Announcements

Announcements allows Procurement to create messages that will be displayed for a period of time to users of the shop in a small banner at the very top of the page once they have logged in.

Go to Settings then collapse the Store section and select Announcements. From here, rules can be searched for, managed and created.

To create a new announcement:

1. Click + New announcement

2. Enter a message to be displayed to shop users, which should provide the key details of the announcement, so be clear and concise

3. Use the calendar date picker to specify a start date and an end date for the announcement to be displayed

4. Select which users to display the announcement to:

   • All users
   • Include specific users/groups
   • Exclude specific users/groups
   • Include users in specific regions
   • Exclude users in specific regions

5. If including/excluding regions:

   • Resize and move the rectangle on the map to select geographic regions
   • Search for and select an address/location to center the map on an area
   • Click "Add Region" to add each desired area to the selected regions list
   • Specify multiple regions as needed
   • Remove regions with the trash icon

6. If including/excluding users:

   • Search for and select users/groups to include or exclude
   • Remove users/groups from the selected list as needed using the trash icon

7. Review and click Save in the top-right to create the announcement. Once created, announcements can be edited, or deleted from the Announcements page.

To manage existing rules on the Announcements page:

• Click Edit in a row menu dropdown or click on the table row itself to modify a rule
• Click Delete in a row menu dropdown to permanently delete a rule
• Click + New Announcement to create additional announcements