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Notifications Subscriptions Tool

In the Notifications subscriptions tool you can:

On the left navigation bar

Subscriptions

Add subscription

Prompts you to select a person in VSys, then creates a subscription for that individual.

Setup notification rules

Opens the tools for defining how notifications are delivered.

Setup subscription types

Defines types for subscriptions.

Tools

Refresh

Reloads the data on screen in case any other users have made changes.

Show eligible subscriptions

Lists all subscriptions which are currently eligible (not inactive, not run too recently, etc.) without running them.

Run eligible subscriptions

Finds all subscriptions which are currently eligible (not inactive, not run too recently, etc.) and runs them.

Import Export

Import subscriptions

Imports subscriptions that were exported from another copy of VSys.

Archive notifications

Opens the tool for archiving old notifications to disk.

De-archive notifications

Use this to reload archived notifications back into the database.

Add

Add from template

Adds an example, built-in subscription.

Delivery of notifications

Deliver e-mail notifications

For previously-generated notifications which are intended for e-mail delivery, delivers those notifications if possible.

Deliver SMS

For previously-generated notifications which are intended for SMS/text message delivery, delivers those notifications if possible.

Deliver social media

For previously-generated notifications which are intended for social media delivery, delivers those notifications if possible.

Right-click on the list of subscriptions to work with an existing subscription or to create a new one.

On the right-click menu

Add subscription for general delivery

Creates a general delivery subscription. General delivery subscriptions are shown to everyone who uses VSys and only deliverable as in-VSys notifications (no e-mail or SMS).

Add a special subscription

See subscribers.

Add subscription for automatic recipients

Creates a subscription whose notifications are sent to the people VSys thinks should receive them. Not all events can be used in these subscriptions.

Add subscription for primary supervisor

Creates a subscription whose notifications are sent to the primary supervisor of the associated person. Not all events can be used in these subscriptions.

Add subscription for referenced user

Creates a subscription for the person mentioned in the notification. Not all events can be used in these subscriptions.

Add subscription for a specific person

Prompts you to select a person in VSys, then creates a subscription for that individual.

View/Edit

Opens the subscription for viewing (read-only) or editing.

Make disabled, Make enabled

A disabled subscription will never run.

Subscription

See notifications

Opens the notifications viewer and shows notifications generated by this subscription.

Send manual notification

Creates a notification for this subscriber with text that you provide, and associates it with this subscription. This is a one time message.

Run

Runs this subscription, generating notifications for the events within it.

Deliver e-mail notifications

Attempts to deliver all pending e-mail notifications associated with this subscription.

Deliver SMS/text message notifications

Attempts to deliver all pending SMS/text message notifications associated with this subscription.

 

Subscriber

See notifications

Opens the notifications viewer and shows all notifications for this subscriber, not just the currently-selected subscription.

Send manual notification

Creates a notification for this subscriber with text that you provide.

Deliver e-mail notifications

Attempts to deliver all pending e-mail notifications associated with this subscriber.

Deliver SMS/text message notifications

Attempts to deliver all pending SMS/text message notifications associated with this subscriber.

 

 

Change subscriber

Changes the designated subscriber for this subscription. Note that subscriptions associated with individuals can only be changed to other individuals, subscriptions for social media can only be changed to other social media profiles, and automatic, general, primary supervisor and referenced person subscriptions cannot have their subscriber changed.

Delete

Deletes the subscription and its events. Notifications previously generated by this subscription are not deleted.

Duplicate

Makes a copy of this subscription.

See tracked changes

Opens up a window which shows the editing history of this subscription as well as its full activity log.

See Also

Notifications

Subscribers

Subscriptions

Notification Rules

Subscription Types

Generating Notifications

Delivering Notifications

Viewing Notifications

Obsolescence

Custom Notification Templates

Events

Archiving Notifications