Portal notifications
Do not surprise your users! Learn how to add notifications about imminent or planned activities, such as upcoming software updates.
The system administrator can add notifications about imminent or planned activities, such as upcoming software updates. The Manage notifications tile is usually not guarded by any special permissions. The Portal notifications tile needs to share at least one Role with the currently logged in user, in order for the Manage notifications panel to be accessed.
The Manage notifications tile
The Manage notifications panel allows the user to organise the following settings:
The Manage notifications panel
Display at - allows the user to set the position where the notification will be displayed. The user can select from three predefined options, available in a drop-down list:
The "Display at" setting
Hidden - notification will be hidden.
LoginPage - notification will be displayed on the Login page.
Example of notification displayed on the Login page
Loginpage and top bar - notification will be displayed on the Login page and the Global menu bar.
Example of notification displayed on the Global menu bar
Notification text - allows the user to type in the desired textual information.
The "Notification text" field
Icon - opens the Select icon panel, where the user can select an icon to be displayed along with the added textual information.
The "Select icon" panel
By clicking the Save and Close button the organised settings are preserved and immediately applied.
Note
Adding a new Portal Notification will overwrite the existing one.