Share (Push) to Child Sites

After you create a child site, you determine how that child site behaves, who will use it, and what functionality it has. You can configure the child site completely independent from the parent site except for the license allocation and reporting, or you can push settings, assignments, branding, and content to the child site to help maintain consistency.

When you push or share items from the parent, the site admins on the child site cannot change them. Only domain admins can push or share to child sites. Site admins of child sites can configure everything available on their child sites except for what is pushed from the parent.

Any time a change is made to something on the parent site that is shared to a child site, the child site automatically gets the update within an hour. A site or domain admin on a child site cannot push anything back to the parent site.

The following are some of the items that can be configured on a parent then pushed or shared to a child site:

• Branding:
  • Configure branding
  • Push branding from the parent site
• Site settings:
  • Configure site settings
  • Push site settings from the parent site
• User attributes:
  • Configure user attributes
  • Push user attributes from the parent site
• Audiences:
  • Configure audiences
  • Push audiences from the parent site
• Roles
  • Customize roles
  • Push roles from the parent site
• Custom business objectives
  • Add custom business objectives
  • Push custom objectives from the parent site
• Assignments
  • Create assignments
  • Share assignments with child sites
• Content from the parent or other child sites
  • Share custom content items
  • Share custom journeys
  • Share custom channels
• Add users

In addition to the above, child sites support all functions that are available for the parent site. This includes assignments, learning programs, custom content, reporting, user management, audience management, etc.

Push site settings

After you create a child site, you can ensure it behaves the same way as the parent by pushing some or all site settings from the parent to the child.

Only the domain admin can push site settings to a child site.

Some things to keep in mind when you push site settings:

• Each child site can have a different set of site settings pushed to it.
• Site settings are grouped by page and section. You can choose which pages and sections get pushed. You cannot break a section into individual settings.
• If you push site settings to a child site, you cannot push the pushed settings to another child site. You can go to the parent site, and select the child site and push the settings that way because the parent can see the fully hierarchy of child sites.
• The site admin for a child site cannot edit any site settings that were pushed. They display grayed out.

To push site settings from the parent to any child site:

1. Log in with your domain admin account to the parent site.
2. Go to Site Settings > Site configuration.
3. Select from the left navigation which pages of settings to push. You can select from the following pages:
   1. Site features
   2. Content settings
   3. Completion settings
   4. Support contacts
   5. Security and login
   6. Self registration (if enabled)
   7. Codecademy experience (if content available)
   8. AI Settings
   9. AI Coach settings (if enabled)
   10. Search results filters
4.  After you select the page, select Push to child site. The settings page updates so you can select the sections from the page you want to push to the child site.
5. Select all sections on that page that you want to push to the child site.
6. Select Push to child site.
7.  Select all child sites that should have these settings. At this point you see all child sites in the hierarchy including child sites of child sites. Select all child sites that should have the same settings as the parent.
8. When you are done selecting all child sites, select Next, validate. During the validation, the platform confirms that the child site can receive the settings.
9. After validation, select Next, queue sync. The synch between parent and child runs every hour. So you may have to wait up to an hour before your child site receives the site settings from the parent site.
10. You can return to the settings page, and select View sync details to get an update on whether the sync has completed.

Any changes you make to the parent settings you pushed, automatically get pushed to the selected child sites within the hour.

 

Push branding

After you create a child site, you can ensure it looks and feels the same way as the parent by pushing all branding settings from the parent to the child.

Only the domain admin can push branding to a child site. Site admins on the child site see all branding settings grayed out when the domain admin pushes branding to a child site.

To push branding:

1. Log in with your domain admin account to the parent site.
2. Go to Site Settings > Site branding. All branding settings get pushed to the child site. You cannot select some settings and not others. If you want the child site to have its own brand, you must set it up independently on the child site.
3.  After you select the Branding page, select Push to child site.
4.  Select all child sites that should have these settings. At this point you see all child sites in the hierarchy including child sites of child sites. Select all child sites that should have the same settings as the parent.
5. When you are done selecting all child sites, select Next, validate. During the validation, the platform confirms that the child site can receive the brand settings.
6. After validation, select Next, queue sync. The synch between parent and child runs every hour. So you may have to wait up to an hour before your child site receives the site settings from the parent site.
7. You can return to the Branding page, and select View sync details to get an update on whether the sync has completed.

Any changes you make to the parent brand, automatically get pushed to the selected child sites within the hour. Site admins of the child site cannot edit pushed branding.

Push user attributes

After you create a child site, you can ensure it behaves the same way as the parent by pushing some or all user attributes from the parent to the child.

Only the domain admin can push user attributes to a child site.

Some things to keep in mind when you push user attributes:

• You can choose which user attributes get pushed.
• When you push a user attribute, the user attribute on the child site becomes grayed out and the site admin cannot edit it.
• The site admin sees the attribute with a Global label indicating that the user attribute came from the parent site.
• If the user attribute is a list type without the ability to add value, the child site admin cannot add any values to the list.
• If the user attribute is a list type with the ability to add a value, when the attribute gets synced to the child, that setting becomes locked. The child site retains the values that get added to the parent and cannot create new ones.
• Admins on child sites can use pushed user attributes to create audiences.

To push user attributes:

1. Log in with your domain admin account to the parent site.
2. Go to User management > User attributes.
3. You can push one attribute at a time or many all at once.
   • Push one attribute: Locate the attribute in the list, from the Actions menu select Push to child site.
   • Push many attributes at once: Select the Bulk actions menu, select all attributes, the select Push to child site.
4.  Select all child sites that should have these user attributes. At this point you see all child sites including child sites of child sites. Select all child sites that should have the same user attributes as the parent.
5. When you are done selecting all child sites, select Next, validate. During the validation, the platform confirms that the child site can receive the user attributes.
6. After validation, select Next, queue sync. The synch between parent and child runs every hour. So you may have to wait up to an hour before your child site receives the user attributes from the parent site.
7. You can return to the User Attribute page, and for each attribute you choose to push, you can select View sync details from the Actions menu to get an update on whether the sync has completed. In the Scope column, you see Global indicating that the item is shared with a child site.

Push audiences

After you create a child site, you can ensure it behaves the same way as the parent by pushing some or all audiences from the parent to the child.

Only the domain admin can push audiences to a child site.

Some things to keep in mind when you push audiences:

• You can choose which audiences get pushed.
• You can choose audiences created with a list, string, or date attribute. Before you can push an audience created using the attributes, must first push the user attributes to a child site .
• You cannot choose audiences when they have been set up:
  • With the Percipio user type attribute
  • With the standard user attributes of direct manager or Percipio role
  • As a child audience
  • Using team automation
  • With individual users selected
• When you push an audience, site admins on the parent site cannot edit the audience. Only domain admins can edit an audience that has been pushed to a child site. If a domain admin edits an audience, the changes automatically get synced to the child.
• The site admin of a child site can add audience owners or administrators and content to a shared audience, but they cannot edit the audience name or rules used to define the audience.
• Audience owners, administrators, and channel information does not get synced to the child site.
• The site admin sees the attribute with a Global label indicating that the audience came from the parent site or was pushed to a child site.

To push an audience:

1. Log in with your domain admin account to the parent site.
2. Push the user attributes to the child sites that define the audiences you want to push.
3. Go to User management > Audiences.
4. Locate the audience in the list, from the Actions menu select Push to child site.
5.  Select all child sites that should have this audience. At this point you see all child sites including child sites of child sites. Select all child sites that should have the same audience as the parent.
6. When you are done selecting all child sites, select Next, validate. During the validation, the platform confirms that the child site can receive the audience.
7. After validation, select Next, queue sync. The sync between parent and child runs every hour. So you may have to wait up to an hour before your child site receives the audience from the parent site.
8. You can return to the Audience page, and for each audience you choose to push, you can select View sync details from the Actions menu to get an update on whether the sync has completed. In the Scope column, you see Global indicating that the item is shared with a child site.

Push custom business objectives

After you create a child site, you can ensure it behaves the same way as the parent by pushing some or all custom business objectives from the parent to the child. Custom business objectives are used when creating assignments and learning programs.

Only the domain admin can push custom business objectives to a child site.

Some things to keep in mind when you push custom business objectives:

• You can choose which custom business objectives get pushed.
• When you push a custom business objective, the objective on the child site becomes grayed out and the site admin cannot edit it.
• The site admin sees the objective with a Global label indicating that the objective came from the parent site.
• Admins on child sites can use pushed objectives when they create assignments or learning programs.

To push custom business objectives:

1. Log in with your domain admin account to the parent site.
2. Go to Learning > Business objectives.
3. You can push one objective at a time or many all at once.
   • Push one objective: Locate the objective in the list, from the Actions menu select Push to child site.
   • Push many objective at once: Select the Bulk actions menu, select all objectives, the select Push to child site.
4.  Select all child sites that should have these objectives. At this point you see all child sites including child sites of child sites. Select all child sites that should have the same objectives as the parent.
5. When you are done selecting all child sites, select Next, validate. During the validation, the platform confirms that the child site can receive the objectives.
6. After validation, select Next, queue sync. The synch between parent and child runs every hour. So you may have to wait up to an hour before your child site receives the objectives from the parent site.
7. You can return to the Business Objectives page, and for each objective you chose to push, you can select View sync details from the Actions menu to get an update on whether the sync has completed. In the Scope column, you see Global indicating that the item is shared with a child site.

Push assignments

After you create a child site, you can ensure it behaves the same way as the parent by sharing some or all assignments from the parent to the child.

Only the domain admin can push assignments to a child site.

Some things to keep in mind when you push assignments:

• You can choose which assignments get pushed.
• When you push an assignment, the assignment cannot be configured with a custom business objective. That feature is coming soon.
• The assignment on the child site becomes grayed out and the site admin cannot edit it.
• The site admin sees the assignment with a Global label indicating that the assignment came from the parent site.

To share an assignment:

1. Log in with your domain admin account to the parent site.
2. Go to Learning > Assignment.
3. Create a new or edit an existing assignment.
4.  In Step one where you describe your assignment, in the Assignment Scope section, select Include child sites. Select all child sites that should have this assignment. At this point you see all child sites including child sites of child sites. Select all child sites that should have the same assignment as the parent.
5. When you are done selecting all child sites, you must add your content.
6. In Step three, Add users and Audiences, you must select the audiences for each child site that should have the assignment. For the parent site, you can select users and audiences, but you can only select audiences for child sites.
7. After you complete creating or editing the assignment and launch it, all users across all sites, see it and get notified.
8. You can return to the Assignment page at any time. In the Scope column, you see Global indicating that the item is shared with a child site. If you click on Global, you see the sharing and sync details for the assignment.

Push roles

After you create a child site, you can ensure it behaves the same way as the parent by pushing some or all standard roles from the parent to the child.

Only the domain admin can push roles to a child site.

Some things to keep in mind when you push standard roles:

• Each child site can have a different set of roles pushed to it.
• You can only push standard roles, not custom roles.
• The site admin for a child site cannot edit any roles that were pushed. They display grayed out.
• The role is pushed with the exact permissions configured on this parent site. Once inherited, child-site admins can assign it to users but cannot rename it or change its permissions — the role stays editable only from the parent site.

To push standard roles from the parent to any child site:

1. Log in with your domain admin account to the parent site.
2. Go to Site Settings > Role customization.
3. Select from the left navigation which role your want to push. You can select from the following standard roles:
   1. Site admin
   2. Learning admin
   3. Manager
   4. Content coordinator
   5. Content curator
4.  After you select the role, select Push to child site.
5.  Select all child sites that should have the role. At this point you see all child sites in the hierarchy including child sites of child sites. Select all child sites that should have the same role as the parent.
6. When you are done selecting all child sites, select Next, validate. During the validation, the platform confirms that the child site can receive the role.
7. After validation, select Next, queue sync. The synch between parent and child runs every hour. So you may have to wait up to an hour before your child site receives the role from the parent site.
8. You can return to the Role customization page, and select View sync details to get an update on whether the sync has completed.

Any changes you make to the parent settings you pushed, automatically get pushed to the selected child sites within the hour.