# Notice Board Module

This comprehensive manual explains how to manage and create notices for your employees or clients within the application's Notice Board module.

# Notice Board List Page

The "Notice Board" page serves as your central hub for managing all public announcements or notices. It provides filtering, search, and action options.

**Top Filters and Search:**

- **Duration / Start Date To End Date:** These fields allow you to filter notices based on their creation date or a specific date range.
- **Search bar:** Type text into this field to search for notices by heading or content.

**Action Buttons:**

- **Add New Notice:**
    
    
    - **Purpose:** To create a new announcement or notice.
    - **How to Use:** Click the green "+ Add New Notice" button. This will open the "Add New Notice" form.
- **Export:**
    
    
    - **Purpose:** To export existing notice data from the system into a file (e.g., CSV, Excel).
    - **How to Use:** Click the "Export" button. This will usually trigger a file download.

**Notice List Table:**

This table displays a summary of your posted notices.

- **\#:** The serial number of the notice.
- **Notice:** The heading or subject of the notice.
- **Date:** The date the notice was created or published.
- **To:** Indicates whether the notice is visible "To" Employees, Clients, or both.
- **Action:** This column provides options for managing individual notices:
    
    
    - **Edit:** Likely an "Edit" button or icon to modify an existing notice's details.
    - **Delete:** A "Delete" button or icon to remove a notice record from the system. This usually prompts for confirmation.
- **Current Status:** "No data available in table" indicates that no notices have been added yet.

**Table Navigation:**

- **Show X entries:** A dropdown to select how many entries are displayed per page (e.g., "Show 100 entries").
- **Showing X to Y of Z entries:** Indicates the current range of entries being displayed out of the total number of entries.
- **Previous / Next buttons:** Used to navigate through multiple pages of notices if there are more entries than displayed on a single page.

# Add New Notice Form User Manual

This section explains how to create a new notice to be displayed on the notice board. This form appears when you click the "+ Add New Notice" button.

#### Overview of "Add New Notice" Form Fields

Fields marked with a red asterisk (\*) are mandatory.

**Notice Details Section:**

**1. Target Audience (Radio Buttons)**

- **Purpose:** To select who will see this notice.
- **Options:**
    
    
    - **To Employees:** Select this to make the notice visible to employees.
    - **To Clients:** Select this to make the notice visible to clients.
- **How to Select:** Click the appropriate radio button. You might be able to select both.

**2. Notice Heading**\*

- **Purpose:** The main title or subject of your announcement.
- **Example:** `e.g. New year celebrations at office.`
- **How to Fill:** Type a clear and concise heading for your notice.

**3. Department**

- **Purpose:** To make the notice visible to employees only within specific departments. This option is likely only available if "To Employees" is selected.
- **How to Select:** Click the dropdown menu and select the department(s).

**4. Select Employee or Client**\*

- **Purpose:** To make the notice visible to specific individual employees. This option is likely only available if "To Employees" is selected and no department is chosen, or for further refinement. This field is marked mandatory, which suggests it's required when targeting specific employees.
- **How to Select:** Click the dropdown menu and select the employee(s) you wish to send the notice to.

**5. Notice Details**\*

- **Purpose:** The main content of your announcement.
- **Editor Features:** Includes a rich text editor with options for formatting text (bold, italic, lists, links, images, etc.), and emojis.
- **How to Fill:** Type your detailed notice content here.

**6. Add File**

- **Purpose:** To attach relevant files to the notice (e.g., event flyers, policy documents).
- **How to Use:** Click "Choose a file" or drag and drop files into the designated area.

### Actions on the "Add New Notice" Form

- **Save:** Click the green "Save" button to publish the new notice.
- **Cancel:** Click the "Cancel" button to close the form without saving the new notice.