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 Personify360 main 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.

3. Select the Subsystem from the drop-down.

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

5. Select the Notification Type from the drop-down.

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

7. Enter a Description of the notification event.

8. By default, the Active checkbox is checked and read-only.

9. If necessary, check the Test Mode checkbox.

10. If necessary, check the Single Org Unit 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. The subsystem selected here is for classification only and does NOT act as a filter for the notification. This field is does NOT define what subsystem the notification will operate it.
Name	Text box. The name being given to this notification.
Notification Type	Drop-down. The type of notification. Values in the drop-down are populated based on the fixed codes defined for the NTS "NOTIFICATION_TYPE" system type.
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. When the event is operated in Test Mode, then email messages are only sent to the TO recipients, CC recipients, and BCC recipients listed in the Notification Server Service configuration file.
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.
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.