Generic Notification

Overview

The objective of this document is to define how to create a Generic Notification. Understanding how to create a Generic Notification is also leads to the learning of how to edit, delete, and modify the Generic Notification, and how to attach a Generic Notification to other entities. Within this document, the main functions and relevant information surrounding Generic Notifications is defined with respect to related procedures and information.

This function contains the necessary information to send or register Notifications.

 

Navigation

Procurement ► Support Entities ► Generic Notifications

 

Generic Notification screen Fields and Tabs

Field

Description

Id

Unique identification code for the Generic Notification automatically generated.

Format

The format for the Generic Notification that can be selected and used as a template.

Subject

Short description of the notification message. If the notification is to be sent by e-mail, this information is the subject of the message.

Language

Country specific language used to register the description.

Description

A detailed description for the Generic Notification.

Effective Date

The date the Generic Notification is created, automatically generated.

Reference Domain Type

 The Reference Domain Type for the Generic Notification, such as ‘Managed Contract’ or ‘Procurement Document’.

Attachments Tab

 Zero or many attachment documents to be included in the notification.

Vendors Tab

 A collection of zero or more Vendors to be notified.

Application Users Tab

 A collection of zero or more Application Users for the Generic Notification.

Other Stakeholders Tab

 A collection of zero or more Other Stakeholders for the Generic Notification.

Communication Methods Tab

 It is a collection of 1 or more communication method assigned to the notification, for example; Email, Telephone, etc.

 

Attachments

Overview

Additional information for Generic Notification are added from this tab.

 

Attachments screen Fields

Field

Description

ID

Unique identification code manually entered by users or automatically generated based on parameters.

Language

Country specific language used to register the description.

Title

Title of response attachment uploaded.

Description

Any description of the response attachment or additional information not included in the uploaded document can be included here.

Attachment

The uploaded document.

Date Time

The date and time the attachment was uploaded. Automatically generated.

User

The name of user uploading the response attachment. Automatically generated.

Language

Country specific language used to register the description.

 

Communication Methods

Overview

Information regarding methods of communications are added from this tab.

 

Communication Methods screen Fields

Field

Description

Communication Method

Users must select from ‘Phone’, ‘email’, ‘Fax’, ‘Regular Mail’, ‘System Prompt Notes’, ‘SMS’, ‘News Paper’, ‘Other’

Text

Text of the notification, which is populated from the Notification Format Text. It can be modified by users.

Scheduled Date

Future Date when the Notification can be sent automatically.

Sent Date

For manual communication methods (type- phone, fax, regular mail, newspaper, other), Users defined, Date and Time when a Notification out of the system takes place. For automatic communication methods (type- 'e-mail', 'SMS', 'Internal Notes', 'Website'), Automatically assigned, Date and Time when the notification has been sent.

Include Attachments

If true, attachments are included in the Notification. If false, the attachments does not included in the Notification.

Use Notification Format

If true, Communication Method Notification Text is populated with the Notification Format Text according to the attribute Notification Format ID selected from on the main Notification screen.