In addition to the Site (or System) Administrator, a Company Administrator will be able to create Announcements. Also, A Company Administrator will be able to define whether a particular announcement should be displayed to the:
- Users.
- Bidders.
- Users and bidders.
Note: Announcements are displayed to all the users of the owner company and all partner users. Bidders are also able to view all announcements by Owner Company, in the Bidder Portal.
To access the Announcements module:
- Go to the Company Workspace tab.
- Switch to the Admin mode.
- From the left-hand Navigator click the Announcements node to open both the Announcements log, and the Announcement properties page (the right-hand pane).
The Announcements log (toolbar options) enables you to:
- Create a new announcement (+ Create icon).
- Delete or change the status of an existing announcement (Actions drop-down menu).
- Refresh the log items (Refresh icon).
- Print, or export, the contents of the log (Print icon).
- Find items on the log (Find on Page icon). If the you decide to cancel the find for an entire row, then you must click the Find on Page icon, again.
The Announcements log contains the following columns:
- Title
- Status
- Last Modified By
- Last Modified Date
When the log page is displayed, the default sort order is descending date of records (Last Modified Date).
When you select an announcement record, or you hover over an announcement record, a gear menu will be displayed. The gear menu enables you to delete the selected announcement or change the announcement status.
The Announcement properties page (the right-hand pane) also enables you to see, or change, the details of an existing announcement. You must click to select an announcement on the Announcements log, first. The Announcement properties page (the right-hand pane) also enables you to:
- Enter a title for your new announcement (Title). You must click the create a new announcement (+ Create icon) option, first.
- Enter the text for a new announcement (Announcement Text). Maximum of 4000 characters, including formatting and HTML tags.
- Assign a status for your new announcement (Status). Active announcements cannot be deleted.
- Determine the audience (Make an Announcement for). The default is "Both" the Unifier Users and Bidders.