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App Notification Broadcast

The App Notification Broadcast feature allows you to send a notification to all users of the Business Portals mobile app. This feature is useful for sending important information or updates to all users at once.

Creating App Notification Broadcast

To create an app notification broadcast, follow these steps:

  1. In the Business Portals role center page, click on the Portal Setup in the ribbon bar.
  2. Navigate to the App Notification Broadcast.
  3. Click on the New button to create a new app notification broadcast.
  4. Fill a brief Description for the notification. This will only be for the Business Central user.

  5. Fill the App Notification Icon field with the icon that will be displayed in the notification. The icon can be taken from FontAwesome.

    Warning

    • Ensure that the class name is correct and complete to avoid any issues with the icon display.
    • Always take only the class name from HTML code, not the full HTML code.
      • ❌ <i class="fa-solid fa-house"></i>
      • ✅ fa-solid fa-house

  6. Fill the Icon Color field with the desired color indication for the app notification.

    Info

    The icon color needs to be in hex code such as #e0f542 will result a yellow color. If the color is left empty, the app will automatically use the default app color theme.

  7. Fill the Send Date Time field, the date and time will will be used to when the notification should be sent.

Creating Messages

The message for the app notification broadcast needs to be created. To create a message, follow these steps:

  1. In the App Notification Broadcast Lines, click on the Language Code and select the desired language.

    Tip

    It is recommended to fill every language code that the Business Portal offers to the user based on the language configuration.

  2. Fill the Title for the App Notification Broadcast.

  3. Fill the Subtitle for the App Notification Broadcast.
  4. Fill the Message for the App Notification Broadcast. The message will be used to inform users about the notification, this can be a brief message or a detailed one. HTML tags can be used in the message field for further customization.
  5. After filling in the necessary information, active the Ready to Send option.
Field Description
Subtitle The subtitle will be displayed below the title in the notification pop up. (Standard iOS and Android implementation)
Message The message will only be displayed when the notification is accessed from the notification tab in the mobile app. The Message field can show more detailed formatting.

Info

  • Filling the Send Date Time field to the current date or earlier will make the notification be sent immediately, as soon as the Ready to Send option is turned on.