Article last updated on the 24th of February, 2023.
The contents of this article may be subject to change due to ongoing development of WorkPoint Automate.
Once the Notification Service has been enabled for a WorkPoint solution, the Create a notification step can be used to create notifications for users under various circumstances.
The notifications are saved in the hidden Notifications list on the root site of the solution.
You can read more about the Notification Service in this article.
A use case could be to send a notification when a new case is created in the system, or if a user has been assigned to a task.
Such a process could look something like this:
The following image shows the settings for the Create a notification step:
Step specific parameters
| Parameter name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notification title | String | Yes | Use this field to define a title for the notification. |
| Notification type | String | Yes | Use this field to select a notification type. These are defined in a tenant scoped term set. |
| Status | String | Yes | Use this field to select a status for the notification upon delivery. |
| Priority | String | Yes | Use this field to select a priority for the notification. |
| Message | String | Yes | Use this field to type a message displayed in the notification. |
| Deadline | String | No | Use this field to define a deadline for the notification. |
| Delivery date | String | No | Use this field to define when the notification should be delivered. |
| Recipient | String | Yes | Use this field to select who should receive the notification. Note that recipients must subscribe to the specified notification type to receive the notification. This field accepts both single- and multi-user fields, e.g., "wpProjectManager" or "wpProjectTeam". |
| Duplicate behavior | String |
Yes | Use this field to define what should happen if an existing notification with the same configuration already exists in the Notifications list. |
| Business module | String |
Yes | Use this field to define the business module related to the notification. |
| Business module entity | Integer | Yes | Use this field to define the entity related to the notification. |
| List | String |
No | Use this field to define the list related to the notification. |
| Item | Integer | No | Use this field to define the item related to the notification. |