Add content to a rail

To add content to a rail in Rails Builder:

Select the relevant template from the Template list.
Click on the relevant layout to display the rails.
In the rail you want to add content to, click Add Content.
Select the type of content you want to add (refer to the Content Types tables below for details).
Click to add the content to the rail.
Repeat step 3 to add additional rails sections to the rail.
Click Save Unsaved Changes.
Click Continue to save the rail.

A rail can contain just one type of content or multiple types of content (rails sections). Each time you click , a new section is added to the current rail.

Content Types

Catalogue

Enables you to populate the rail/section with catalogue content types, based on your selections:
Content	Individual VOD contents
Groups	Content groups
Nodes	Content grouped by node
Live events	Individual live events
Channels	Broadcast channels

Personalised

User Specific Enables you to populate the rail/section with user-specific content types, based on your selections:
Continue Watching	Content that the user has started watching but not finished
My List	VOD content or channels that the user has favourited
Favourite Type	The type of favourites to display in the section: VOD or channel
Network Recordings	Content that the user has recorded
Recently Watched	Content that the user has recently finished watching
User Purchased TVOD	Transactional VOD (TVOD) items that the user has purchased. Can be sorted by expiry date or purchase date
User Purchased PPV	Pay-per-view events that the user has purchased. Can be sorted by expiry date or purchase date
User Subscribed Channels	Broadcast channels that the user is subscribed to

Recommendations
Enables you to populate the rail/section with content from the configured recommendations engine, based on your selections:

Recommendation Context

The recommendation context determines the type of content that will populate the rail section.

In addition to the default contexts provided by NAGRAVISION, you can create your own contexts to meet your own requirements.

For example, you could set up contexts for:

Content from a particular provider (e.g., Amazon Prime)
Content in a specified price range (e.g., content that is less than €5)
Content that is free with ads
Optionally, you can specify:
- Content Seed – a specific content item that the recommendations will be based on. This can be an editorial (editorial content), a live event, a series, a season, or a deep link.
  Select a type, then click Add Content and select an item from the list.
- Filters – specify one or more filters to constrain the recommendations that are returned. For example, you can limit recommendations to:
  - Content of a specific genre
  - Content featuring a specific actor
Channel Image Type – for channel recommendations, choose whether the image that is displayed is the channel logo or the image for the currently-playing event.
Search – the rail or rail section will be populated with search results when the client application requests this template with a search query. See Set up a search template.

Custom
Enables you to populate the rail/section with content from an external source or determined by a blueprint, based on your selections:

Key Value Pair Section

Enables you to add a rail or rail section that uses a blueprint to determine the content. For example, the PromotionalBanner blueprint allows you to add a promotional banner rail/section (see Add a promotional banner rail to a layout).

Pre-Curated Section

Enables you to define a rail or rails section that is populated with content from an external source. Here, select:

External Providers – select the external provider. See External providers.
Content List – select the content list that determined the content that will populate the rail/section. See External providers.
Number of items – the number of items that the rail/section should contain
Select an Action Type – select whether to play the content or go to the media card for the content if the user taps on the item.
Image Type – select the image type for the items in the rail.

Search

Enables you to populate the rail/section with content from a search, based on your selections:
Engine	The search engine to use
Query	The search term to use
Provider	The content provider to search within
Only Playable	Return only playable content
Genre	The content genre
Actor	Only show content starring the actor
Number of items	Number of content items to include in the rail