Use Information Banners and Access Notices in Your ArcGIS Organization
Clear and timely communication is important, and there are easy ways for your organization to broadcast news and notices to members and visitors via information banners and access notices using ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise. Your ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise organization includes settings for access notices and information banners. Each serves different communication needs and purposes, but both provide a mechanism to deliver timely and direct information to your audience.
This tip details the steps you need to follow to configure information banners and access notices. Note that you must be a default administrator or have the correct privileges to configure these.
What Information Banners Do
You can use information banners to alert all users who visit your organization’s home page about your site’s status, news, or changes in content. For example, you can inform visitors about maintenance updates, newly added content, or other changes to your organization.
Information banner messages appear at the top and bottom of your site pages. The banner appears on the Home, Gallery, Map, Scene, Notebook, Groups, Content, and Organization pages (see Configure your home page navigation bar and galleries for more information).
Below is an example of an information banner that notifies visitors to the Chatham County GIS Portal of new aerial imagery.
Configure Your Information Banner
Follow these steps to configure an information banner:
Step 1: Sign in to your ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise organization.
You will need to be the default administrator or have the correct privileges to continue.
Step 2: Click the Organization tab and then click Settings.
Step 3: Click the Security tab, then scroll down to find the Information banner section.
Step 4: Click Set information banner.
Step 5: Complete the information banner configuration.
a. In the Display information banner box, toggle the access notice on.
b. Add banner text in the box that says Provide text for the information banner.
c. Adjust styling. Set the font and background color and check the contrast ratio for best accessibility.
d. Click Save when finished.
The information banner configured above is shown below.
To remove or edit the banner, return to Settings, and click Edit information banner.
What Access Notices Do
Access notices provide a notice of terms that are displayed to organization members or all users and must be accepted before they can proceed to your site.
You can configure these notices to display whenever someone visits your home page. It can be used to display an access notice for visitors, organization members, or both. The notices’ messaging can be tailored for each audience.
If configured for all users, the notice will be displayed when anyone visits your site. If it’s configured for members only, the notice will display after members sign in. Notices can be configured with an Accept/Decline or OK button.
Access notices for members will be displayed at each sign in. Access notices for all visitors to your organization will not be displayed again for the remainder of the browser session. If you configure both, members will see two notices.
Configure an Access Notice
You can configure a notice for visitors, members, or both, and you can choose an Accept/Decline button or an OK button. Follow these steps to configure an access notice:
Step 1: Sign in to your ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise organization.
You will need to be the default administrator or have the correct privileges to continue.
Step 2: Click the Organization tab and then click Settings.
Step 3: Click the Security tab, then scroll down to find the Access notice section.
Step 4: Determine if you want to configure a notice for organization members, for all visitors to your site, or both. Click Set access notice for the intended audience.
Step 5: Complete the access notice configuration.
a. Toggle on Display access notice for all users.
b. Add a notice title.
c. Enter the notice text.
d. Choose whether to display an Accept and Decline button or an OK only button.
e. Click Save when finished.
The access notice configured above is shown below (the text shown is sample text only).
If accept/decline is used, Accept must be clicked to continue on to the site. Otherwise, the following message appears, providing the visitor an opportunity to refresh and review the notice to accept it:
To remove or edit the notice, return to Settings and click Edit access notice for all users.
For more information, see the following:
- New Access Notices and Information Banner
- Configure security settings—Access notice
- Configure security settings—Information banner
