Metric Newsflashes can be made for users, teams or generic identifiers. This article covers users, but this video will cover all.
To add a User Metric Newsflash:
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In the Configure tab, click Metric Newsflashes under Newsflashes in the left nav. Alternatively, click the Newsflashes tile and then Metric Newsflashes tile.
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Click Add.
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Enter a name for your Metric Newsflash. Note that this will be displayed to users in TV Channels and in the Activity tab.
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Select the Metric on which this Newsflash will be based. For example, you might select your "Monthly Revenue" Metric to recognize users for new revenue.
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For Value Type, select User.
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Set your trigger criteria.
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Select between the two methods of posting the Newsflash: Require Players to personalize, or post automatically. If you want to post automatically, you can specify the message displayed with the Newsflash.
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Decide who you want to give Repost permissions to: only admins or all players and watchers. This determines who is allowed to repost a Newsflash that has fired.
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Decide if badges are awarded when the Metric Newsflash fires.
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In the Players section, specify the Users who are eligible to trigger this Newsflash.
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Optionally, add Watchers. Watchers will get to view the Metric Newsflash events in the Activity tab of the web and mobile applications.
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Click Save.