Announcements
Video Tutorial
Announcements can be used to display a message on the main versaSRS screen at specific times. This can be set to only show the message to those that are a member of the Team which the Announcement is published against. Announcements share many similarities with Reminders.
To manage Announcements in versaSRS select the System Announcements icon from the versaSpinner - System Tools tab.
This will display the Manage Announcements screen where you set the Details for an Announcement.
You can click the Open icon (
) to access the list of upcoming and expired Announcements.
The Details tab of an Announcement contains the following fields/properties:
| Field/Property | Description |
|---|---|
| ID | A unique identifier assigned by versaSRS when the Announcement is saved. This is only visible within the Manage Announcements window by clicking the Open icon () |
| Title | A title for the Announcement, specified by the User |
| Message | The message to be shown to the Users in versaSRS |
| Default Reminder | Drop-down list of values allowing the User to set when the Announcement should display to Users |
| Enforce Reminder | Prevents versaSRS Users from permanently dismissing the alert message. For example if you have set the alert to show every two days the User cannot disable these alerts |
| Reminder Start | The date and time the Announcement message alert will start displaying within versaSRS |
| Schedule Start | The date and time the task or event the Announcement is for will start |
| Reminder End | The date and time the Announcement message alert will stop displaying within versaSRS regardless of which Users have seen it |
| Schedule Start | The date and time the task or event the Announcement is for will end |
| Date Entered | The date the Announcement was created in versaSRS |
| Last Updated | The most recent date the Announcement was edited |
| Active | A checkbox controlling whether this Announcement is published and will alert in versaSRS |
After the Title, Message and settings have been set click on the Team Publishing tab to set which users will be able to see the message.
Once everything has been setup and the Active checkbox checked, click the Save icon (
) or Save and Close to save the Announcement.
When the date and time set for the Reminder Start field is reached the message will be displayed.
