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Broadcast Status Messages
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Broadcast Status Messages allow administrators to send status messages that will appear at the top of the users screen. These messages will appear upon the next page load for users who are logged in, and upon login for users who are not currently logged into CATSWeb. Messages may be sent to individual users, all users within a department, all users logged in with a given personality, all users within a group, or all users within CATSWeb.

Employee message fields
Department message fields
Personality message fields
Group message fields
Database Properties message fields


Employee Status Message Fields
The following fields in the Employee record allow for sending of Broadcast Status Messages to a single employee. Note that messages are not stored in the Employee record.
  • Status Message Requires Confirmation - This setting requires the user to acknowledge the message by click a button within the message. When this setting is used, Broadcast Expiration Date and Message Display Count are ignored.
  • Defer Broadcast Until - The message will not appear until the specified date. Leave blank to display the message immediately.
  • Broadcast Message Title - The title to be shown in the Broadcast Message.  If multiple messages are present the message box title will be "Status Messages" and the provided message titles will appear at the beginning of each message (e.g. "Message Title: The message")
  • Broadcast Message - The message to be displayed. HTML can be used in this field.
  • Broadcast Expiration Date - The Broadcast Message will expire and be removed on this date. Message Display Count is ignored if a Broadcast Expiration Date is provided.
  • Message Display Count - Determines the number of times to display the message. If the user does not acknowledge the message, it will be displayed for the number of page loads specified. This setting is ignored if Status Message Requires Confirmation or Broadcast Expiration Date are used. 

Department Status Message Fields
The following fields in the Department record allow for sending of Broadcast Status Messages to all employees within a department.
  • Broadcast Message Enabled - This setting enables or disables the Broadcast Message. Administrative messages are displayed until they expire or until they are disabled by an administrator.
  • Defer Broadcast Until - The message will not appear until the specified date. Leave blank to display the message immediately.
  • Broadcast Message Title - The title to be shown in the Broadcast Message. If multiple messages are present the message box title will be "Status Messages" and the provided message titles will appear at the beginning of each message (e.g. "Message Title: The message")
  • Broadcast Message - The message to be displayed. HTML can be used in this field.
  • Broadcast Expiration Date - The Broadcast Message will expire and be removed on this date. Message Display Count is ignored if a Broadcast Expiration Date is provided.

Personality Status Message Fields
The following fields in the Personality record allow for sending of Broadcast Status Messages to all employees using the specified Personality.
  • Broadcast Message Enabled - This setting enables or disables the Broadcast Message. Administrative messages are displayed until they expire or until they are disabled by an administrator.
  • Defer Broadcast Until - The message will not appear until the specified date. Leave blank to display the message immediately.
  • Broadcast Message Title - The title to be shown in the Broadcast Message. If multiple messages are present the message box title will be "Status Messages" and the provided message titles will appear at the beginning of each message (e.g. "Message Title: The message")
  • Broadcast Message - The message to be displayed. HTML can be used in this field.
  • Broadcast Expiration Date - The Broadcast Message will expire and be removed on this date. Message Display Count is ignored if a Broadcast Expiration Date is provided. 

Group Status Message Fields
The following fields in the Group record allow for sending of Broadcast Status Messages to all employees within a Group.
  • Broadcast Message Enabled - This setting enables or disables the Broadcast Message. Administrative messages are displayed until they expire or until they are disabled by an administrator.
  • Defer Broadcast Until - The message will not appear until the specified date. Leave blank to display the message immediately.
  • Broadcast Message Title - The title to be shown in the Broadcast Message. If multiple messages are present the message box title will be "Status Messages" and the provided message titles will appear at the beginning of each message (e.g. "Message Title: The message")
  • Broadcast Message - The message to be displayed. HTML can be used in this field.
  • Broadcast Expiration Date - The Broadcast Message will expire and be removed on this date. Message Display Count is ignored if a Broadcast Expiration Date is provided. 

Database Properties Status Message Fields
The following fields in Database Properties allow for sending of Broadcast Status Messages to ALL CATSWeb users.
  • Broadcast Message Enabled - This setting enables or disables the Broadcast Message. Administrative messages are displayed until they expire or until they are disabled by an administrator.
  • Defer Broadcast Until - The message will not appear until the specified date. Leave blank to display the message immediately.
  • Broadcast Message Title - The title to be shown in the Broadcast Message. If multiple messages are present the message box title will be "Status Messages" and the provided message titles will appear at the beginning of each message (e.g. "Message Title: The message")
  • Broadcast Message - The message to be displayed. HTML can be used in this field.
  • Broadcast Expiration Date - The Broadcast Message will expire and be removed on this date. Message Display Count is ignored if a Broadcast Expiration Date is provided.

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