You create recipients by defining one or more notification methods, the template to use for alert notices, and a notification schedule to receive reports.
You create recipients and manage existing recipients in the Recipient Management page.
To access
Administration > Users > Recipient Management
Alternatively, click Recipient Management.
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Creating recipients
You create recipients by defining:
- One or more notification methods
- The template to use for alert notices
You create recipients and manage existing recipients in the Recipients page.
The recipients you create in the Recipients page are automatically listed as available recipients when you configure notifications.
The Recipients page
The Recipients page enables you to create or edit recipient information including the email, SMS, and pager information of the corresponding user. You can also, if you have the appropriate permissions, detach the current recipient from the user, attach existing recipients to the user, or delete the attached recipient.
Access to the Recipients page and what you see in the page depends on your permissions. For details, see Users, Groups, and Roles.
There is a one-to-one relationship between the user and the recipient: a recipient can be assigned to one user or to no user, and a user can have a link to one recipient or to no recipient.
Tasks
How to define recipients
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In the Recipient Management tab, click the
Add new recipient button. -
Complete the fields in the New Recipient dialog box. For information, see New or Edit Recipient dialog box.
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Click Save.
How to attach users to recipients
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In the Recipient Management tab, select a recipient in the table and click the Attach user to selected recipient
button in the Recipient page. -
Complete the fields in the Attach user to selected recipient dialog box. For information, see Attach Recipient to a User dialog box.
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Click Save.
UI Descriptions
Recipients page
User interface elements are described below:
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UI Element (A‑Z) |
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Add new recipient. Opens the New Recipient dialog box. For details, see New or Edit Recipient dialog box. |
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Edit selected recipient. Opens the Edit Recipient dialog box. For details, see New or Edit Recipient dialog box. |
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Delete the recipient attached to the selected user. Detaches the recipient and deletes the current recipient. |
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Attach user to selected recipient. Select a recipient in the list of and click this button to open the Attach Recipient to a User dialog box where you can select the appropriate user. For details, see Attach Recipient to a User dialog box. |
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Detach user from selected recipient. Detaches the current recipient from the corresponding user (listed in the page). A confirmation message is issued. |
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Update selected recipients email address from LDAP. This icon appears only if LDAP is connected to the OMi application. Click to synchronize the user data, meaning that the email information stored in the User Repository for the specific user updates the email recipient information corresponding to the user linked to the recipient. Note the recipient email will only be updated for LDAP users that use the email as the login UUID (user@example.com) instead of "example.com/user" notation. |
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The email address of the recipient as defined in the General tab. |
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| Linked User |
The name of the user linked to the recipient.
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| Pager |
The pager numbers of the recipient. Syntax Exceptions:
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| Recipient Name |
The name of the recipient. |
| SMS |
The SMS numbers of the recipient. Syntax Exceptions:
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New or Edit Recipient dialog box
The New/Edit Recipient dialog box enables you to define recipients, their email, pager, and SMS, and the template to use to send alert notices to those recipients.
User interface elements are described below:
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UI Element (A‑Z) |
Description |
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Attach user to selected recipient. Select a recipient in the list of and click the button to open the Attach Recipient to a User dialog box where you can select the appropriate user. For details, see Attach Recipient to a User dialog box. Note: This button is displayed only when you access the dialog box from Recipient Management. |
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Detach user from selected recipient. Detaches the current recipient from the corresponding user (listed in the page). A confirmation message is issued. Note: This button is displayed only when you access the dialog box from Recipient Management. |
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Delete the recipient attached to the selected user. Detaches the recipient from the user and deletes the recipient. Note: This button is displayed only when you access the dialog box from Recipient Management. |
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Update selected recipient's email address from LDAP. This icon appears only if LDAP is connected to OMi. Click to synchronize the user data, meaning that the email information stored in the User Repository for the specific user updates the email recipient information corresponding to the user linked to the recipient. |
| Communication Method section |
This section enables you to define the communication methods. For information, see Recipient Management Communication Methods. |
| Link to user |
This field displays the linked OMi user. Important: Cannot exceed 49 characters. Syntax Exceptions: The following characters are not supported: ` ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * - + = [ ] { } \ | / ? . , " ' : ; < > |
| Recipient name |
The name of the recipient. Important: Cannot exceed 49 characters. Syntax Exception: The following characters are not supported: ` ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * - + [ ] { } \ | / ? " ' < > |
| Schedule for receiving notifications |
The schedule for when you want recipients to receive notifications. Select one of the following:
The time range is calculated based on the GMT offset selected for the recipient. |
| Time zone |
Select the time zone for the recipient. OMi uses the time zone to send alert notices to the selected recipient. Note:
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Attach Recipient to a User dialog box
The Attach Recipient to a User dialog box enables you to select the user you want to attach to the selected recipient.
User interface elements are described below:
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UI Element |
Description |
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| User Login |
The name used to log into OMi. |
| User Name |
The name of the user, as configured in the Users, Groups, and Roles page. |
| Select |
To assign a user to the selected recipient, select the user and click Select. |