View archived announcements

What is this?

The archive holds all announcements of your choirs that someone has archived. It is the collection of finished or older announcements, searchable and accessible at any time for everyone who may delete announcements.

Everything is kept in the archive:

• The full text of the announcement
• All comments and reactions
• Attachments to download
• Poll results as a record
• Author and date

How to open the archive

1. Open Messages › Announcements in the sidebar.
2. Click "Archive" at the top right. The list now shows "Archived Announcements".
3. Browse the list of archived announcements, newest first.
4. Click an entry to read the full announcement.
5. Bring an announcement back by choosing "Restore" in the ··· menu. It then appears in the normal list again.
6. "Current" takes you back to the current announcements.

The app has no archive.

When the archive is useful

Typical uses:

• Finding old program info, for example when preparing a follow-up concert
• Checking past poll results: who voted for what back then
• Finding attachments again: old sheet music scans, posters, directions
• Following earlier discussions that led to decisions
• Records for the club history, for example for the annual review

What you can search for

The search field above the list searches the title and text of archived announcements. With the choir filter at the top of the header, you show only one choir's archive.

Permission

You need the Delete announcements permission for the "Archive" button to appear. By default the Administrator and Moderator permission groups have it.

Tips

• Check the archive when you need a specific piece of old information. Searching is usually faster than long scrolling.
• Restore important old announcements before a related date comes up, for example the rehearsal info for a piece you are picking up again.
• The archive is not a backup: if someone deletes the announcement, it is gone from the archive too.