--- title: "How Pulse Locations Work" url: "https://support.sardius.media/knowledge-base/how-pulse-locations-work" category: "Pulse" updated: 2026-11-02 summary: "On Pulse, every location (or campus) on your site is made up of three pieces in the Control Panel. Knowing how they connect makes it easier to add, rename, or remove a location without leaving anything behind. The Three Pieces of a Location Series: what viewers see Where it lives: Control Panel >…" --- # How Pulse Locations Work On Pulse, every location (or campus) on your site is made up of three pieces in the Control Panel. Knowing how they connect makes it easier to add, rename, or remove a location without leaving anything behind. --- ## The Three Pieces of a Location ### Series: what viewers see **Where it lives:** Control Panel > Metadata > Series ![](https://support.sardius.media/kb-media/0eae325be2a4baed1294.png?width=251) The Series _is_ the location on your Pulse site. Each Series becomes a location tile on your location list, using its **Cover** image for the tile and its **Banner** image for the location's page. Every recording tagged with that Series shows up under that location. ### Channel: where the stream comes in **Where it lives:** Control Panel > Experiences > Channels ![](https://support.sardius.media/kb-media/fdd8eaf8a39648e99074.png?width=630) Each location has its own Stream Only Channel. This is where the location's encoder sends its stream, and where its events are scheduled. The Channel's name is only used in the Control Panel. **Renaming a Channel doesn't change what viewers see on Pulse.** The location name on your site always comes from the Series. ### Archive Settings: the connection between the two Archive Settings tag each recording with a Series as it's archived. This is how Pulse knows which location a recording belongs to. They live in two places: - **Default Archive Settings** on the Channel (Channel > Stream > Archive) ![](https://support.sardius.media/kb-media/c3ebd36443f731d013e5.png?width=672) - **Archive Settings** on each event (Channel > Event Calendar > \[event] > Archive Settings) ![](https://support.sardius.media/kb-media/8b880e122665bce4ca53.png?width=646) > **Tip:** If an event's settings are different from the Channel default, the event's setting will win. When you're checking which location your recordings are tagged with, check both places. --- ## How Recordings Get Onto Your Pulse Site Your Pulse site is populated by a **Feed** (Control Panel > Content > Feeds). ![](https://support.sardius.media/kb-media/1692c6b675726a2a48e1.png?width=666) The Feed uses a **Smart Playlist Filter** to decide which recordings appear on your site. Most Pulse Feeds filter one of two ways: - **By Category**: the filter lists your service or event types, like `Weekend Service|Youth Night`. This is the most common setup. Adding, renaming, or removing a location doesn't affect this filter, because a recording's Category stays the same no matter which location it's from. - **By Series**: the filter lists your location names, like `North Campus|South Campus`. If your Feed is set up this way, the filter needs to be updated whenever a location is added, renamed, or removed. Otherwise, that location's recordings won't appear on your site. ### How to check which one your Feed uses 1. Go to **Content > Feeds** and open your Pulse Feed 2. On the **Overview** tab, scroll down to **Smart Playlist Filter** 3. Look at the values listed: - Service or event types (like Weekend Service) mean your Feed filters **by Category** - Location names mean your Feed filters **by Series** ![](https://support.sardius.media/kb-media/b88c3dd7de8aefd99844.png?width=631) --- ## What Viewers See - Each **Series** shows up as a tile on your Pulse location list - A Series with **no Cover image** still shows up, as a blank tile with just its name - A Series stays on your list as long as it exists, even if it's no longer in use That last point is why a renamed or retired location can stick around on your site. If the old Series is still in Metadata > Series, it'll still show up. --- ## Quick Reference: Where Location Info Lives - **Metadata > Series**: the location name and its Cover and Banner images - **Channel > Stream > Archive**: the Series new recordings are tagged with by default - **Channel > Event Calendar > \[event] > Archive Settings**: the Series for a specific event (overrides the default) - **Content > Assets**: filter by Series to see every recording tagged with a location - **Content > Feeds**: the filter that decides which recordings appear on Pulse --- ## Related Articles - [Add a New Location to Pulse](https://support.sardius.media/knowledge-base/add-a-new-location-to-pulse) - [Rename a Pulse Location](LINK-TBD) - [Remove a Pulse Location](LINK-TBD) - [Recommended Image Sizes for Collections Layout](https://support.sardius.media/knowledge-base/recommended-image-sizes-for-collections-layout) --- Need more help? 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