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Use the Traffic module to create traffic reportsitems. Traffic Items are grouped by Reports.

For example, you may want to create a traffic report item detailing a collision at a specific intersection to alert viewers of potential delays as a result. In situations like construction zones reports, you can also provide drive time details.

You can create and manage your traffic reports items in Chameleon. From the Home page, under Content Control select  Traffic. 

Add New Traffic

Item

• If prompted, select a Content Group from the list to filter content by that Content Group. Content Groups are created and managed in the User Setup > Content Groups module. 

• Select whether to use a Traffic Report or Playlist to add the new item.
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  • If using Reports, choose the particular Report (group) from the drop-down list to add the new Traffic Item to.
    • If there are no Reports available, create a new one by clicking on the New button on the far right of the drop-down list. Type the Name and Broadcast Name for the Report and press the Save button.
    • Alternatively, you can go to the Reports tab in the Navigation bar near the top of the page and create a new Report there first. For more information on managing Reports, see Traffic Reports.
  • if using Playlists, select a Playlist from the drop-down list. If there are no playlists available, go to the Playlists tab using the Navigation bar and create a new playlist there. For more details on Playlists see Traffic Playlists.
• Click Add New at the top of the Report or Playlist grid. 
• Enter a Road name.

• Enter descriptive Route Text, as needed, such as Gardiner EB (427 to DVP) or 410 Southbound (Steeles to 401).
• Enter Place details, such as a cross-street, corner, landmark, or other identifying details.
• Select the Type of traffic incident.
• Enter Drive Time values, if desired.
• Enter a Camera URL, if desired
  • You can use a traffic video feeds that resembles this: http://www.quebec511.info/diffusion/en/camera/camera.ashx?format=mp4&id=3452
• Enter a Description, if desired.
• If adding a new Playlist Item, choose a Traffic Report to save the new item into.
• Enter More information via Dynamic Fields if desired.
• Specify whether this traffic

• item is enabled for broadcast using the Airs option. Clear this option to prevent this

• item from being broadcast.
  
• Click Add Now.

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Manage Existing Traffic

Items

You can manage existing traffic reports items at any time as follows:

Action	Details
Modify Traffic ReportsItems	Click on the Edit  icon to modify a traffic reportitem. Image RemovedImage Added  Modify traffic report item details as needed. Click on the Save Now button to save your changes. Image Removed Click Edit All to modify all traffic reports at once. Click Save All Changes .
Remove Traffic ReportsItems	Removing a traffic report item also removes that report item from any playlist where it has been added. Click on the Remove Image Removedicon Image Added to remove the traffic reportitem. Click OK to confirm.
Enable or Disable Traffic Reports Items for Broadcast	Image RemovedImage Added Traffic report item is enabled for broadcast to display on-air. Click to disable the traffic report item and prevent it from going to broadcast. Image RemovedImage Added Traffic report item is disabled. Click to enable the traffic report item and allow it to go to broadcast. Image Removed Image Added Click to enable all existing traffic reports item in the list. These reports items will go to broadcast. Image Removed Image Added Click to disable all existing traffic reports items in the list. These reports items will not go to broadcast.
Sort Traffic ReportsItems	You can sort the columns of the table; however this sort order does not affect broadcast output. By default, the sort order is based on the broadcast orderupdated time. Click on a column header to sort in ascending or descending or default order.

You can create a new traffic playlist for your specific broadcast needs.

1. Enter a new playlist name and press the ENTER key.
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2. Move traffic reports between the Traffic Reports list and the playlist you created:

   • Drag and drop reports from one list to the other.
   • Double-click on a report to move it to the end of the playlist or remove it from the playlist.

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Manage Traffic Report Playlists

You can manage existing traffic report playlists at any time as follows: