The Advance screen is the one place to advance a show. Open it from Tour > Advance (the left menu; phones: More), from Production > Advance, or from the Advance tab on a show day. Each show has its own screen.
THE SHOW LIST (Tour > Advance): every show as a tile, soonest first: the date and how many days out, the venue, the city, and what the day already has (the doors time, the hotel). A tile shows the venue link only once something happened with it: Venue replied, Link sent or Link not sent. On a computer, hover a tile to see the rest of that day's schedule and its first local contact. Past shows are hidden until you tap Show past; they come 20 to a page, newest first, with numbered page buttons and Previous / Next.
A SHOW'S FRONT PAGE: the venue with its photo (the same as the Venue tab), the city and date, Prev / Next to walk the run, and Open the day. Under it, one tile per part of the advance, the same look as the day page Overview. Each tile shows what is already known (the first times on the schedule, the hotel, the contacts), never what is missing. Everything in the advance is optional. Tap a tile and only that part opens, on its own screen; back (top left, or your browser's back) returns to the tiles. Prev / Next keeps the same part open on the next show.
THE PARTS:
- Reach the venue: however you advance (email, a call, or the venue link). The venue link (Make the link, Send it, Open), the Advance email (Initiate, Reply, or Follow Up, which lists what the day doesn't have yet plus your unanswered questions; a plain template you edit, ATOM never writes it for you), riders emailed from ATOM for this show, and the One-Sheet, Merch sheet, Hospitality rider and What the venue sees. Anything sent from ATOM leaves you a Sent copy.
- From the venue: the venue's advance form (tap to review it; a new one shows on the tile), tech packs (upload one, or review one the venue uploaded or Scan my email found), and Scan my email.
- Schedule: the day's real schedule. Edit schedule works exactly like the day, and Fill from text turns a pasted advance or run of show into lines.
- Contacts, Parking, arrival + hotel, Venue, Security, local + weather: the advance questions for that part of the day, the ones that matter first and the rest folded, with On the day now showing what the day already says. What you confirm lands on the day.
- Settlement + comps: kept with the show's advance (not on the day). Money questions only show to people with Money access.
- Your own questions: anything you want to ask that isn't in the usual advance, as many as you like. They also appear on the venue's advance form ("A Few More Questions"), and the venue's answers fill in here marked from the venue.
Every question, by section (under the tiles) opens all 17 sections, if you want them.
WHO: the people who advance: the tour manager, the production manager and admins. Crew, band, artists and drivers don't see Advance at all; what it confirms reaches them on the day page and the day sheet (anyone else should ask their TM).