Broadcast SMS notifications to multiple recipients
SMS notifications can be sent to multiple recipients at once.
Setup
- Install the Chat plugin
- Enable the Chat plugin in your application properties
Usage
1. Log in to your application and go to Windows > Broadcast message
2. Select the users/tags that will be the recipients of the message under 1. Users
- Note: the recipient/s should have a valid phone number in their properties.
3. On 2. Message select the sender name (optional) and input the message for the recipients.
4. Now you can click on Send or go to 3. Summary to see the number of recipients of the message.
The following message shows that the message was sent to the queue correctly:
Now the recipients should have received the broadcast SMS message successfully:
- Note: this is a 1-way communication method from the tracking platform to the recipient. For a 2-way communication method use the standard Chat plugin functionality
- To troubleshoot outbound SMS messages, go to Site Admin > System Tools > Queue Viewer > SMS