Defining a Notification Event

After creating the setups for the Email Notification System, you must create an event determining when to send your customers a notification.

To define a notification event:

1.    From the toolbar, select System Admin > Notification Services > Notification Maintenance.
The Notification Maintenance search screen displays.

2.    Click Create New Notification Event.
The Notification Maintenance detail screen displays, as shown below.
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3.    Select the Subsystem from the drop-down.

4.    Enter the Name of the notification event you are creating.

5.    Enter a Description of the notification event.

6.    Select the Service Queue from the drop-down.

7.    If necessary, uncheck the Active checkbox.

8.    If necessary, check the Test Mode checkbox.

9.    If necessary, check the Single Org Unit checkbox.

10.  If necessary, check the Workflow Enabled checkbox.

11.  Select the Event Procedure Name from the drop-down.

12.  Enter the Interval between the events using the Days, Hours, Minutes, and Seconds fields.

13.  Select the Post Process Procedure Name from the drop-down.

14.  Select the Cleanup Procedure Name from the drop-down.

15.  Enter the Cleanup Interval using the Days, Hours, Minutes, and Seconds fields.

16.  Select the Send History Storage Days.

17.  Click Save.

Screen Element

Description

Notification Info

Subsystem Drop-down. Allows you to choose the subsystem for which this notification is being created.
Name Text box. The name being given to this notification.
Service Queue Drop-down. The queue name assigned to this specific notification.
Description Text box. A description of the notification event.
Active Checkbox. Displays whether or not this notification event is active.
Test Mode Checkbox. Displays whether or not this notification event will be run in test mode.
Single Org Unit Checkbox. This is used for reporting. Allows your organization to view the Org Units for which the notification event is being used.
Workflow Enabled Checkbox. This is used to enable the notification event to be used in Workflows created by the Personify Workflow Designer.
Workflow Key Text field. Default = Email. This is used to define the
Create Activity Checkbox. When checked, creates an activity record for each customer sent an email notification based on the Activity Code and Subcode.
Notification Activity Code Drop-down. The Activity Code associated with the activity record created. Only enabled when the Create Activity checkbox is checked.
Notification Activity Subcode Drop-down. The Activity Subcode associated with the activity record created. Only enabled when the Create Activity checkbox is checked. Options include those available based on the Activity Code selected.

Stored Procedures

Event Procedure Name Drop-down. Looks for any “usp_NOTIFY” or “usr_usp_NOTIFY” stored procedures. These are the notification stored procedures.
Interval (Days, Hours, Minutes, Second) Text box. The polling interval in days, hours, minutes, and seconds for this notification event.
Post Process Procedure Name Drop-down. This allows you to choose the post procedure event for notifications.
Cleanup Procedure Name Drop-down. This is the name of the procedure that cleans up information created by this notification event.
Cleanup Interval (Days, Hours, Minutes, Seconds) Text box. The polling interval in days, hours, minutes, and seconds for this notification cleanup event.
Send History Storage Days Text box. This determines the length of time notification history data should be kept. You can run the usp_NTS_NOTIFICATION_PROCESS_CLEANUP on the SQL Executive Agent if desired. This is not configured by default because some organizations do not want their data deleted and other organizations may choose to modify the way the cleanup procedure works before scheduling it to run. For more information, please see System Administrator Cleanup Procedures.