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====== Messages ====== | ====== Messages ====== | ||
- | The messages tool is ... FIXME | + | {{tools:messages.png|}} The messages tool is where you can publish operational messages. The messages will be visable on the home page of NAV. |
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+ | The messages tool has four tabs, where the three first display messages (and let you edit them), the last tab is for adding new messages: | ||
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+ | * Active: Shows a list of all active messages. An active message is a message that currently is displayed onm the NAV home page | ||
+ | * Planned: Shows a list of all planned messages. A planned message has not yet reached its "publish from" timestamp. | ||
+ | * Historic: Shows a list of all historic messages. A historic message is a message that is expired, i.e. the "publish to" timestamp is passed. | ||
+ | * Create new: This is the place for adding a new message. | ||
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+ | ===== Creating a new message ===== | ||
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+ | The form shows the following field, mandatory fields indicated by star (*) | ||
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+ | ^ Title* | Give your message a title. Visible on the home page | | ||
+ | ^ Description* | Describe your message. Visible on the home page | | ||
+ | ^ Technical description | Give further details if you like. Not visible on the home page. | | ||
+ | ^ Publish from* | Time the message is first published. Default value is now.| | ||
+ | ^ Publish to* | Time the message will expire. Default value is one week from now. | | ||
+ | ^ Select maintenance tasks for this message | Optional. You may couple this message to one or more maintenance tasks. | | ||
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+ | ===== The home page view ===== | ||
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+ | If the new message has "publish from" set to now it will be visible on the the home page. Technical description | ||
+ | will not be shown on the home page, you need to click on the meassage to get this detail. It is only | ||
+ | available for logged in NAV users (depends on your authorization rights). | ||
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+ | ===== Edit a message ===== | ||
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+ | As a NAV user (with rights) you may edit a message. All data can be changed in edit mode. | ||
+ | You may also expire a message immediately by using the "expire now" button. An expired message will not | ||
+ | be visable on the home page. You cannot undo the expire. | ||
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+ | ===== Followup ===== | ||
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+ | For a given case there may be a development that should be posted. To keep thread a follow up can be created. | ||
+ | Enter edit mode of the original message and click on follow up. | ||
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+ | The original message will no longer be visible, only the follow up. In view mode you can follow the thread by | ||
+ | clicking in the "replaces message" field. | ||
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