Organize your screens with screen groups

Screen groups allow you to manage your display network clearly, quickly, and strategically. They simplify broadcasting, technical configuration, performance analysis, and delegation.

Why Use Screen Groups?

  • Broadcast at scale: Launch a campaign across multiple screens with a single click.

  • Save time: Apply shared settings to multiple screens at once.

  • Better targeting: Tailor your content based on locations, audiences, or use cases.

  • Analyze with ease: Track performance by screen type, site, or message.

  • Better organize your teams: Grant targeted access permissions based on responsibilities.

How to Structure Your Screen Groups?

  • By location: Country, city, building...

  • By audience: Customers, employees, visitors...

  • By use case: Signage, promotions, information...

  • By technical specs: Portrait/landscape orientation, size, screen type...

💡 Note: A single screen can belong to multiple screen groups. Start simple, then refine according to your needs.

1: Access Screen Groups

From the Cenareo platform homepage:

  • Hover your mouse over the Screens menu.

  • Click on My screen groups.

Once on the "My screen groups" page, you will see the list of screen groups you have created or have access to. Here is what each row in the table shows you:

  • Name: The name assigned to the group by you (or another user).

  • Screens: The total number of screens directly included in the group.

  • Screen Sub-groups: Indicates whether this group contains other groups.

  • Access Level: Spells out your permission level for the group (Owner, Manager, or Broadcaster).

  • Description: A free-text note used to clarify the purpose of the group or the types of screens it contains.

This allows you to easily find and organize your groups based on your use cases or internal structure.

2 : Create a Screen Group

To organize your screens effectively, you can create a customized group. Here is how to fill out the screen group creation form:

  • Name: Enter a clear and descriptive name for your group here.

  • Description: Add a few words to clarify the objective or content of this group.

  • Screens: You can directly add individual screens to this group, provided you have broadcasting rights for them. Type a screen's name to select it from the list.

  • Groups: It is also possible to include existing screen sub-groups.

Once all fields are filled in, click the Create button to confirm the creation of your new group.

3: Access a Screen Group

Once your group is created, you can access its dedicated page to view or manage its details.

To do this:

  • From the Screens > My screen groups menu, click on the name of the group you wish to view.

  • This takes you to a comprehensive page dedicated entirely to that group.

Here are the main sections of this page:

Group Information

  • Group name, number of screens, and description.

  • Your status (Owner, Manager, Broadcaster).

  • If you are an owner or manager, you have access to the following options: modify users, add screens or sub-groups, create a sub-group, or delete the group (owner only).

User List

  • A table listing the group members alongside their respective rights (Owner, Manager, Broadcaster).

  • Ability to search for a specific user.

Screen List

  • A detailed view of the screens within the group: status (active, inactive), orientation, linked groups, time zone, player label, etc.

  • Display of the connection status (functional, unreachable, pending).

Group Map

A geographical visualization of the group's screens on a map. A clear legend helps you understand the status of each screen:

  • Functional

  • Unreachable

  • Inactive

  • Pending

  • Group

This map allows you to quickly identify the geographical distribution and status of your screens.

Group Usage

  • Tracking of broadcasted campaigns.

  • Access to the campaigns table and completed downloads.

Ecowatt Integration

  • If you activate this integration, all screens in this group will be automatically turned off during Ecowatt alerts.

  • When a 🔴 (red) signal is issued, all publicly visible advertising screens must be turned off or put into standby mode.

This page gathers all the necessary elements to effectively manage a group, whether it relates to its content, its users, or its performance.

4: Modify Screen Group Users

To do this:

  • From the group page, click on Settings, then Modify users.

  • A window will open showing the current list of members.

Window Content

  • User list: Each row indicates the name, email address, and role (e.g., Owner).

  • Add a user: Click this button to invite a new user to the group.

  • Automatic statuses: If a user does not have rights to the screens for which you are an administrator, they will be automatically added as a Broadcaster for those screens.

  • Checkbox option: Checking "Remove sub-group rights for removed users" allows you to automatically revoke a user's access rights to any linked sub-groups.

Managing a group's users allows you to control who can access, modify, or broadcast content on the associated screens.

5: Add Screens or Sub-groups

To expand an existing screen group, you can add new screens or sub-groups to it at any time.

From the screen group page:

  • Click on Settings.

  • Select Edit, add screens / sub-groups.

  • A window titled Modify this group will open.

Form Content

  • Name: Modify the group name if necessary.

  • Description: Update the group description.

  • Sub-groups: Start typing to search for and add existing sub-groups.

  • Screens: Add the individual screens you want to include in this group here.

💡 Tip: Adding a screen to a group automatically applies the campaigns associated with that group to the screen.

Note: This form is strictly used for adding elements.

6: Delete a Screen Group

If one or more screen groups are no longer useful for organizing your screen fleet, they can be deleted.

Who can delete a screen group?

  • The screen group Owner

  • The Fleet Manager

  • The Fleet Content Manager

(Find more information on roles and permissions within the Cenareo platform).

To remove screens or sub-groups, use the main table on the group page:

  • Check the boxes next to the items you want to remove.

  • Click Delete screens and/or sub-groups.

This step allows you to update the composition of your group without having to create a brand new one.

7: Create a Screen Sub-group

Screen sub-groups allow you to organize your screens hierarchically—for example, by region, department, or display type.

From the main screen group page:

  • Click on Settings.

  • Then click on Create a sub-group.

  • A window titled Create a sub-group will open.

Form Content

  • Name: Give your sub-group a clear, descriptive name.

  • Description: Specify its purpose or the screens it bundles together.

  • Sub-groups: If needed, you can add additional sub-groups inside this new group.

  • Screens: Select the screens you want to include in the sub-group.

ℹ️ Sub-groups automatically inherit the rules of the parent group. This structural approach helps you maintain a clear and organized view of your screen fleet.