Use the Manage Announcements option to define the announcements that display on the dashboard.
How to manage announcements:
If needed, select the Dashboard link in the top left corner of the screen.
On the dashboard, click the More (â‹®) button located in the top right of the Announcements section, and select Manage Announcements.
Note: The Manage Announcements option is only available to users defined as a supervisor or Web Link administrator (within the User Security option).
At the Manage Announcements screen, complete the process to add a new announcement, edit an announcement, or delete an announcement.
To add a new announcement to display on the dashboard for all users:
Click the Create New Announcement button.
Complete the Announcement screen:
Enter a short description to use as the heading in the Title field.
Enter the message to display for the announcement in the Content field.
If desired, enter a link to a website or file to have display as part of the announcement in the URL field.
Enter the date when to start displaying the announcement in the Display From field, or leave the field blank to start displaying the announcement immediately.
Enter the date when to stop displaying the announcement in the Display To field, or leave the field blank to continue displaying the announcement indefinitely.
Click the color box in the Announcement Color field to select the color to use as the background for the announcement.
Click the Save button.
To edit an existing announcement on the dashboard:
Click the Edit button (the pencil icon) located in the top right corner of the section for the announcement to edit.
Make the desired changes to the announcement.
To stop an announcement from displaying, enter a date that is prior to the current date in the Display To field, or else delete the announcement (refer to the Delete Announcement tab above).
To quickly remove the dates in the Display From or Display To fields for an announcement, click the Show Date Picker button (the calendar icon) and click the Clear button.
After all the changes have been made, click the Save button.
To delete an existing announcement from the dashboard:
Click the Delete button located in the top right corner of the section for the announcement to delete.
When prompted, click the Delete button.
When finished, click the Dashboard link in the top left corner of the screen to see the updated dashboard.
Announcement Field Properties
Field | Input Type | Format | Max Characters or Additional Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
Title | Text | Alphanumeric | 50 |
Content | Text | Alphanumeric | 8,000 |
URL | Text | Alphanumeric | 2,000 |
Display From | Date | mm/dd/yyyy | — |
Display To | Date | mm/dd/yyyy | — |