Broadcast Messages

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Broadcast Messages

The Broadcast Messages Node allows you to send messages out in multiple formats and allows recipients to subscribe and unsubscribe to messages that are sent using a dedicated Web Application. This is a novel approach to alerting and removes the need for Presence Task administrators to have to manage which contacts receive alerts, puttinng responsibility on the recipient instead.

Messages can be sent in any combination of the following formats:

  • Plain Text Email
  • HTML Email
  • Fax
  • SMS

Subscribers can opt to receive any or all of the above. Messages are published to channels which are organised in a tree structure and can be individually secured (in which case join requests must be authorized by a channel administrator).

See also:

  • Channel Manager (tray icon application) - A separate application that runs on your desktop to manage subscriptions and join requests
  • Channel Subscription Web Application - Allows potential alert recipients to manage their contact details and which message channels they would like to subscribe to.


Channels

http://www.international-presence.com/wikidocs/images/broadcast_message_dialog.png

This tab allows you to manage the Message Channels and subscription requests. Right-clicking on a channel or channel group brings up a pop-up menu:

http://www.international-presence.com/wikidocs/images/broadcast_message_channel_popup.png

  • Insert New - creates a new Channel at the current tree level.
  • Disable - disables this Channel, prevents people from subscribing to it and messages being published to it. Note that if a Channel has subscribers you must first disable it and remove subscribers before you can delete it.
  • Enable - re-enables a Channel that has been disabled.
  • Delete - permanently deletes the channel. This cannot be done while there are subscribers and while the channel is enabled.
  • Edit - edit the Channel properties.
  • View subscribers - displays a list of recipients that have subscribed to this channel.
  • View join requests - If the channel is secure, displays a list of requests to subscribe.
  • Refresh this tree - synchronizes the tree view with the database.

Note that if there are outstanding join requests the channel will be highlighted in blue:

http://www.international-presence.com/wikidocs/images/broadcast_channels_joinrequest.png

Editing Channels

This is the dialog that is displayed if you edit or create a new Channel:

http://www.international-presence.com/wikidocs/images/channel_admin_edit.png

Here you can input the channel name, a description of the messages that will be broadcast on that channel, and set whether it is secure (i.e. people cannot join it without authorization).




Selecting Channels To Broadcast To

To select Channels to broadcast to, drag them from the left hand pane ("Available Channels") into the right hand pane ("Selected Channels").

Messages

http://www.international-presence.com/wikidocs/images/broadcast_message_dialog_2.png

With this tab you can create the Messages that will be broadcast. To create an HTML email message, click "Set" next to "Email (HTML)", and etcetera. You will then be presented with the appropriate dialog. Refer to the usage instructions for the Send Email Node, and the Send Fax Node for help with this.

When Messages are sent, they will be delivered in the appropriate format to the subscribers for the channel.

See Also

Task Elements : Action Task Elements : Broadcast Messages

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Socket Client Action | Socket Server Action
JMS Producer | JMS Consumer


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