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Enabling and Disabling Message Broadcasting

By default, message broadcasting is enabled. As an administrator, you can enable or disable message broadcasting at the server level using the following modes:

• Always enabled
• Always disabled
• User enabled (default)

To enable or disable message broadcasting at the server level

1. For each application's object manager, edit the Application Message Bar Flag parameter's value, referring to Table 14.

   For details on configuring server component (or AOM) parameters, see Siebel System Administration Guide.

   Table 14. Application Object Manager Parameter Values

   Parameter Value	Description
   TRUE	Message broadcasting is always enabled. Users cannot disable message broadcasting by setting their personal preferences. For a Siebel Web Client deployment, the Siebel application pushes messages to users. For Mobile Web Client users, messages are synchronized. If you set the Application Message Bar Flag parameter to true, you can specify the update interval for the message bar by selecting the Application Message Bar Update parameter and editing the Current Value. The default value is 120 seconds. (If the update interval is less than the SessionTimeout set in the application's CFG file, sessions never time out.)
   FALSE	Message broadcasting is always disabled. The message bar and message broadcast alerts do not appear on users' screens. For a Siebel Web Client deployment, the Siebel application server does not push messages to users. For a mobile client users, messages are not synchronized.
   User Enable (Or any value other than true or false)	This is the default setting. Message broadcasting is enabled; however, users can set their user preferences to enable or disable message broadcasting. When a Web client user disables message broadcasting, the Siebel application server does not push messages to the user. When a mobile client user disables message broadcasting, messages are not synchronized. If you set the Application Message Bar Flag parameter to User Enable, the update interval is a user preference. For more information, see Fundamentals. (If the update interval is less than the SessionTimeout set in the application's CFG file, sessions never time out.)

To enable or disable message broadcasting on Mobile and Dedicated Web Clients

1. Use a text editor to open the CFG file for your Siebel application.
2. Find the ShowMessageBar parameter in the CFG file.

   For example:

   ShowMessageBar=TRUE

3. Set the parameter value to TRUE, FALSE, or User Enabled.

   See Table 14 for more descriptions of each parameter value.

4. If you set the ShowMessageBar parameter to true, specify the update interval for the message bar by adding the following line to the CFG file:
      MessageBarUpdateInterval = seconds
where seconds is the interval in seconds between message bar updates (refreshes). The default value is 120 seconds.
5. Save and close the CFG file.