Accessing the iNEWS Database
The iNEWS database is the backbone of your iNEWS system. You save the data created in your newsroom — stories, scripts, and rundowns — in the database on the iNEWS server. Queues contain stories, and directories (also known as folders) store the queues.
When viewed with the mobile application, available iNEWS systems appear in the navigation drawer. Tapping the name of a server opens the Directory panel, which displays directories and queues. Queues marked to automatically refresh when changes are made display without pagination in the Directory panel. You can scroll continuously to view all stories in these queues.
If the queue contains more than 1000 stories, it might take some time for the MediaCentral mobile application to receive and display them. You might need to increase the Request Timeout value in the MediaCentral mobile application settings. For more information, see
Customizing MediaCentral | UX Settings.
The application uses different icons to distinguish between directories, queues, and stories.
Icon | Description |
| Directories hold queues or other subdirectories. Unlike queues, directories do not directly contain stories. For example, the Wires folder contains queues with incoming wire stories. |
| Queues let you organize stories in detailed categories. A show’s rundown is one example of a queue. |
| Stories — for example, wire stories — contain text, such as contact information or a description of a news event. Any story can become a script for a show. Scripts contain additional data beyond text, including production cues, machine control instructions, presenter instructions, and associated video sequences. |
| Floated stories are stories kept in the queue but which have removed the stories’ time from the show timing, causing them to be ignored by machine control and the network prompters. |
| Break stories have designated rows in their queues that form a “break” in the show — for example, a commercial break. |
| Approved stories have been endorsed for broadcast. Only individuals authorized by the iNEWS system administrator can approve a story. |
While viewing an iNEWS system directory in the Directory panel, you can tap the Up button to display to the navigation drawer. You can also tap the Back button to navigate back through the directory.
You can open directories, queues, and stories from the MediaCentral mobile application. Directories and queues open within the Directory panel. When you tap a story, it displays in Story view in the Body tab.
If you try to open an iNEWS story that has an edit key lock applied to it, a dialog box opens and allows you to type the key used to open the story for editing. Once you open the locked story, you do not need to enter the key again during your current work session. If you attempt to open an easy locked story, a message box informs you that the story is locked and cannot be opened.
Queues marked with the autorefresh attribute in iNEWS automatically redisplay their content whenever changes are made to the queue. For more information on setting the autorefresh attribute, see your iNEWS documentation.
To open a directory:
1. Tap the iNEWS server in the Navigation drawer you want to use, and then tap items in the Directory panel to navigate to the directory.
2. Tap a folder on screen to open it.
To back out of a directory or queue:
Tap the Back button on your Android device.
To open a queue:
1. Tap in the Directory panel to navigate to the queue inside a directory.
2. Tap the queue to open it.
To open an existing story:
1. Tap in the Directory panel to navigate to the story in a queue.
A story icon with a check mark indicates that the story has been “approved.” You can approve stories from an iNEWS workstation.
2. Tap the story to open it.
The story opens in Story view in the Body tab.
3. While viewing the story, do one of the following to view the Production Cues tab.
Tap the Production Cues tab.
Swipe Left.
The numerical production cue markers within the story align with production cues and machine control instructions displayed in the Production Cues tab. Black text indicates production cues. Blue text indicates machine control instructions (if any).
Because of limited screen size on Android devices, the mobile application does not display the Directory panel with the story. You can view the Navigation drawer at any time by swiping right from the Body or the Production Cues tab or use the Up button (see
The Navigation Drawer and Directory Panel).
To reload a story:
1. 
Tap the Action overflow button.
2. Tap Reload.
