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How do I send a system-wide message?

Paul Tracy
posted this on April 19, 2011 07:36

There may be times when you want to alert all users of an upcoming system event like an upgrade. You can do this using the alert system.

Open Alert List

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From the home page or dashboard, click the Show All button in the Alerts panel.

Add an Alert

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Click the Add User Alert button.

Create the System-wide Alert

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From the To list, select All. Selecting "all" is what makes this a system-wide alert as opposed to a message to a specific group or user.
Enter an expiration date in Expires After.
Enter the text of the message to be displayed to all users.
Click Save.

Message is Displayed

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All users will see the message scroll in the dashboard header (1) and will also see it in their list of alerts (2).