Skype for Business Notifications screen

Sends a Skype for Business notification from a human task activity when an event occurs in a process.

Background and Setup

Good to Know

  • Support for Skype for Business notifications is deprecated in AgilePoint NX v8.0 SU1 and higher and AgilePoint NX OnDemand.

How to Start

  1. Open Process Builder.

    For information about how to open this screen, refer to Process Builder.


    Open Process Builder
  2. In Process Builder, in the Activity Library, drag any human task activity onto your process.

    Drag Any Human Task Activity
  3. Configure the human task activity.

    For more information, refer to:

  4. On the configuration screen, click Advanced > Skype for Business Notifications.

    Click Skype for Business Notifications

Skype for Business Configuration screen

Specifies the content of a message template for a message sent with Skype for Business.

Figure: Skype for Business Configuration screen

Skype for Business Configuration screen

Prerequisites

Fields

Field NameDefinition

Assigned

Function:
Specifies the name of a Skype for Business template used to send a message when the task is Assigned.

Reassigned

Function:
Specifies the name of a Skype for Business template used to send a message when the task is Reassigned to new participants.

Completed

Function:
Specifies the name of a Skype for Business template used to send a message when a task is Completed.

Cancelled

Function:
Specifies the name of a Skype for Business template used to send a message when a task is Cancelled.

Task Overdue

Function:
Specifies the name of a Skype for Business template used to send a message when a task is Overdue.

Skype for Business Template

Function:
Specifies the Skype for Business template to use for the message.
Accepted Values:
A list of Skype for Business templates in the system.
Default Value:
  • None
  • A Skype for Business template, if one exists.

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Opens this Screen:
Skype for Business Template Configuration screen
Function of this Screen:
Specifies the content of a Skype for Business template

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Function:
Changes the content for the selected Skype for Business template.
To Open this Field:
  1. In the Skype for Business Template field, select a template.

Message

Function:
Specifies the content of the message.
Accepted Values:
Read only.

Complete the Assigned, Reassigned or Overdue task by responding the SMS message

Function:
If selected, completes a task using a response to the automated message.

The message must come from the same message technology as the outgoing message. For example, the user must use SMS to respond to an SMS message.

Accepted Values:
Read only.

Keyword

Function:
Shows an approval keyword which sets the Xpath node to True or False when a participant enters it in a message. This usually applies to approvals.
Accepted Values:
Read only.

Xpath

Function:
Shows a schema element that stores the approval keyword specified by the approver.
Accepted Values:
Read only.

Skype for Business Template Configuration screen

Specifies the content of a Skype for Business template.

Figure: Skype for Business Template Configuration screen

Skype for Business Template Configuration screen

Good to Know

Fields

Field NameDefinition

Skype for Business Template Name

Function:
Specifies the name of your Skype for Business template.
Accepted Values:
One line of text that can have spaces.
Default Value:
None

Message

Function:
Specifies the content of the message.
Accepted Values:
More than one line of text.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
Yes

Complete the Assigned, Reassigned or Overdue task by responding the Skype for Business message

Function:
Completes a task using a response to the automated message.

The message must come from the same message technology as the outgoing message. For example, the user must use Skype for Business to respond to a Skype for Business message.

Keyword

Function:
An approval keyword which sets the Xpath node to True or False when a participant enters it in a message. This usually applies to approvals.
To Open this Field:
Select Complete the Assigned, Reassigned or Overdue task by responding the Skype for Business message.
Accepted Values:
One line of text (a string) with no spaces.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
Yes
Example:
  • Y, Yes, or Approve for True.
  • N, No, or Reject for False.

Xpath

Function:
Specifies a schema element that stores the approval keyword specified by the approver.
To Open this Field:
Select Complete the Assigned, Reassigned or Overdue task by responding the Skype for Business message.
Accepted Values:
An XPath to a schema element in Boolean format.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
Yes
Example:
/pd:myFields/pd:ApproveReject