Pushing a Smile to a Colleague

Send a push notification to an opted-in user from a native page process.

Push notifications usually flag something important; they can also deliver a laugh. In a Send Chuckle page like the one below, users can “gift” a colleague a random line that might make them smile.

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The page uses a Get Random Chuckle page process of type Invoke API to call the RANDOM_CHUCKLE function. It configures the hidden P11_RANDOM_CHUCKLE page item to receive the result. Then, it uses the Send Push Notification page process shown below to deliver the push notification to the username selected in the P11_USERNAME select list.

APEX optimizes delivery to alert only opted-in users, and automatically sends to all their subscribed devices. If you push a notification to a user who has not opted in, no problem. APEX simply ignores it for that user. This saves you from having to keep track of subscribed users yourself.

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Since Lucy has opted-in to push notification, she receives the line in a notification on her smartphone and paired watch and smiles thinking about one of her favorite movies.

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