For Tags go to Alert Tags
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Alerts are similar to stories in that they have a header and a detailed text field. All the other fields are also included like Airs, On Air Time, Expiry Time and dynamic fields. For example, here's an example of an alert some alerts coming from the US National Weather Service feed:
This is what one looks like when it's expanded to see more details:
Alert Groups
Alerts are organized into Groups. This works in the same way as story topicsStory Topics.
Alert groups are assigned to a content group when they are created. If you create a group in the Global content group it will be view-only to all users except members of the Global group.
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The default time before the alert expires after it is created. This will be the time they stop playing out in the ST player though they will remain as content.
Default: 02:00:00
Alert - Enable Images
True indicates that the alert editor allows images to be used with alerts. Requires Media Bin to be enabled.
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