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Industry pack: Media and Entertainment ​

Media and Entertainment adds what a media and entertainment organisation needs on top of HCM Core: production, crew booking, freelancer contract, rights and credit. Every screen carries charts, and the Overview answers the questions this industry asks first. It works with the people already in HCM Core and Employee; it changes nothing there.

Overview

1. Who uses it ​

RoleWhat they do
Production managerPlans crews and watches crew hours per production.
Talent / casting coordinatorTracks freelancer contracts and rights.
HR / business affairsTracks union agreements and credits.

2. Before you start ​

  • Installed plugin: hcm-industry-media-entertainment (free tier; needs HCM Foundation and Employee). No licence feature has to be granted.
  • Access: tenant administrators can use every screen; the Overview needs a tenant administrator or Report.View.
  • Trial data: in a trial tenant, generate the Media and Entertainment industry pack in Demo Data: 6 production, 10 crew booking, 10 freelancer contract, 8 rights and credit.

3. Set up ​

  1. Open Media > Productions and add each production with budget and dates.
  2. Record Crew Bookings (person, role, days, day rate).
  3. Track Freelancer Contracts with expiry.
  4. Record Rights and Credits obligations by person.

4. Daily use ​

4.1 Production ​

A film, show, series or campaign with its budget and spend so far. Open Production in the sidebar under Industry Pack, Media and Entertainment. Choose Add production to add a record, click a row to change or delete it. The fields are: production, title, kind, stage, budget, spent, start date.

Production

4.2 Crew booking ​

A crew member booked on a production: role, days and day rate. Open Crew booking in the sidebar under Industry Pack, Media and Entertainment. Choose Add crew booking to add a record, click a row to change or delete it. The fields are: crew member, department, production, days booked, day rate, start date.

Crew booking

4.3 Freelancer contract ​

A freelancer's agreement, with expiry and whether a union agreement applies. Open Freelancer contract in the sidebar under Industry Pack, Media and Entertainment. Choose Add freelancer contract to add a record, click a row to change or delete it. The fields are: freelancer, role, status, union agreement, ends on.

Freelancer contract

4.4 Rights and credit ​

Credit and rights obligations owed to a person for a production. Open Rights and credit in the sidebar under Industry Pack, Media and Entertainment. Choose Add rights and credit to add a record, click a row to change or delete it. The fields are: person, production, obligation, status.

Rights and credit

5. Charts, reports and exports ​

FigureWhat it counts
Productions
Budget spent %
Crew days booked
Contracts expiring or expired
Disputed credits
Productions by stageDevelopment to delivered
Crew days by departmentTotal days booked
Contract statusActive, expiring, expired
Credit obligationsAgreed, delivered, disputed

Every list page also has charts of its own records (by status or category, and a trend), and the platform grid offers search, paging, column choice and export.

6. On a phone or tablet ​

Every screen works on a phone: tiles, charts and lists stack one per row, and the add and edit dialogs fit the screen.

Overview on a phone

7. Rules and limits ​

  • Union rules (overtime, turnarounds, residuals) differ by agreement and are not coded; the pack only records whether a union agreement applies.
  • Budget and spend are headline figures: detailed cost reports belong in production accounting software.
  • The figures are only as good as the records entered. Benchmarks differ between sources, so none is hard-coded as a target: read the figures against your own history.

8. Troubleshooting ​

SymptomCause and fix
A chart says "Nothing to show yet"No records yet, or none with the date or category the chart needs. Add records or generate the demo pack.
The Overview says forbiddenYour login is not a tenant administrator and lacks Report.View.
A screen is missing from the sidebarThe plugin is not installed for this tenant. Ask a platform administrator to install hcm-industry-media-entertainment.

9. Related guides ​