Usage of the news ticker

The news ticker can be used to send messages to selected user groups. New messages are displayed to users after login. When creating or editing a message, various setting options are available.

Property Description
Visibility If visibility is enabled, the message will be published and shown to the corresponding users.
Start date The date when the message will displayed.
End date The date when the message will not displayed any more.
Title The title of the message.
Text The content of the message.
Authorisation profile Assigned users to the Permission Profiles who are receiving the message.
Uploading PDFs PDFs can be added to the message as attachment.

Adding a News Item

  1. Administration > Messages click.
  2. Click Add Message in the toolbar.
  3. Select visibility.
  4. Select start date and end date by clicking on
  5. Enter title and text.
  6. Click on the Permission Profiles that are to receive this message while holding down the CTRL key in the area Permission Profiles.
  7. Click Assign.
  8. Optionally a PDF can be added as an attachment.
    1. Click Add in the Upload PDF section.
    2. Select file in local file system.
    3. Click Upload. The PDF was added.
  9. Click in the function bar.

Result: A new message has been created.

Copying a message

  1. Click Administration > News .
  2. Click in the Action column next to a message.
  3. Change settings of the message.
  4. Click in the function bar.

Result: A copy of the message has been created.

Editing a message

  1. Click Administration > News.
  2. Click in the Action column next to a message.
  3. Change settings of the message.
  4. Click in the function bar.

Result: The message has been changed.

Deleting a message

  1. Click Administration > News.
  2. Click in the Action column next to a message.

Result: The message has been deleted.