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How to Create an Announcement

Quick Tip: Always watch out for announcements on the backward incompatible changes. Saves a ton of debugging time later on for data teams.
To add an announcement, follow these steps:
  1. Navigate to Explore and the relevant Data Asset section to select a specific asset.
  2. Click on the vertical ellipsis icon ⋮ located on the top right and select Announcements. Announcements Option
  3. Click on Add Announcement. Add an Announcement
  4. Enter the following information and click Submit:
    • Announcement Type: Notice (default), Critical, Warning, Deprecation, or Custom. For Custom, also enter a Custom Name (up to 64 characters) and select a Color.
    • Title: Title of the announcement.
    • Start Date: Date the announcement starts displaying.
    • End Date: Date the announcement stops displaying.
    • Description: Details about the upcoming change.
    Add the Announcement Details
This announcement will be displayed in OpenMetadata during the scheduled time. It will be displayed to all the users who own or follow that particular data asset.
Pro Tip: Create Announcements for deletion, deprecation, and other important changes. Let your team know of a tentative date when these changes will be implemented.

Data Asset Versioning

Review all the major and minor changes with version history