Communication Methods

The Communication Method screen contains the collection of communication methods that purchasing vehicles are required to use with Vendors and Internal Users.The Communication Method screen contains the collection of communication methods that purchasing vehicles are required to use with Vendors and Internal Users.

 

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 Notification is automatically sent

Sent Date

For manual communication methods (type: phone, fax, regular mail, newspaper, other): User 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 will not be 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