News

The News management is a helpful functionality to keep the end user constantly informed on any changements or updates on the Knowage platform. In this section we will describe the main steps to insert a news.

How to publish news

To add a news is mandatory to have administration priviledges. An admin user can insert news entering the News Management functionality from the Knowage main menu.

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News Management list item.

A new page opens where the left side contains the list of all the already inserted news whereas the right side shows the details of the selected news from the list.

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Access news management list.

To add a news, just click the plus icon. Below, the information requested for the addition of a news.

  • Title

  • Expiration Date, after this date the news will no longer be visible to the user

  • Type, three possible values between News, Notification and Warning

  • Content

  • Activation

  • Roles Permissions

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Access news management list.

How reading news

When some news are added, the news icon prompts the number of unread news.

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News notification.

Clicking the icon, the user displays the content of the news.

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News notification pop up.