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Specify personal device options for a template or event

After you select personal devices for an event or template, you can specify options for most of the devices by completing the following steps:
  1. In the Affected Users field, click the 
    Select Personal Devices
     tab.
  2. In the Personal Devices field, select the check boxes next to the personal devices you want to use as targeting methods.
  3.  Click the 
    Options
     link in the top corner of the Personal Devices field.
    The Personal Devices Options screen opens, displaying separate tabs and separate options for each of the devices you selected in Step 2.
  4. After selecting options, click the 
    Apply
     button at the bottom of the screen.
    The following table details the options that are available for the most common device types.
Device Type
Options
Explanation
Desktop Popup
App Template
  • All desktop popup event messages display the severity and type, and, if available, a link to the event location. BlackBerry AtHoc provides default templates, one for each type of severity: High, Moderate, Low, Informational, Unknown.
  • Specify the desktop delivery template, either the default template or a custom template.
  • If you choose 
    Use Custom Template
    , you can pick from any existing templates. 
  •  
    Best Practice:
     Click the 
    Preview
     button to preview the custom template.
If your operating system has been magnified to 150% or higher, reduce the amount of text in the event message. If the event message exceeds the size of the event dialog, the scroll bars might be unavailable.
App Audio
  • Select whether to use the default or a custom audio sound. The default audio is predefined by your organization. 
  • If you choose 
    Use Custom Audio
    , you can pick from any existing audio sound. 
    Best Practice:
     Click the ► button to preview audio selections.
Map Image in Alert
Select the 
Enable
 check box to include the location set in an alert template as a map image in an event message. Users who receive the event message can click the image of the map in the message to go to an interactive map.
Email
Email Template 
  • Specify the email template, either the default template or a custom template. BlackBerry AtHoc provides default templates, one for each type of severity: High, Moderate, Low, Informational, Forgot Password.
If you select a custom template and your email delivery system does not support it, the default template is used.
Message Content
  • Select the 
     Alert Title and Body
     radio button to use the information in the alert title and body fields as the email message content.
  • Select the 
    Custom Text
     radio button to enter a custom subject and message body as the email message content.
Map Image in Alert
  • Select the 
    Enable
     check box to include the location set in an alert template as a map image in an event message. Users who receive the event message can click the image of the map in the message to go to an interactive map.
Text Messaging
Content Sent Via Text
  • Select the 
    Alert Title and Body
     radio button to use the information in the alert title and body fields as the text message content.
  • Select the
     Alert Title
     radio button to use only the information in the alert title as the text message content.
  • Select the 
    Custom Text
     radio button to enter a custom message as the text message content.
  • Targeted users within countries that have a provisioned SMS country code can respond to SMS alerts. Users within countries that do not have a provisioned country code cannot respond to SMS alerts. For more information, including a list of countries with a provisioned code, refer to 
    How does AtHoc SMS support sending text messages to countries abroad?
     on the BlackBerry AtHoc Support site.
Pager
Content
  • Select the 
    Alert Title and Body
     radio button to use the information in the alert title and body fields as the pager message content.
  • Select the 
    Custom Text
     radio button to enter a custom message as the pager message content.
Cisco IP Phone Display
Alert Image
  • Select the 
    None
     radio button if you do not want an image to accompany the alert.
  • Select the 
    Image
     radio button to select an image from a predefined list.
  • Select the 
    Online Image
     radio button to enter the URL for an image that you want to accompany the alert.
Ringtone
  • Select the 
    No Ringtone
     radio button if you do not want a ringtone to play before the alert
  • Select the 
    Use Ringtone
     radio button to select a ringtone from a predefined list. The tone will sound before the alert content plays.
Audio Broadcast
  • Select the 
    No audio message
     option from the dropdown list if you want no audio to play when the alert is received. 
  • Select the 
    Audio - Title and Body
     option from the list if you want the alert title and body to play when the alert is received. If you select this option, you have the option of setting the alert to replay as many times as you want.
  • Select the 
    Audio - Title Only 
    option from the list if you want the alert title to play when the alert is received. If you select this option, you have the option of setting the alert to replay as many times as you want.
  • Select the 
    Audio - Body Only
     option from the list if you want the alert body to play when the alert is received. If you select this option, you have the option of setting the alert to replay as many times as you want.
  • Select the 
    Custom
     option from the list if you want to enter custom text for the alert. If you select this option, you have the option of setting the alert to replay as many times as you want.
Phone
Phone Message Content
  • Select the 
    Send Alert Title and Body
     radio button to use the information in the alert title and body fields as the phone message content.
  • Select the 
    Send Custom Text
     radio button to enter a custom title and message body as the phone message content.
Recipient Answers the Call
Select what you want to happen after the recipient answers the call:
  • Deliver alert without any authentication
  • Deliver alert only after the provided PIN is entered 
  • Deliver alert only after user validation 
Recipient Does Not Answer the Call
Select what you want to happen if the call is not answered:
  • Deliver alert as voice mail
  • Leave callback information in the voicemail
  • No voice mail
Requires Acknowledgment
Select if the alert has no response options. The acknowledgment steps are provided at the end of the alert
Stop Calling Options
Select the criteria you want to use to stop calls from being made to the alert recipient:
  • Recipient acknowledged the message
  • Recipient listened to entire message
  • Entire message left on piecemeal
Call Attempts
Enter the number of attempts the system should make to contact each recipient.
Retry Interval
Enter the amount of time that must elapse before the system tries again to contact the recipient.
BlackBerry AtHoc Mobile App
Repeat Notification
Each alert is only sent once. This option is used to specify if and how often notifications about the alert are repeated on a mobile device.
  • None
    : Send the alert notification once
  • Default
    : Use the default time that has been defined for the selected severity.
    • For alerts with a severity level of 
      High
      , the default is one notification a minute for 10 minutes.
    • For alerts with a severity of 
      Moderate
      , 
      Low
      , 
      Informational
      , or 
      Unknown
      , the default is one notification a minute for 2 minutes.
  •  
    Custom
    :
    • Select how long to repeat the notification if the user does not respond.
    • Select how long to pause between each repetition.
      Ensure that the pause time is smaller than the repetition timeframe. For example, you can set the 
      Stop Repetition After
       value for 5 minutes, and the 
      Pause between Notifications
       value to 30 seconds - the notification can be repeated up to 9 times. However, if the 
      Stop Repetition After
       value is 5 minutes, but the 
      Pause between Notifications
       value is 6 minutes, the notification is repeated only once.
Alert notifications repeat until one of the following occurs:
  • The recipient responds to the alert from at least one device
  • The defined timeframe for repeat notifications elapses
  • The alert ends
Deliver Alert with Sound
Select the 
Yes 
radio button if you want the mobile device to play a sound according to the alert severity and device settings. For high severity alerts, this setting overrides the device settings and plays a sound when an alert is delivered. For all non high-severity alerts, the sound setting on the mobile device takes precedence.
Select the 
No 
radio button to prevent the mobile device from playing any sounds. Alerts of any severity are delivered silently.