Tidal Automation Concepts

Welcome to Tidal Automation (TA). This tutorial introduces and guides you through the features and functions of the world’s premier network scheduling solution, Tidal Automation.

Each chapter in this guide builds upon the foundation of the previous chapters. If this is your first time working with production scheduling software, or your first time using Tidal Automation, you should work through each chapter consecutively. More experienced users might want to move directly to the lesson in which they are interested; however, many exercises utilize the results of previous exercises.

As you progress through the tutorial, more advanced and detailed topics are covered. By the end of this manual, you will be familiar with most of the major features of Tidal Automation, and you will have the knowledge to create and maintain your own production schedules.

Note: You can use this tutorial on either a Windows or UNIX platform. Where there are differences, platform-specific instructions are provided.