NewsTicker User Guide

33During the ski season, the data will be updated automatically eachmorning.If you wish to manually update the data, simply click on its name fromthe main Ski screen, update the fields, and press Save.Sports 4 STDNewsTicker Sports is designed to meet the needs of demanding sportsdepartments. You have complete control over which leagues and teamswithin leagues are shown. In addition to automated game data fed byNewsroom’s TickerWire, you can create your own local leagues, such ashigh school. You can even pre-load local schedules and enter gamenotes.ConfigurationsBegin by clicking Configure from the main Sports screen. You’ll see a listof leagues currently configured. If this is a new installation, then it islikely configured with those leagues fed automatically throughTickerWire, Newsroom’s data service.Proceed by clicking CFB. On the next screen are the various options forthe league, starting with League Information. Clicking on the leaguename (CFB) from within the League Information section will open an editscreen.League Name There are three text boxes for you to enter the name ofthe league. Most stations will only need to enter a value into League Name1, but others are provided if you wish to display an alternate name indifferent runlevels or on your website (such as College Football on yourwebsite, but CFB in your on-air ticker.)Autofill status on game edit By default, when you manually enter a scorefor a scheduled game, such as when a local high school calls with theirresults on game night, you would enter the score of each team and selecta status. If schools only ever calls when the game is over, the status islikely always going to be Final. This feature allows you to pick whichstatus, if any, to set as the default when you edit a game so that youdon’t have to repeatedly choose Final for every game you enter. It doesnot apply to game updates fed via TickerWire.Flag newly fed teams as visible If the league you are editing is one whereschedules and scores are fed by TickerWire, then this option will bepresent. As new teams are added automatically into the database, thisoption determines whether or not the visibility flag is checked for theteams. If it’s a league where you typically show all teams by default,