Updating an Announcement

You update an announcement to correct the information within an announcement, or add any missing information.

Prerequisites

  • You have identified the announcement that you want to update.

  • To update an announcement, your user ID has the roles ANNOUNCEMENT_DELETE, or ANNOUNCEMENT_EDIT assigned.

Context

You can update an announcement to change any of the following:
  • Properties of an announcement such as - type of an announcement, name of an announcement, or priority of an announcement.

  • Model assigned to an announcement

  • Instruction assigned to an announcement

  • Document assigned to an announcement

  • Add the numbers of affected models and related serial number ranges or build date ranges to certain announcement type

Procedure

  1. Open the Announcements app.
  2. In the Announcements app, search for an appropriate announcement using the filters – Announcement Type, Priority, Statusor statuses, as such, Read Status, and Changed On and Source.
  3. From the search results list in the Announcements section, select an appropriate announcement.
  4. Choose View Details.
  5. If you have opened the announcement that is published, in the Announcement window, choose New Revision.
  6. To update all relevant details to an announcement, select the INFORMATION section.

    For more information, see Creating an Announcement .

  7. To update an instruction assigned to an announcement, select the INSTRUCTIONS section.

    For more information, see Creating an Announcement.

  8. To add a new document, select DOCUMENTS section.

    For more information, see Creating an Announcement.

  9. To update any models assigned to the announcement, select the ASSIGNMENTS section.

    For more information, see Creating an Announcement.

  10. To save the announcement, choose Save.
  11. To publish the announcement, choose Save and Publish.