Scheduling Announcements for Specific Dates
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Introduction
All announcements can be scheduled to start and/or end on specific dates. On the announcement create/edit screen, you will see a Scheduling section that allows setting the start and end date:
Start and End Date
Using the start date allows you to set when an announcement should begin appearing to users, while using the end date allows you to set when an announcement should stop being shown to users.
Both date fields are optional. This allows you to create announcements that start on a specific date, but are open ended, or to create announcements that start right away, but end on a specific date.
Announcement Schedules
The scheduled date of announcements can be changed when editing an announcement, and the schedule will be adjusted immediately. Do note that due to caching, it can take a minute or three for the changes to take effect.
Announcements with a schedule date in the future have a status of scheduled, and will only be visible to Admin users on the Manage Announcements screen. Regular users will not see these announcements.
How Announcements are Displayed
Once the schedule for an announcement dictates that it should be shown to users, we transition the announcement to an active state, at which point users will see it.
Similarly, when an announcements schedule dictates that it should no longer be shown to users, we transition it to an inactive state, at which point regular users won't see it anymore, and only admin users can see it.
Timezone
Use this field to set which time zone the announcement is intended for. Select from the available time zones in the dropdown list.
You can also restrict announcements to show within the time period for that day. This setting is optional but can be very useful in certain scenarios.
Click on the checkbox to enable this option and reveal field settings related to specific times of the day. Use the start and end time fields to display announcements only within the specified time period for the selected targets on the scheduled dates.
Repeat
The repeat field gives you the ability to have recurring announcements that show on a schedule. Setup announcements that need to be shown on a repeat interval like every day, every week on a specific day of the week, every first of the month, etc.
Like start date and end date fields, this field is also optional,