Notifications

Notifications

Introduction

Notification rules can be set up to automatically send targeted information about certain events. For example, you can send an email to any address when an automatic video release expires. You can define the date of the notification as well as the addressee.

Create a Notification Rule

1. Select the "Notifications" entry in the navigation pane.

2. Click the [Create] button.

3. Select an event and action from the drop-down menus.

3. Select one of the following "Action" options from the drop-down menu:

4. If you have selected an email notification, you can choose the language for this notification in the drop-down menu.
   
   

5. Click the [Create] button to create the notification rule and display it in the list.

Edit a notification rule

To activate a newly created notification rule, you must first configure the options in the rule's edit pane.

1. Click a rule from the notifications list to open the edit pane for that rule.

   If a gray [] icon is displayed to the right of a notification rule, this indicates that it is not yet activated.

   

2. Enter the following configurations:

   Parameter	Description
   Type	The notification type is automatically entered by the system and cannot not be edited. It consists of the selected event and the action.
   Name	Optional. Enter the desired name for the notification rule in the text box provided for this purpose.
   Notification time	This field will appear if "Timed video release will expire" is the selected event type. Use this field to enter the desired time for the notification (in days before the occurrence of the event). By default, the value is set to 14 days.
   Email	This field will appear if "Send email to address" is the selected action type. Use this field to specify a valid e-mail address to send this notification to. It is possible to set up multiple email addresses to receive the notification. The [Add email] button will appear after activating the notification (see step 3 below). Click the button to create another text field, allowing you to enter more e-mail addresses.
   Include User Information	This field will appear if the "Call up URL with POST" action is selected. You can switch the "User Email" toggle on to include the user's email address in the POST data (under the "editorEmail" key). When the toggle is off, an empty string will be sent in the POST data instead. The default state is off. In some cases, even when the "User Email" toggle is on, the "editorEmail" value will still be an empty string. This happens when event types that aren't initiated by a user trigger the action (i.e. the monthly report and timed video release will expire events).
   URL	This field will appear if one of the "Call up URL..." actions is the selected. Use this field to specify the URL to call up when the selected event occurs. It is possible to set up multiple URLs. The [Add URL] button will appear after activating the notification (see step 3 below). Click the button to create another text field, allowing you to enter an additional URL.

3. Finally, click the [Activate] button to enable the notification rule.