SMS Notifications screen

Sends an SMS notification from a human task activity when an event occurs in a process.

Background and Setup

Prerequisites

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 > SMS Notifications.

    Click SMS Notifications

SMS Configuration screen

Specifies the content of a message template for a message sent with SMS.

Figure: SMS Configuration screen

SMS Configuration screen

Prerequisites

Fields

Field NameDefinition

Assigned
Function:
Specifies the name of an SMS template you can use to send a message when the task is Assigned.

Reassigned
Function:
Specifies the name of an SMS template you can use to send a message when the task is Reassigned to new participants.

Completed
Function:
Specifies the name of an SMS template you can use to send a message when a task is Completed.

Cancelled
Function:
Specifies the name of an SMS template you can use to send a message when a task is Cancelled.

Overdue
Function:
Specifies the name of an SMS template you can use to send a message when a task is Overdue.

SMS Template
Function:
Specifies the SMS template you want to use for the message.
Accepted Values:
A list of SMS templates in the system.
Default Value:
  • None
  • An SMS template, if one exists.

Create Add New SMS Template icon
Opens this Screen:
SMS Template Configuration screen
Function of this Screen:
Specifies the content of SMS template. An SMS template determines template name, message, and other aspects of an automated SMS template sent from AgilePoint NX.

Edit Edit icon
Function:
Changes the content for the selected SMS template.
To Open this Field:
  1. In the SMS 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.

SMS Template Configuration screen

Specifies the content of SMS template. An SMS template determines template name, message, and other aspects of an automated SMS template sent from AgilePoint NX.

Figure: SMS Template Configuration screen

SMS Template Configuration screen

Good to Know

Fields

Field NameDefinition

SMS Template Name
Function:
Specifies the name of your SMS 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 SMS 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 SMS to respond to an SMS 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 SMS 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 SMS 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