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Add Communication Queue block setting for expiration days

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Add Communication Queue block setting for expiration days

Communication

The Communication Queue block is used by our Comms team to manage what communications need approval. I noticed with some other testing this week that even if there are communications pending approval, they disappear from the Communication Queue block after a few days. Upon some digging in the code, I believe it is because the expiration days is a hardcoded value of 3 here: https://github.com/SparkDevNetwork/Rock/blob/d670d4f1d22229e9b5cc182f9af6846f29f0d0ca/RockWeb/Blocks/Communication/CommunicationQueue.ascx.cs#L200

I tested this theory by using SQL to manipulate the CreatedDateTime on a Pending Approval communication to that 3 day mark, and it disappeared from the queue. To find all the communications that are pending approval, you have to go to Communication History, which can be misleading for the Comms team.

My idea is to add a Communication Queue block setting for that expiration days value.

Photo of Leah JenningsSubmitted by Leah Jennings, Northside Christian Church  ·   ·  Communication
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