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Purpose

Create a broadcast data instance to define the text of short messages, also known as welcome messages, news messages, or messages-of-the-day. These messages appear in the navigation panel of User portals when the Dashboard workspace is open.

Typically, a manager in the organization unit maintains the message for that unit. A developer can create a distinct message for each unit in an organization.

For composite portals, the standard section rule @baseclass.News provides this capability. GRP-462

Changing the message

Users of the Designer Studio can update any broadcast data instance, using the form. Manager updates depend on access roles:

On the Dashboard navigation panel, click the  Create   or  Edit   button appearing in the broadcast message. A pop-up window appears. Enter your brief message--no more than 70 characters--directly into the window and click  Save  . The new message replaces any existing broadcast message for the unit; older messages are not saved.

Users of the Designer Studio can update the message for any organizational unit:

  1. Use the Rules Explorer to list instances of the broadcast data class (in the Technical category).
  2. Open the Broadcast form for the organization unit, or create a new one if necessary. Enter the organization, division, and unit as key parts.
  3. Edit the Broadcast instance and save it.

The next time a user in the organization unit logs in, the portal News area displays the updated message. B-3209

Category

The Data-Broadcast class holds broadcast data instances. They are part of the Technical category.

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