15.4 Creating Notifications

Outbound notifications explained and how to setup

MarginPoint 8 outbound notifications allow users to be notified of many events that occur in the software. For example, an inventory manager can arrange to be notified by e-mail whenever inventory level of a particular item any particular location drops below a specified level. The notification process provides many options, but consists of these basic steps:

  • Select the events you wish to be notified of from a list of available event types.
  • Determine precisely under what conditions you want to be notified by selecting filter criteria.
  • Define the message to be delivered from scratch or with the assistance of message templates.
  • Define who will receive the notification by marking it private, or by assigning additional users to the notification.