Broadcast Messaging System
Digest
With the release of Cascade 6.4, the broadcast messaging system makes it possible for administrators (and those with permissions) to create messages to display at the top of every users window/interface automatically.
Technical
Creating/Sending a System Message
To send a system message via the broadcast messaging system:
- Navigate to System Menu -> Utilities -> Broadcast Messages
- Fill in the following fields:
- Message Type - used to determine the urgency of the message being sent. An urgent message will be sent and displayed with a warning icon, whereas a message sent with type "notice" will send and display with a notice icon.
- Start Date - specifies when the message should start being displayed to users. If left blank, the current system time is used as the start date.
- End Date - specifies when the message should no longer be displayed to users. If left blank, there is no expiration to the broadcast message.
- Subject - displayed in the header bar of the message pop-up. This field is not required and is HTML escaped to prevent XSS vulnerabilities.
- Message - displayed in the content area of the message pop-up. This field is required and is also HTML escaped to prevent XSS vulnerabilities.
- Pending Messages - This tab shows a list of messages that the current user has generated. Messages that have expired (i.e. their end date is less than the current time) will not be displayed on this screen. To delete messages, the current user can use the multi-op checkboxes and the delete option from the dropdown at the bottom of the screen.
- Click "Submit" to send and display the system message to all Cascade users.
Please Note - The Optimize Database tool can now be used to delete expired broadcast messages. It will also delete broadcast messages that have been read.