Configuring Notifications

An administrator can configure email notifications, which are sent to users on the following occasions:

  • Creating new users
  • Assigning maps to users
  • Forgetting user credentials
  • Creating new maps
  • Updating mapping specifications
  • Creating versions of maps
  • Merging maps
  • Copying and pasting maps
  • Uploading mapping specification in XML
  • Base-lining projects

Email notifications are sent from the administrator's email ID. For more information on configuring administrator's email ID, refer to the Configuring Email Settings topic.

To configure notifications, follow these steps:

  1. Go to Application Menu > Miscellaneous > Settings > Mapping Manager.
  2. Click the Notifications tab.
  3. The following page appears.


  4. Click .
  5. Work on the following options:
    New User Creation
    Use this section to configure the email notification sent to a new user that you create in the Resource Manager.
    Configure the following settings:
    Email Subject: You cannot use a custom subject as the default subject cannot be edited.
    Email Body: You can edit the default body content and use custom body content.
    For more information on creating users, refer to the Creating Users and Assigning Roles topic.
    Mapping Assignment
    Use this section to configure email notifications to project users on assigning a map to users, or changing status of a map.
    Use the following options:
    Email Subject: You can edit the default email subject and use a custom email subject.
    Email Body: You can edit the default body content, and use custom body content.
    For more information on mapping assignment, refer to the Assigning Mapping Specifications to Users topic.
    Forgot Password
    Use this section to configure email notifications to users who forgot their Username (User ID) or Password.
    Email Subject: You can edit the default email subject and use a custom email subject.
    Send Mail On
    New Mapping: Use this section to send email notifications and comments to project users when you create a new map under a project.
    Use the following options:
    Email: To turn on email notifications, select the Email check box.
    Comments: You can use this check box only when the Email check box is selected. To include comments entered while creating a map, select the Comments check box.
    Email Subject: You can edit the default email subject and use the custom email subject.
    Email Body: You can edit the default body content and use custom body content.
    For more information on creating maps, refer to the Creating Maps topic.
    Save Mapping: Use this section to send email notifications and comments to project users on updating a mapping specification grid.
    Use the following options:
    Email: To turn on email notifications, select the Email check box.
    Comments: You can use this check box only when the Email check box is selected. To include comments entered under the Mapping Spec Row Comments column, select the Comments check box.
    Email Subject: You can edit the default email subject and use a custom email subject.
    Email Body: You can edit the default body content and use custom body content.
    New Version: Use this section to send email notifications and comments to project users on creating a new version of a map under a project.
    Use the following options:
    Email: To turn on email notifications, select the Email check box.
    Comments: You can use this check box only when the Email check box is selected. To include comments entered while creating a new version of a map, select the Comments check box.
    Email Subject: You can edit the default email subject and use a custom email subject.
    Email Body: You can edit the default body content and use custom body content.
    For more information on creating versions of maps, refer to the Creating Versions of Maps topic.
    Merge: Use this section to send email notification and comments to project users on merging a map with a parent map under a project.
    Use the following options:
    Email: To turn on email notifications, select the Email check box.
    Comments: You can use this check box only when the Email check box is selected. To include comments entered while merging a map, select the Comments check box.
    Email Subject: You can edit the default email subject and use a custom email subject.
    Email Body: You can edit the default body content and use custom body content.
    For more information on branching and merging a map, refer to the Branching and Merging Mappings section.

    Copy/Paste : Use this section to send email notification and comments to project users on creating a copy of a map under a project.
    Use the following options:
    Email: To turn on email notifications, select the Email check box.
    Comments: You can use this check box only when the Email check box is selected. To include comments entered while pasting a map, select the Comments check box.
    Email Subject: You can edit the default email subject and use a custom email subject.
    Email Body: You can edit the default body content and use custom body content.
    For more information on copying and pasting a map, refer to the Branching Mappings topic.

    Upload XML : Use this section to send email notifications and comments to project users on uploading map in XML. To send comments entered while uploading an XML map, select the Comments check box.
    Use the following options:
    Email: To turn on email notifications, select the Email check box.
    Comments: You can use this check box only when the Email check box is selected. To include comments entered while uploading a map in XML, select the Comments check box.
    Email Subject: You can edit the default email subject and use a custom email subject.
    Email Body: You can edit the default body content and use custom body content.
    For more information on uploading a map in XML, refer to the Uploading Mapping Specifications in XML topic.

    Baseline : Use this section to send email notifications and comments to project users on base-lining a project.
    Use the following options:
    Email: To turn on email notifications, select the Email check box.
    Comments: You can use this check box only when the Email check box is selected. To include comments entered while base-lining a project, select the Comments check box.
    Email Subject: You can edit the default email subject and use a custom email subject.
    Email Body: You can edit the default body content and use custom body content.
    For more information on base-lining a project, refer to the Base-lining Projects topic.