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    • 10 May 2024
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    Bulletins

    • Updated on 10 May 2024
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    Article summary

    Bulletins widget helps to display crucial information announcements or updates on your company portal.

    User persona: Application Designer

    Let's explore the following Use Case for designing the Bulletins widget!
    Use Case
    User persona: Administrator
    Solution
    Service Management-based company has scheduled website maintenance on the last working day of every month. Sandra, the Administrator wants to communicate the maintenance alerts across the organization.Sam can use Bulletins widget in the designer element and configure it to call the scheduled downtime message in the Bulletins widget.

    For details about the Use Case, refer to the graphics below:Bulletins(2)

    Configure Bulletins Widget

    This section contains the list of steps using which Application Designer can select the Bulletins widget from the Service Portal design screen.

    To configure the Bulletin widget, perform the following steps:

    1. Navigate to Design Service Portal > Widgets > Bulletins.Figure: Adding Widgets
       
    2. Customize the Service Portal by dragging the Bulletins widget from the widget list screen.Figure: Bulletins

    3. Click the Settings icon for this field to view the Properties pop-up.

    You can view the following tabs on the Settings for this field:

    Properties

    This section contains the list of properties using which the Application Designer can configure the respective widget feature. To know more about the fields available under the Properties section, see Field Description below.
     
    Figure: Properties tab

    Field Description

    Properties
    TitleEnter a title to the Bulletin using the Title text box. Here Important Announcement(s) is added as Title.
    Figure: Title
    TenantSelect the Tenant from the drop-down list to display department specific announcements.
    Figure: Tenant
    Show TitleEnable the title for Bulletins. If enabled title appears and if not, title will not get displayed.
    Figure: Show Title

    Appearance 

    This section contains the list of features using which the Application Designer can select formatting properties for the Bulletins widget. 

    Figure: Appearance tab

    The table below contains the list of fields and their descriptions that are available under the Appearance section:

    Field Description

    Appearance
    Bulletin Style
    		Select the appropriate style from the Bulletin Style drop-down list.

    Figure: Bulletin Style 

    Marquee

    Marquee style enables bulletin to scroll text scroll horizontally across a screen or display. The screen appears as shown below.

     Figure: Bulletin Style

    Select Elements to Include under Marquee Bulletin Style. It allows you to select the elements of the widget that should be displayed in the dashboard. Figure: Include Elements

    Upload the Bulletin Separator Image for the Bulletin Style.Figure: Bulletin Separator Image

    See the screenshot for information on the image properties.Figure: Image properties

    Select the time interval between the two bulletins from the drop-down list.Figure: Interval

    When Marquee is selected as Bulletin Style, the Bulletin scrolls in a page as shown below:marquee bulletin

    Figure: Bulletin in Marquee style

    Vertical RollVertical Roll style enables the bulletin to slide up and down automatically.
    The screen appears as shown below:

    Figure: Vertical Roll field values

    Specify the count of maximum characters under the field value. Figure: Maximum characters

    Select the node and line color from the color palette for the bulletin style.

    Figure: Node Color

    Figure: Line Color

    Here #072bf5 is selected for node and line color.

    Select the background color for the bulletin. You can pick the required color from the color palette. Here #ffffff is selected for bulletin background. Refer to the screenshot for more details.

    Figure: Bulletin Background

    Select the Include Elements under Vertical Roll style. It allows you to select the elements of the widget that should be displayed in the dashboard.

    Figure: Include elements

    Refer to the screenshot below for more details.

    Figure: Bulletin in Vertical Roll style

    Grid ViewGrid View style enables the bulletin to load infinitely in a list form one below the other. If you select Grid View, then the screen appears as shown below: Figure: Grid View
    Here Bulletin Header is specified as default under Include Elements for Grid View Style. You can select the elements of the widget that should be displayed in the dashboard as required.

    Refer to the screenshot below for more details.

    Figure: Grid View
    CarouselCarousel style enables the bulletin to load one after the other with the help of left and right arrows.
    Define the time interval to automatically slide the bulletins using the Slider Interval textbox.
    Figure: Carousel
    Here Bulletin Header is selected under Bulletin Header by default and Interval is specified as 5 sec.

    Refer to the screenshot below for more details.

    carosuel bulletin

    GIF: Bulletin in Carousel style

    Title
    Text Type
    		Select the appropriate text type format from the drop-down list. The Text type can be changed for the widget if required.
    Figure: Text Type 
    Text Color


    		Select the appropriate font color for the widget by selecting the color from the color palette.Figure: Text Color
    Text Size

    		Select the appropriate font size by dragging the slider. Here text size is selected as 12.Figure: Text Size 
    Text Style


    		Select the appropriate font style from the drop-down list. 
    Text Style allows for the selection of one or more styles (bold, italics, and/or underlined) simultaneously.
    Figure: Text Style
    Text Alignment


    		Select the suitable Text Alignment from the drop-down list for the widget. Only one alignment can be selected at any given time.Figure: Text Alignment


    Text
    TextSelect the appropriate text type, color, size, style, and alignment for the Bulletin widget. Refer to the screenshot for more details.
    Figure: Text
    Background
    BackgroundSelect the background type for the bulletin background. You can configure Transparent or Solid or Image based on the requirement.
    Figure: Background type

    Padding
    Padding
    		Add auto padding to the Top, Right, Bottom and Left by enabling the Padding switch in the Properties popup. The screen appears as:
    Figure: Enable auto padding
    Here 10 is entered as value for all switches under the Padding.

    Border
    Border Select the border by selecting the desired Border Type from the drop-down list.
    Figure: Border
    SideSelect the sides for which the border has to be applied from the side drop-down list.Figure: Side
    WidthSelect the thickness of the divider by selecting appropriate option from the Width drop-down list.Figure: Width
    ColorSelect the desired color for the border. Click the default color cube to load color palette and select the desired color tile.Figure: Color
    RadiusSelect the border Radius by selecting desired radius from the Radius slider.
    If Radius is selected as zero, then the corners are sharp and if the radius is increased, then the corners become rounded.
    Figure: Radius
    Dimensions
    Dimension

    Select the widget's height and width from the drop-down list. You can set the height in pixels (px) and the width in both percentage (%) and pixels (px). Using a percentage for width allows the widget to fill the container's width.

    Figure: Dimension

    Here Height is specified as 317 px and Width is selected as 94.64 % for the widget.

     Figure: Dimension values

    Click Save to save the widget properties in the Service Portal designer screen. If you want to discard the properties, a pop-up window appears on your screen asking for confirmation to cancel this configuration.

    Figure: Confirmation window

    You can navigate to the Service Portal screen and check the configured Bulletins widget.

    Figure: Bulletin in Vertical Roll style 


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