Organizing Slide Order and Sharing Playlists Across Locations

The order of slides in a playlist determines the playback sequence. AccuArk provides multiple ways to reorder slides and share playlists across your business locations.

Reordering Slides

Move Up and Move Down Buttons

The simplest way to reorder slides is with the Move Up and Move Down buttons:

1. Select a slide in the playlist detail grid.
2. Click Move Up to move it one position earlier in the sequence.
3. Click Move Down to move it one position later.

The sort order updates immediately in the grid and is saved to the database.

Drag and Drop

For larger rearrangements, use drag and drop:

1. Click and hold on a slide row in the playlist detail grid.
2. Drag it to the desired position.
3. Release to drop it in place.

Drag and drop is faster than repeated button clicks when you need to move a slide across several positions. The new sort order is saved to the database as a single transaction when you release the row.

How Sort Order Is Saved

When you reorder slides, AccuArk saves the new sort order using a database transaction that updates all affected positions at once. This ensures the sort order is always consistent — there are no gaps or duplicates even if the save is interrupted.

The sort order is saved immediately after each reorder action. You do not need to click a separate save button.

Sharing Playlists Across Locations

If your business has multiple locations, you may want some playlists to be available everywhere (brand-consistent content) while others are specific to a single location (local promotions).

Global Playlists

Mark a playlist as Global to make it available at all locations. Global playlists appear in the Playlists tab regardless of which location the user is currently working in.

Use global playlists for:

• Company-wide branding and welcome messages.
• Standard operating information that applies to all locations.
• Corporate promotions that run at every store.

Location-Specific Playlists

By default, playlists are location-specific. They only appear at the location where they were created. This is appropriate for:

• Local events and location-specific promotions.
• Content that references specific staff or products only available at one location.
• Test playlists that you want to try at one location before rolling out.

Multi-Location Strategies

For businesses with multiple locations, a common strategy is:

1. Create one global playlist with brand-consistent slides (logo, welcome message, company values).
2. Create location-specific playlists for local promotions and events.
3. Use schedule priorities to layer the playlists. For example, the global brand playlist runs at priority 1 (always), and a local lunch special playlist runs at priority 5 (Time of Day, 11:00-14:00). During lunch hours, the local playlist takes over because it has higher priority.

This approach gives you consistent branding across all locations while still allowing each location to customize their content.

What to Read Next

• Understanding Schedule Modes for scheduling playlists at specific times.
• Schedule Priority and Conflict Resolution for managing multiple active schedules.