# Announcements

Post announcements to employees and read the announcements sent to you.

The **Announcements** screen lists the notices you've posted for the organization — either to everyone or to a particular location. Open it from **Announcements** in the left menu.

## Steps

1. Open **Announcements** from the left menu.
2. Use the **Search announcements...** box to find an announcement by title, description, or audience.
3. Click a column header to sort. **ID**, **Title**, **Description**, **For** and **Expiry Date** are sortable.
4. To post a new announcement, click **Add New**. See [Posting an announcement](https://czappstudio.com/docs/modules/announcements#section-4).
5. To change one, click the edit (pencil) icon. To remove one, click the trash icon.

![Announcements: search (1) and Add New (2).](https://media.czappstudio.com/screens/docs/announcements/light-42f5b3ba23-2880.webp)

## Checking the audience

Check whether an announcement applies to everyone or a specific location. The expiry date determines when it stops showing.

## Tips

- Deleting an announcement can't be undone. You'll be asked to confirm first.

## Posting an announcement

Post a notice for the whole organization or for a single location, with an optional expiry date.

### Steps

1. Open **Announcements** from the left menu and click **Add New** (the form panel opens).
2. Choose **Announcement For**:
   - **All** — everyone sees it.
   - **Location** — only that location sees it. A **Location** field appears; pick the location (required).
3. Enter the **Title** (required).
4. Enter the **Description** (required) — this is the message body.
5. Optionally pick an **Expiry Date** of today or later. After this date the announcement no longer shows.
6. Click **Create**. Use the panel close control to discard.

![Add Announcement: choose the audience (1), enter a title (2) and choose Create (3).](https://media.czappstudio.com/screens/docs/announcement-form/light-279a3c5408-2880.webp)

### Who gets told

Publishing sends a notification to everyone in the audience you picked — it appears under the bell icon, is pushed to the mobile app, and is emailed if your deployment has email configured. Inactive employees and the system bot account are skipped.

Only **Create** notifies. Editing an announcement afterwards, or switching it between Active and Inactive, changes what people see on the noticeboard but does not notify anyone again.

### Editing an announcement

1. On the **Announcements** list, click the edit (pencil) icon.
2. Change the audience, location, title, description, or expiry date.
3. Click **Update**.

### Changing whether it's active

New announcements are **Active**. An announcement can also be **Inactive** so it stops showing without being deleted. Making one Active again does not re-notify.

> **Note:** The create and edit form has no status control. An announcement's active or inactive state is changed from the **Status** column on the Announcements list.

### Tips

- Only the location you pick will see a location-targeted announcement; switching back to **All** clears the location.
- To remove an announcement entirely, use the trash icon on the **Announcements** list. See Announcements.

## Reading announcements as an employee

The announcements page shows company notices for everyone and for your location. Open **Announcements** in the module menu.

1. **Announcements** — Open **Announcements** from the menu.

### Reading a notice

Use **Read more** to open the full announcement and **Download** to save an attachment. See [Reading an announcement](https://czappstudio.com/docs/modules/announcements#section-13).

### Tips

- The newest announcements appear first.
- You only see announcements meant for everyone or for your location.

## Reading an announcement

Most announcements show their full text right on the [Announcements](https://czappstudio.com/docs/modules/announcements#section-10) card. For longer ones, you can open the complete announcement in a pop-up window.

### Steps

1. Open **Announcements** in the module menu.
2. On an announcement that has a **Read more** link, click **Read more**.
3. The full announcement opens in a window showing:
   - The **title**.
   - **Posted on** — the date and time it was published.
   - **Expires** — the end date, if the announcement has one.
   - The complete text.
4. Click **Close** when you're done.

![Announcements in the mobile app.](https://media.czappstudio.com/screens/mobile/announcements/light-0fe1e6e294-1206.webp)

### Tips

- Shorter announcements don't have a **Read more** link — their full text is already on the card.