Admin Manual

Announcement to Users

Configuring the Announcement Method

This section explains how to set for sending system information such as maintenance schedule by email or Twitter.

※Note: As of May 2021, notifications via SNS cannot be executed with the specifications of twitter

Select 'RDM Announcement' in the sidebar on the 'RDM Admin' screen. The 'Announcement' screen will appear.

Configuring the Announcement Method

Click the \[Edit\] button in 'Options'.

Configuring the Announcement Method

The ‘Announcement: Options’ screen will be displayed. Enter the API and other information required to link to ‘Twitter’ and click the [Save] button.
This setting can be changed when sending a message. Please refer to the next section, ‘Sending an Announcement to Users.’

Configuring the Announcement Method

Sending an Announcement to Users

This section explains how to send announcements to your users.

  1. Select 'RDM Announcement' in the sidebar on the 'RDM Admin' screen.
    Enter ‘Title’ and ‘Body’, select the sending method, and click the [Preview] button.

    Sending an Announcement to Users

  2. A preview of the information entered in ‘Title’ and ‘Body’ will be displayed.
    Check the contents, and if there are no problems, click the [Send] button. Click the [Cancel] button to make corrections.

    Sending an Announcement to Users

    • If you select ‘Email’ option from ‘Type’ and click the [Send] button, the email will be sent to all users who are affiliated to the institution.
      • ‘reply-to’ cannot be specified
      • The address that can be entered in ‘From’ is noreply@rdm.rcos.nii.ac.jp
      • Announcement is also sent to NII Support to improve service
    • If you select ‘SNS (Twitter)’ option from ‘Type’ and click the [Send] button, the message will be posted to the linked destination shown on the ‘Announcement-Options’ screen, which appears by clicking the [Edit] button in [Options] on the ‘RDM Admin’ screen. The linked destination can be changed when you send a message.
      • As of May 2021, notifications via SNS cannot be executed with the specifications of twitter.