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APEX Manage County Announcements
The Manage County Announcements panel provide a easy to use way for County Administrators to add or remove county announcements.
To access the Manage County Announcements page, click the Administration feature tab and then click the Manage County Announcements item in the list of Administration options. After clicking the Manage County Announcements item, the following panel will be displayed in the detail area to the right:
The Add Announcement and Remove Announcements buttons will appear on the APEX ribbon.
Add Announcement
To add a county announcement click the Add Announcement button on the ribbon. A new row will be added to the Announcements grid, as shown below:
Two new buttons, Apply Announcement Changes and Discard Announcement Changes will appear on the APEX ribbon.
The County Name field will be automatically populated with your county name. CeRTNA System Administrators will need to select the county name from the dropdown list in order to associate an announcement to a specific county.
Select Yes or No from the Active dropdown. This field can be used to temporarily disable an active announcement, even when the current date is within the date range for the announcement to be displayed.
Select the Start Date and End Date for your announcement. You can enter the dates directly into the fields or you can click the drop-down arrow to display a calendar control where you can navigate from between months or years and then click the desired date.
Enter a short description that will serve as a heading for your announcement. The heading can be up to 255 characters long. For Counties it is recommended that you include your county name in the heading. This makes it easier to distinguish between multiple announcements when they appear on the APEX announcements list.
Enter additional descriptive text that is to appear in the body of your announcement. The heading can be up to 1024 characters long. For Counties it is recommended that you include your county name within the text of the body. As with the heading, this makes it clear which county the text applies too.
Once you have finished entering values into the individual fields, you can click the Apply Announcement Changes button to save your announcement. Alternatively you can click the Discard Announcement Changes to discard the announcement text and return to the previous state of the announcements grid.
Edit Announcement
To edit an announcement, click on the row that you want to update and update the field or text as shown below:
Once you have finished updating values in the individual fields, you can click the Apply Announcement Changes button to save your announcement. Alternatively you can click the Discard Announcement Changes to discard the announcement text and return to the previous state of the announcements grid.
Remove Announcement
To remove one or more announcement records, select the items in the grid by clicking one or more of the checkboxes and then click the Remove Announcments button that appears on the ribbon as shown below:
Alternatively, you can simply click the X icon of one specific row. Clicking the X icon or the Remove Announcements button will cause the following confirmation to be displayed:
Click the Yes button to confirm that you want to remove the announcement or click the No button to cancel the operation and be returned to the previous screen.
If you click the Yes button to confirm the removal of the announcement, the announcement will be removed and you will see the changes reflected in the announcements grid, as shown below:
