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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:

To enable or disable message broadcasting at the server level

  1. From the application-level menu, choose View > Site Map > Server Administration > Components.
  2. In the Components list, choose the object manager for the application, for example, Field Service Object Manager (ENU).
  3. Click the Component Parameters view tab.
  4. In the Component Parameters list, select the Application Message Bar Flag record and edit the Current Value field, referring to the following table:
    Parameter Value
    Description
    TRUE
    Message broadcasting is always enabled. Users cannot disable message broadcasting by setting their personal preferences. For a Web client deployment, the Siebel application will push messages to users. For mobile client users, messages will be synchronized.
    FALSE
    Message broadcasting is always disabled. The message bar and message broadcast alerts will not appear on users' screens. For a Web client deployment, the Siebel application server will not push messages to users. For a mobile client users, messages will not be synchronized.
    User Enable 1
    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 will not push messages to the user. When a mobile client user disables message broadcasting, messages will not be synchronized.
    For information on how users can change user preferences, see Fundamentals.

    1 Or any value other than true or false.

    NOTE:  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 eapps.cfg file, sessions will never timeout.) If you set the Application Message Bar Flag parameter to User Enable, the update interval is a user preference. For more information, see Fundamentals.

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 Step 4 in the To enable or disable message broadcasting at the server level procedure for more information.

    NOTE:  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.

  4. Save and close the .cfg file.

 Applications Administration Guide
 Published: 09 September 2004