Summary Report

The Summary Notification module allows for the management of summary notifications that enable admins to provide reports for individuals or get summary reports on upcoming or past due tasks.

 

 

The Summary Report module if enabled, will be shown on the Manage Notifications screen, after selecting the main Manage Notifications module

 

 

Table of Contents

 

Summary Report Grid

After clicking on this option, a list of currently configured(if any) report notifications will be displayed

Column Definitions

Column Label

Description

Column Label

Description

Title

This column shows the title of the report.

This title will also be used as the subject of the email when this notification is sent.

Content

This column details the type of content that will be included in the email

  • Individual

    • These notifications will be sent to the users shown in the “Send To” column and include only their work.

    • One email will be sent per user

  • Summary

    • These notifications will be sent as a single email to the users in the “Send To” column and will include all the tasks for the users selected in the “Users Data” for the notification.

    • You can click on the edit button to see a list of users the report data will be generated for.

Enabled

  • Yes

    • Report is enabled and will be sent base don the configured interval

  • No

    • Report will not be sent

Interval

The interval in which this report will be sent out at.

  • Weekly

  • Monthly

  • Daily

Occurrence

The occurrence based on the selected Interval that this report will sent at.

  • If Interval is weekly, the occurrence will be once per week on a specified day

  • If the Interval is Monthly, the report will be sent based on the number of months entered as the occurrence

  • If the Interval is Daily, the report will be sent based on the number of days entered as the occurrence

Last Sent

The date this report was last sent

Created By

The user that created this notification

Send to

The users that receive this notification

 

Creating a notification

To create a notification, click on the Create Notification button

This will take you to the notification creation screen

Users Data

This section allows for specifying which users tasks should be included in the report.

Simply being typing in the highlighted field to get a suggestion of users.

Click on the user to add them to the list. You may add as many users as needed

After selecting the user, they will be shown in the list to the right

You can click on the red X if you need to remove a user after adding them.

Notification Frequency

This portion sets how often the report should be sent and the data that is included

Weekly

The Weekly option will send the notification once per week on the day selected.

This report will include any upcoming tasks in the next 7 days from when the report is sent as well as any tasks that are past due

Monthly

The monthly option will send the notification once every number of months entered into the Every ____ Months field.

This report will include any upcoming tasks in the next 30 days from when the report is sent as well as any tasks that are past due

Daily

The monthly option will send the notification once every number of days entered into the Every ____ Days field.

This report will include any tasks due on the day sent as well as any tasks that are past due

Type

This portion sets to whom the notification will be sent to.

Individual

This option will send one email to each of the users selected in the Users Data section showing only their work based on the interval settings

Summary

The summary option will send a single email to any users selected in the user field to the right. This field is used exactly the same as the Users Data field, where you can search for and select any number of users to receive the notification.

The report will include a summary of all users tasks that were selected in the Users Data section.

Additional Details

This portion allows for setting additional details or configuration for the notification

  • The subject of the email

    • This is the report title and will be used as the subject line in the email sent

  • If this notification is enabled

    • Yes

      • This notification will be sent base don the configured interval

    • No

      • This notification will not be sent

Save Notification

Click the Save button in the top right to create the new notification.

Edit a notification

Click the Edit button as highlighted above to edit an existing notification.

The edit screen is identical to the creation screen, and the creation screen documentation should be referenced for further information on the available options.