Creating Freestanding Announcements

You can create announcements that are not tied to a specific RFC with the Announcement Manager. To create announcements associated with an RFC, see Creating and Publishing Announcements.

To create a freestanding announcement:

  1. Open the Announcement Manager from a ChangeGear module under the Other menu.

  2. Click New. The Create Announcement dialog box displays.

  3. Select a template for the announcement.

  4. Click the To...button to select recipients if you want the announcement e-mailed to selected users, teams, roles, or contacts.

  5. In the Subject field, type a summary of the Announcement.

  6. Click Editto type a complete description of the Announcement.

  7. Refine your announcement further by using the Detail tab.

  8. In the Reviewer field, click the drop-down menu to select a Reviewer for the announcement before publishing. The Reviewer must have approval privileges to review announcements.

  9. If you do not want the announcement posted on the announcement portal, uncheck Post on Web Announcement Portal (when Published).

  10. To send the announcement to the reviewer you selected, click Request Review.

  11. To publish the announcement out on the web portal, click Publish.

 

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