Defining Notification Parameters

You can save time and ensure consistency and quality by reusing Notification definitions with clear, carefully worded text that includes Parameters as text variables so that you can use them in multiple situations.

The system places the Parameter value in the message at the point where you insert the Parameter, displayed in the Notification definition preceded by an ampersand (&). At runtime the system replaces the backslashes and the Parameter name with the current value of the Parameter.

The Parameter appears in the Execution Setup of the Workflow under the Notification. You can define a Parameter directly in the Workflow that will appear at the top of the Execution Setup and set up value propagation from that Parameter to the Notification Parameter; see Defining Parameters.

For example, you can use the same Notification definition for multiple reports and multiple studies by inserting the following Parameters into the message text:

• Study Name

• Report Title

The person submitting the Workflow for execution enters the correct value for that execution and the system propagates the value to the Notification, so that Notification recipients see the appropriate study and report title.

Note:

If the Parameter value is so long that the subject or body exceeds the maximum size, the system truncates the subject or text. The maximum size of the subject is 80 characters. The maximum size of the body is 32K characters.