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Managing Briefings News Topics

A news topic is a set of search criteria used to find current news on topics of interest within a news package. Table 12 describes the types of news topics available in Siebel Briefings.

Table 12.  Siebel Content Services News Topic Types
News Topic Type
Comments

Administrator Defined

Siebel Systems allows you to create news topics based on the criteria you specify. News topics that you create in the Administrator Defined view are available to employees within the access groups associated with the news package. Employees with access to the selected news package can choose to include the news topic on a personalized view in the Siebel application.

Predefined

Siebel Systems delivers a predefined set of search topics that allow end users to receive current news on topics of interest to them (based on their tracking profile selections). Search topics include headline news, local and regional news, industry news, business topics, sports, health, and more. The search criteria for predefined topics cannot be modified. The topics can only be inactivated or activated.

User Defined

Siebel Systems allows users who are associated with the appropriate news group to create news topics based on specified criteria. Administrators can view and manage news topics created by users in the User Defined view.

As an administrator, you can create, modify, and delete administrator and user- defined news topics.

This task is a step in Process of Administering Siebel Briefings.

To create a news topic

  1. Navigate to the Administration - Briefings screen > News Topic Manager view.
  2. In the News Packages list, query to find the news package for which you want to create a news topic.
  3. Click the Administrator Defined view tab.
  4. In the News Topics list, add a record and complete the fields.

    The following table describes the fields.

    Field
    Comments

    Inactive

    Select the check box to deactivate or activate the selected news topic. A check mark appears in this column when the news topic is inactive. Users can select only active news topics in their tracking profile.

    If you later mark a user-subscribed news topic as inactive, the user no longer sees news for that topic.

    Name

    Enter an identifying name for the topic. Users see this text description in the Add News Topics form. If the user selects this news topic, this text also appears as a section heading in the My News section of their My Briefing page.
  5. Click Preview to see the topic final format.

To edit a news topic

  1. Navigate to the Administration - Briefings screen > News Topic Manager view.
  2. In the News Packages list, query to find the news package you want to edit.
  3. Click one of the following view tabs:
    • Administrator Defined
    • User Defined
  4. In the News Topics list, query to find the news topic you want to modify.
  5. Modify the fields as needed.

News topics are preconfigured as active. You can use the News Topics Administration screen to deactivate or activate news topics.

To activate or deactivate a news topic

  1. Navigate to the Administration - Briefings screen > News Topic Manager view.
  2. In the News Packages list, query to find the news topic you want to activate or deactivate.
  3. Click one of the following view tabs:
    • Administrator Defined
    • Predefined
    • User Defined
  4. In the News Topics list, query to find the news topic you want to activate or deactivate.
  5. Select the Inactive field (check mark) to deactivate the news topic, or remove the check mark to make the topic active.
    
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