Admin Annoucements

The Admin Announcements feature allows Uncountable admins to send in-platform notifications to individual users, specific groups, or all users.

Sending an Admin Announcement

To create an announcement, take the following steps:

1. Access the Admin Announcements tab of the Company-Wide Settings page.
2. Click the blue “+ Admin Announcement” button.
3. In the modal, fill out the following information.
   1. Subject: Add a brief subject header.
   2. Announcement: Use this space to write out the message you want sent out.
   3. Users: Select individual users and/or entire user groups. Select “All Users” to send the announcement to all platform users.
   4. Page to Display Announcement: By entering a page ref name in this field, users can opt to display the announcement only on a specific Uncountable page. For example, entering “enter_recipe” into this field will only display the message on the Enter Recipe pages for all users selected.
4. Once created, the announcement will be added to the Admin Announcements listing in the “Editing” workflow stage for review.
5. Click into the announcement entity to review and make any changes. When ready, advance the workflow phase to “Published” to send the notification.

Receiving Admin Announcements

Once sent, the notification will persist across pages until explicitly closed by users unless otherwise configured. Offline users will see the announcement upon their next login.

By default, notifications appear as platform popups, but they can be configured to also send emails. To adjust this personal setting, take the following steps:

1. From the navigation bar, select “Notifications” → “Go to Inbox”. Then, access the User Subscriptions tab.
2. At the bottom of the page, locate the Admin Announcement setting. Toggle on “Send email for this event” to have admin announcements sent directly to your email inbox.

Admin Announcement Permissions

The Admin Announcements feature is a custom entity that has its own permissions configured in Form Admin. If the button to create a new announcement from the listing page is not visible, you likely do not have the appropriate permissions.

To view or adjust your permissions, navigate to the Definitions tab of the Form Admin page. Search for “Admin Announcements” and, within the Permissions tab of the definition, adjust permissions accordingly. Users need “Create” and “Write” permissions specifically for admin announcements.