Explaining playout history

In this article, we'll explain our playout history functionality and what it records for your station. So let's dive into it!

Navigating to playout history

To navigate to the playout history pages:

1. Click the Reports option in the top navigation bar,
2. To access the playout log page click the Playout log option under the Playout History subsection, which is contained in the left hand side menu, or
3. To access the playout summary page click the Playout summary option under the Playout History subsection, which is contained in the left hand side menu.

Explaining the playout log page

The playout log page is a record of all media your station has previously played within the selected date range, displayed in descending order (i.e. most recently played pieces of media are displayed first).

The page when first accessed, defaults to displaying all previously played media for the last seven days. You can select the following date ranges using the date period select:

• Today
• Last 7 days,
• Last 2 weeks,
• Last 4 weeks,
• Last 3 months, and
• Month to date

Or you can select any custom date range by using the calendar date picker.

For each piece of previously played media, the playout log page displays the following:

• Playout start: the date and time the piece of media started to play, localized to your computer's time zone.
• Playout end: the date and time the piece of media stopped playing, localized to your computer's time zone.
• Title: the title of the piece of media.
• Artist: the artist(s) of the piece of media.
• Album: the album of the piece of media.
• Label: the music label of the piece of media.
• ISRC: the international standard recording code (ISRC) of the piece of media.
• Listener count: the number of unique listeners who listened to any portion of the piece of media whilst it was broadcast.

Explaining the playout summary page

The playout log page is a summary of each piece of media your station has previously played within the selected date range, again displayed in descending order. The information for each media file is rolled up. So if a song was played 5 times it will only display once in the table with number of plays shown as 5.

The page when first accessed, defaults to displaying all media summary entries for the last seven days. You can select the following date ranges using the date period select:

• Today
• Last 7 days,
• Last 2 weeks,
• Last 4 weeks,
• Last 3 months, and
• Month to date

Or you can select any custom date range by using the calendar datepicker.

The playout summary page displays the following for each media summary entry :

• Title: the title of the piece of media.
• Artist: the artist(s) of the piece of media.
• Album: the album of the piece of media.
• Label: the music label of the piece of media.
• ISRC: the international standard recording code (ISRC) of the piece of media.
• No. of plays: the number of times the piece of media was played (including partial plays) within the selected date range.