Sage HR comes with a built-in newsfeed that enables your company to easily share updates with employees. This is called Announcements.
📎NOTE: You can't create announcements on the Sage HR app.
Before you start
Before you can create and publish an announcement, you need the following:
Admin-level access to Announcements functionality, or admin-level access to Sage HR account
Create an announcement
On the main menu, click Announcements.
Click Add announcement.
📌TIP: Alternatively, you can click Quick actions in the top right, then click Add announcement.
A modal window will open. Here you can enter and modify everything from the contents of your Announcement.
Enter a Title of the Announcement, which is the header of your announcement. The Body is the area to place the main text on the Announcement.
You can edit the body with the markup editor and insert clickable links.
You can edit the Author and Topic of the Announcement.
To upload any attachments, you can either:
Drag and drop them into the area shown in the modal - they’ll upload automatically
Alternatively, you can click Drop files or click to upload
📎NOTE: The recommended size for an image to fill the available space in an announcement is 1000x500. The maximum width is 1000 pixels, and the minimum height is 250 pixels.
You can upload taller or wider images, but they'll shrink to fit the available space. The user will need to click the image to see it in full.📌TIP: You can't attach a PDF to an announcement. To share a PDF, either upload it as an image or upload it as a document and share it with the relevant employees.
When you're drafting the announcement, you have several actions possible:
Cancel - Any information you entered won't save
Save as Draft - If you're not ready to publish, you can save a draft and review it later
Preview - You can check how the announcement will show in the newsfeed page
Select Audience - This is the next step before you publish
📎NOTE: Selecting the audience will automatically save the announcement as a draft.
Click Select audience to select the employees you want to notify.
If you wish to send an email to your employees as you post, select Send selected audience an email notification about this announcement
Select your audience. You can select everyone or select specific people to get this announcement
When ready for people to see the post, click Publish.
The announcement is now ready to view.
Alternatively, click Go back to return to the previous page and review the draft.
📌TIP: It's possible to edit or delete an announcement after you publish it. If it’s an important announcement, you can pin it to the top of your feed.
Common questions
Who can see the announcement?
The announcement will always be shared by default with:
The person who created the announcement
The person selected as the author of the announcement
The employees selected in the audience to receive the announcement
📌TIP: If you want to share it with other Admins or Announcement Admins, make sure they're selected as part of the audience. By default, all Administrators that are able to view the post will also be able to edit it.
Are employees notified about an announcement?
If you’ve checked the box to send email notifications, then only these employees will receive emails. No one will be able to see or receive notifications about the announcement.
📌TIP: If you have the Sage HR app, you also get a mobile notification.
Can I mention other employees in an announcement?
If those employees are able to view the announcement, they can mention others. The ability to mention others is based on general employee permissions. By default, all employees can mention other employees on their team.
📌TIP: To mention other colleagues, just start typing '@' in the comments section.
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