change Media task, Beam will finish playing any currently playing media before changing to your selected media. When you run an Override Media task, Beam will begin playing the selected override content immediately.