19.6. Announcements

  • Announcements are created by the administrator and are published to the individual user or group users.

  • It can be created, edited and deleted within Start Date & Time-End Date & Time.

  • The users of the published group will receive mail notifications.

  • On the user account, the announcements appear on the home page, only after the set date & time and then the impressions are calculated.

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To access announcements:

Click Admin Admin > Announcements > Manage Announcements. The following Announcements screen appears displaying announcement details

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19.6.1. Create New Announcements

To create new announcement:

Click Create New. The following Create Announcement screen appears with the respective details to be filled.

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Note

  • The announcements can be mapped to more than one user group at the same time.
  • Multiple announcements can also be created.
  • Mail can be sent to every user of the selected user groups.

19.6.2. Edit and Delete Announcements

To edit announcement:

Click Edit Edit-Button. The Edit Announcement screen appears with the chosen fields to be edited.

To delete announcements:

Click Delete Delete-Button. It deletes the selected announcement.

Note

Announcements cannot be deleted, after the announcement date & time is set. It can only be deleted when the set date & time expires.

19.6.3. Impressions

  • The impression displays number of users who have viewed the announcements.
  • The total count of impression is calculated based on:
o After users views the announcement (and)
o Closing announcement
  • The impression percentage is calculated based on the formula:
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Example: 2 ÷ 5 × 100 = 40%

To access impressions:

Click Admin Admin > Announcements > Impression. The following Announcement Reports screen appears displaying impression details.

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19.6.4. View Announcements

  • Users can view announcements that are displayed within the set date & time.
  • The users can either cancel the announcements manually or it expires after the set date & time.

To view announcements:

Click on selected announcements. A pop-up page appears displaying announcement details.

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