Performing bulk actions on Apple News Articles
When working with Apple News Articles, you have several bulk actions available to you.
Each of these options is available from the on the Search panel, after you search for and select multiple Apple News Articles.
Click the name of each bulk process to learn more.
Bulk Create In Apple News
As you work on Apple News Articles, you can publish them individually using the Quick Create widget as described in Publishing an article to Apple News. However, you also have the option to publish several articles at once using the Bulk Create In Apple News option.
To use the Bulk Create In Apple News feature:
After clicking the link you are taken to the Apple News Article Bulk Actions Event: Create page. This page has three tabs, Main, Job Status, and Translations.
To use the Bulk Create In Apple News feature:
- Open the search panel and search for Apple News Articles.
- Select the box next to each article you want to create in Apple News.
- Click in the upper right corner of the search panel.
- From the menu that expands, click Bulk Create In Apple News.
- Review the chosen Apple News Articles, and click Confirm to proceed with the bulk creation.
After clicking the link you are taken to the Apple News Article Bulk Actions Event: Create page. This page has three tabs, Main, Job Status, and Translations.
- The Main tab provides an overview of the job, such as when the job was initially queued, who queued it, and what the current status is for this job.
- The Job Status tab provides detailed information about the creation job. Here you can see which articles were successfully created, failed creation, or are still pending creation. You can also click the link to the individual Apple News Articles to view a status page for each article in this process.
- The Translations tab lists any translation events that may be associated with the Apple News Article creation.
Bulk Update In Apple News
After you have created articles in Apple News, you have the ability to make bulk changes to those articles using the Bulk Update In Apple News feature. Updates are made to the actual Apple News Articles in Brightspot, and then pushed to Apple News in one batch.
To use the Bulk Update In Apple News feature:
To use the Bulk Update In Apple News feature:
- Locate and perform the updates to the desired Apple News Articles.
- Open the search panel and search for Apple News Articles.
- Select the box next to each article you want updated in Apple News.
- Click in the upper right corner of the search panel.
- From the menu that expands, click Bulk Update In Apple News.
- Review the chosen Apple News Articles, and click Confirm from the confirmation pop-up to proceed with the bulk updating of the selected articles.
A message is displayed with a link to view the progress of the bulk update process.
After clicking the link you are taken to the Apple News Article Bulk Actions Event: Update page. This page has three tabs, Main, Job Status, and Translations.- The Main tab provides an overview of the job, such as when the job was initially queued, who queued it, and what the current status is for this job.
- The Job Status tab provides detailed information about the update job. Here you can see which articles were successfully updated, failed the update, or are still pending to update. You can also click the link to the individual Apple News Articles to view a status page for each article in this process.
- The Translations tab lists any translation events that may be associated with the Apple News Article update process.
Bulk Delete From Apple News
The Bulk Delete From Apple News feature gives you the ability to start a bulk process to delete a batch of Apple News Articles from Apple News all at once.
To use the Bulk Delete In Apple News feature:
To use the Bulk Delete In Apple News feature:
- Open the search panel and search for Apple News Articles.
- Select the box next to each article you want deleted from Apple News.
- Click in the upper right corner of the search panel.
- From the menu that expands, click Bulk Delete From Apple News.
- Review the chosen Apple News Articles, and click Confirm from the confirmation pop-up to proceed with the bulk deletion from Apple News of the selected articles.
A message is displayed with a link to view the progress of the bulk delete process.
After clicking the link you are taken to the Apple News Article Bulk Actions Event: Delete page. This page has three tabs, Main, Job Status, and Translations.- The Main tab provides an overview of the job, such as when the job was initially queued, who queued it, and what the current status is for this job.
- The Job Status tab provides detailed information about the deletion job. Here you can see which articles were successfully deleted, failed to be deleted, or are still pending to delete. You can also click the link to the individual Apple News Articles to view a status page for each article in this process.
- The Translations tab lists any translation events that may be associated with the Apple News Article deletion process.