Notifications
  • 01 Jun 2022
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This block is used to provide bulk notifications to users (Mass Mailing). It is usually triggered when there are changes in the App Functionality. 

  • This block enables notifications once the service is complete. 
  • All notifications work in the on-cloud lane. 
  • They have mail, push user, device sync user options.
Notification block DescriptionNotification Blocks on Canvas

Mail

  • The user selects the Email adapter from the dropdown list.
  •  The Email adapter is configured in the Administration->Integrations tab by adding an Adapter.  
  • The user enters the required information in the to, cc, subject, and message fields.
  • The 'to' and 'cc' variables hold the email ID's of the users who must be notified. It can be added through a variable or comma separated email IDs.
  • Mails are frequently triggered during updates and changes.
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Push

The push messages sends an App notification to all devices that the App user has logged in. The user enters the following details:

  • UserID of the App user (message recipient)
  • Count (Integer that denotes the number of new records sent from server to device.)
  • App name 
  • Message
  • Link - Redirects the user to the specific Page where action is required
  • BOS - Any BOS that requires to be triggered when the user clicks the notification.
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Device Sync 

  • Device Sync is similar to Push notification. It updates the server with device data.
  • The device sync block is usually added by the Platform admin to synchronize server updates.
  • It is applicable only to offline applications. The device-sync occurs whenever the App is online. 
  • A command is executed whenever the device sync is triggered.
    • Currently only two types of commands are executed:
      • CLEAR
      • CLEAR and DOWNLOAD
  • The user enters the following information:
    • UserID, Count, App name, and message fields are similar to Push notification.
    • Command - commands executed during a device sync
    • Show notification - notify users on the data sync event when the user is online
    • Trigger_sync - downloads required data from server after a device sync
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