Creating an announcement

You can create an announcement with customized content, access settings and appearance. When creating an announcement, you can preview your changes in real time in the Quick Preview section of the Compose tab.
  1. Select Portal > Announcements.
  2. Click New Announcement on the toolbar.
  3. On the Compose tab, specify this information:
    Layout
    Specify whether the image is displayed next to the announcement summary or as the background for the text, or not displayed at all.
    Title
    Provide a title for the announcement.
    Summary
    Specify a summary of the announcement. You can format the text with bold, italic or strike-through style and include URLs.
    Background color
    Specify a color for the background of the announcement summary.
    Text color
    Specify a color for the text of the announcement summary. This field is available only when the background of the summary is transparent.
    Add image
    Optionally, specify whether to display an image in the announcement.
    Image URL
    If you decide to add an image to the announcement, specify the URL of the image.
    Image alignment
    If you decide to add an image to the announcement, select an alignment setting to position the image:
    • Center: The center of the image is aligned with the center of the image area in the announcement.
    • Cover: The whole image fits the image area in the announcement.
    • Fill: The image fits the width of the image area in the announcement.
    • Fit: The image fits the height of the image area in the announcement.
    Add button
    Optionally, specify whether an action button is displayed on the announcement toolbar.
    Button title
    If you select to include an action button, provide a title for the action button.
    Button URL
    If you select to include an action button, provide the URL for the action button.
    Priority
    Specify the priority level of the announcement. The priority level sets the display order of the announcements:
    1. Critical
    2. Important
    3. Normal

    When users sign in to the Infor OS Portal, a critical announcement is displayed in a modal dialog box that they must close. Critical announcements are also displayed in any banner or regular announcements widget and the top bar widget when the user accesses a workspace.

    To view multiple critical announcements, a user must click Next repeatedly until the last critical announcement is closed.

    Up to 15 announcements can be displayed.

    Begin
    Specify a start date for the announcement.
    End
    Specify an end date for the announcement.
    Time zone
    Specify a time zone to apply to the begin and end dates.
    Recurrence
    Optionally, specify whether the announcement is repeated weekly, monthly, yearly, or never.
  4. On the Translate tab, click + Create translation. Select the language of the translation, and specify a translation of the announcement title, summary, and button title, if applicable.
    Announcements are displayed in the translated language that the user selects in User Settings.
  5. On the Permissions tab, select the security policies from the list, and move them to the Selected column to apply the policy to the announcement.
    You can edit security policies and add new policies from the Security Policies menu in Portal. The selected security policy determines which users can see the announcement.
  6. On the Workspaces tab, click Add Workspace to apply the announcement to a specific workspace.
    The Workspace Catalog is displayed. The workspace you select must include the announcement widget or have the Show announcements below workspace header option enabled. You can add up to 10 workspaces to an announcement. Critical announcements are displayed on all workspaces.
  7. Click Preview to see a preview of the announcement before you save it.
    When you are finished, click Close to exit preview mode.
    Note: You can use Preview Settings to view the announcement as different widget types with different sizes.
  8. Click Save.