Add Record to portlet
Automatic notifications allows for messages Email & SMS templates to be automatically generated based on a students attendance percentage with various selection criteria available for the selection of students, e.g. by Course, Module etc.
Users with relevant permissions can add a new Automatic Notification by filling in the various fields as described below. Once created you will need to submit a ticket to TDS [[email protected]] to request that the database job is created according to your specific requirements, any requirements not captured in a dedicated field on the Add form should be entered in the schedule info which will inform the TDS DBA of the additional requirements. Users maintain the ability to disable an automated notification routines should they wish to do so.
Automatic Notifications are setup in conjunction with TDS so as to avoid any automated work flows from being created in error due to the potential negative impact on a large number of students. Upon creation of the automated routine the TDS DBA will ensure the requester understands fully those students who will be captured as part of the workflow.
A notification message will be generated for each student when their attendance percentage falls within the entered Threshold.
A summary email is also generated when an automated routine is triggered, the recipient of the summary email is set by TDS DBA at the time of setup.
TDS recommends full testing of automated notifications on representative data in a test environment after data validation has been performed.
Click on Automatic notification to Open the portlet.
Click on the "Add" Button
Enter the relevent details. In Particular the mandatory text fields and combo boxes .
If the Threshold is less than the actual figure in the combo box, then an email will be triggered to automatically notify the recipients that are assigned to it.
The mandatory fields and combo boxes will have a symbol ("*") after each sub heading to indicate that the field is mandatory.
Click on save button when all the data is entered.
The user can click on the reset button to clear all the data entered. The user can also click on cancel button to exit from Add Automatic notification.
Ensure the new entry can be seen on the main grid of the portlet.
Ensure that the new record can be viewed on th main grid. Also as you can see the status is pending. The status will change from pending once DBA has completed the request.