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Overview
Portal Announcements are used to send a scheduled message to all Clearlogin users in their dashboard. When a scheduled announcement goes live, the Notification Bell icon will signify an announcement is available to view.
Some things to note about portal announcements:
- Once an announcement goes live, making changes to the announcement will not reset the announcement's status in the user dashboard.
- All users have the ability to mark an announcement as Read. Once the announcement is marked Read, it cannot be changed back to Unread.
- In an announcement's configuration, you can make the announcement sticky by not allowing it to be deleted.
- The announcement type determines how the announcement is presented to the users with different icons and colors.
- When selecting the Notification Bell icon only the announcement name is shown. To view the message, a user has to click the arrow icon to view the message text.
- One or more portal announcements can be active at the same time. When multiple announcements are active, they are stacked as a list.
Configuration Steps
- Sign into the Clearlogin Admin Console: https://admin.clearlogin.com
- On the left navigation bar, browse to: Settings > Announcements
- Click the Add New Announcement button, or the Edit icon to edit an existing announcement.
| Setting Name | Description |
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| Name | This is the name/identifier for the announcement. This name is shown to the users in the announcement header. There is a 40 character limit for the announcement name. |
| Description | This is the message text for the announcement. To view the message, a user has to click the arrow icon in the announcement header. |
| Announcement Type | The following types of announcements can be chosen:
The below example screenshot shows the colors and icons for each type of announcement.
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| Role | Select a role to filter the announcement:
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| Time Zone | Choose a time zone for the announcement schedule. |
| Start Date | Choose a start date/time for the announcement schedule. Format: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS UTC Examples:
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| End Date | Choose an end date/time for the announcement schedule. Format: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS UTC Examples:
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| Deleteable | When enabled, the users can delete the announcement.
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| Enabled | Enable or disable the announcement.
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