Creating announcements that are displayed in the web client
An IBM Cloud Pak for Data administrator can create announcements to let users know about upcoming maintenance or planned outages. The announcements are displayed below the toolbar until they expire.
- Who needs to complete this task?
- To create an announcement, you must have one of the following permissions:
- Administer platform
- Manage configurations
- When do you need to complete this task?
- Complete this task any time you want to notify users about something by displaying an announcement in the web client.
About this task
An announcement is displayed as banner below the toolbar in the web client until the announcement expires. An announcement is visible to all users who log in to the web client.
Depending on how you configure the announcement, users can either dismiss the announcement temporarily or permanently.
Procedure
Results
When you save the announcement, it is displayed in the web client until the specified end date.
When the announcement expires, the announcement moves from the Active tab to the Expired tab.