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Publishing Bulletins on ERM Home Page

Bulletins are internal company messages that alert users to company announcements. Bulletins appear in the New Bulletins section of the ERM home page. Figure 16 shows an example of the New Bulletins view tab on the home page, with bulletin text and headline.

Figure 16. New Bulletins

To publish bulletins

  1. From the application-level menu, choose View > Site Map > Communications Administration > Message Broadcasts.
  2. In the Message Broadcasts list, add a new record and complete the fields.

    3. The following table describes the fields in a message broadcast record.

Field
Comments
Abstract
Enter the bulletin's title. Text in the Abstract field appears in bold and can be up to 100 characters.
Activation Date
Select the activation date and time for the bulletin to appear.
All Users
Select the All Users check box to send the bulletin to users.
Briefing Bulletin
Select the Briefing Bulletin check box if you want the bulletin to appear in the New Bulletins section of the ERM home page.
Broadcast
Select this check box to make the bulletin available for broadcast.
Division
To send the bulletin to users in a specific Division, click Select button, and then in the dialog box that appears, select or create the Divisions you want to receive the bulletin.
Division
Select the division to which the bulletin should be sent.
Expiration Date
Select the expiration date and time for the bulletin.
If there is no expiration date specified, the bulletin appears indefinitely. To remove a bulletin that does not have an expiration, delete the bulletin's Activate Date.
Message
Enter the text of broadcast message. This text appears as the body of the bulletin and can be any number of characters in length.
Recipient
To send the bulletin to specific users, click the Select button. In the dialog box, select or add the users you want to receive the bulletin.
Recipient
Select the recipients to whom the bulletin should be sent.
Severity
Select the Severity of the message. Options are Normal, High, Urgent, or Urgent with Alert. Normal is the least severe, and Urgent with Alert is the most severe.

For more information about Message Broadcasting, see the chapter about message broadcasting in Applications Administration Guide.


 Siebel Employee Relationship Management Administration Guide 
 Published: 18 April 2003