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  5. Manage alert templates
  6. Define target users for an alert or alert template
  7. Target groups in alerts or alert templates

Target groups in alerts or alert templates

Using the By Groups tab, publishers can target groups of users based on their memberships in organizational hierarchical nodes and in distribution lists. The alert is sent to users within the selected groups.
The publisher can also block recipient groups (exclude them from alert delivery).
The Group target categories displayed are:
  • Organizational Hierarchy
    —If your system is set up for them. The "All User Base" is the first node that appears and is the only node from the hierarchy that appears when collapsed.
  • Distribution Lists
    —Static and dynamic
The administrator can restrict the contents of these categories for each publisher. For example, a publisher might have permission to view only one of four organizational hierarchies.
  1. In the 
    Target Users
     section, click 
    By Groups
    .
  2. In the 
    Groups
     field, select the checkbox beside each group or distribution list that you want to target.
If you select a group or distribution list that contains sub-groups or sub-distribution lists, those are automatically selected, too. However, any of them can be manually deselected by clicking the checkbox next to its name. If you select all of the sub-groups or sub-distribution lists manually, the parent group or distribution list is not selected automatically.
The presence of a black square (or a black hyphen if you are using Google Chrome) in a checkbox indicates that some of its sub-groups or sub-distribution lists have been selected and some have not.