Update Announcement activity

An activity that changes an announcement in AgilePoint NX

Configure the Update Announcement activity

Prerequisites

AgilePoint NX PrivateCloud or AgilePoint NX OnPremises v9.0 or higher.

Good to Know

To send an email notification, click Advanced > Email Notifications .
For more information, refer to Email Notifications screen (Process Activities).
In most text fields, you can use process data variables as an alternative to literal data values.
You can configure whether this activity waits for other activities before it runs.
For more information, refer to How Do I Configure an Activity to Wait for Other Incoming Activities?
This section shows the configuration settings on the configuration screens for this activity. Other configuration settings apply to system activities. For more information, refer to:

How to Start

Open Process Builder.
For information about how to open this screen, refer to Process Builder.
In Process Builder, in the Activity Library, open the AgilePoint NX tab.
On the AgilePoint NX tab, drag the Update Announcement activity onto your process.

General Configuration

Specifies the basic settings for the Update Announcement activity.

Good to Know

Documentation for this screen is provided for completeness. The fields are mostly self-explanatory.

Fields

Field Name	Definition
Display Name	Description: Specifies the activity name that shows in your process. Allowed Values: One line of text (a string). Accepted: Letters Numbers Spaces Default Value: None Accepts Variables: No Example: This is a common configuration field that is used in many examples. Refer to: Examples - Step-by-step use case examples, information about what types of examples are provided in the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation, and other resources where you can find more examples.
Description	Description: Specifies an optional text description for your activity. Allowed Values: More than one line of text. Default Value: None Accepts Variables: No

Field Name

Definition

Display Name

Description:

Specifies the activity name that shows in your process.

Allowed Values:

One line of text (a string).

Accepted:

Letters
Numbers
Spaces

Default Value:

None

Accepts Variables:

Example:

This is a common configuration field that is used in many examples. Refer to:

Examples - Step-by-step use case examples, information about what types of examples are provided in the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation, and other resources where you can find more examples.

Description

Description:: Specifies an optional text description for your activity.
Allowed Values:: More than one line of text.
Default Value:: None
Accepts Variables:: No

Update Announcement Configuration

Specifies the configuration to change an announcement in AgilePoint NX.

Fields

Field Name	Definition
AgilePoint NX	Description: Specifies the access token that connects to your AgilePoint NX environment. Allowed Values: A list of access tokens configured for your environment. Default Value: None Accepts Variables: No
Create	Opens this Screen: Access Token for AgilePoint NX Function of this Screen: Configure an access token to connect to AgilePoint NX.
Announcement ID	Description: Specifies the ID of the announcement to change. Allowed Values: An Announcement ID from the list. Click Select Announcement to open the Select Announcement screen. Use this screen to select the announcement. An alphanumeric string that represents an announcement ID. The Announcement ID comes from AgilePoint NX. Default Value: None Accepts Variables: Yes
Title	Description: Specifies the updated title for the announcement to show on the Announcements screen on the AgilePoint NX Portal home page. Allowed Values: One line of text (a string). Accepted: Letters Numbers Spaces Special characters Default Value: None Accepts Variables: Yes
Subtitle	Description: Specifies the subtitle for the announcement that shows next to the title on the Announcements screen on the AgilePoint NX Portal home page. Allowed Values: One line of text (a string). Accepted: Letters Numbers Spaces Special characters Default Value: None Accepts Variables: Yes
Status	Description: Specifies the status of the announcement. Allowed Values: Draft - The announcement is in draft status, and it is not ready to publish. Published - The announcement is published and all the users in your Agilepoint NX tenant can see the announcement notification. Archived - The announcement is complete, but not published. Default Value: None Accepts Variables: Yes
Submitted By	Description: Specifies the name of the AgilePoint NX user who creates or changes the announcement. Only the Tenant Administrator, the AgilePoint Service Account, or the user specified in the key announcement:allowedusers in NX Portal web.yaml file has permission to create, change, and publish an announcement. Allowed Values: An AgilePoint NX user name. There are security restrictions for the users who can create announcements. For more information, refer to [commonLink]. Default Value: None Accepts Variables: Yes
Content	Description: Specifies the text to show in the announcement. Allowed Values: More than one line of text. Format: Rich text Default Value: None

Select Announcement screen

Specifies the announcement to change.

Fields

Field Name	Definition
Announcement ID	Description: Shows the ID of the announcement. Allowed Values: Read only.
Title	Description: Shows the title of the announcement. Allowed Values: Read only.