Within Xibo, a ticker is an element that displays different pieces of text, often with a scrolling pattern.

For example:

Setting up the data

A ticker can use one of the following:

• Feed URL - Which requires an RSS feed.
• DataSet - This is custom data which you can enter under the DataSets section.

For this ticker, we’ll set up a data set that can populate the ticker.

Creating a DataSet

• Go to Library > DataSets
• Click Add DataSet and populate the name, description (Optional) and a code to refer to it (optional)
• Now, click the drop-down arrow of the data set we just added, and select View Columns.
• Here we can choose what columns to add (Think of them as table headers). We’ll add two columns, one for target - Who the messages will be targetted at - and message -The actual message. This is entirely optional and you can just use ‘message’
• Delete the existing ‘Col1’ entry and click Add column at the top. Create a column for both ‘target’ and ‘message’. Note: You can add a comma-separated list in List Content if you want a drop-down list, eg. Teaching Staff,Foundation,Admin,Visitors
• Now, we have two columns to fill in.
• Go to the drop-down menu, and choose View Data so we can add entries for the ticker.
• Click Add row to add an entry.
• As you can see, there is a field for each column we added.
• Add as many entries as you need.
• Now, go back to your layout and we will begin adding the ticker.

Creating the ticker

• Now, add a region to your layout and select ticker.
• Choose Source Type of DataSet and you can select your data set - So far you’ll only have one, Staff notices.
• Set your ticker’s name, choose the Effect and speed.
• Next, move on to the Appearance tab and we’ll have to populate it with the data set’s fields.
• Along the top, you will see a box called ‘Available Subscriptions’ which shows each column of the data set. Double click them to enter them into the message box below (They will enter in square brackets, eg. [Target|3]).
• Format the text using the controls - change the size, the colour, etc. - and format the text layout as appropriate. I have chosen the layout [Target|3] - [Message|4], which should show something like All staff - Message goes here.
• And the final product…
• Now, if we save this, and go to preview, we can see the entries we added.