Messaging Preferences

Use the Messaging preferences page to specify how you want Notifications messages delivered to you. Use Messaging preferences to configure messaging channels and define messaging filters for messages generated from the Oracle User Messaging Service:

Messaging channels are the channels over which messages, notifications, and alerts are received from the Oracle User Messaging Service. Channels include mail and text. Messages, notifications, and alerts come from the services that are registered with the Oracle User Messaging Service.
Messaging filters define sorting conditions for messages and specify the channels through which to send the messages that meet the conditions. For example, you can specify that messages from a named user should come to you as a text, while messages from a named service come to you as an email.

Messages, alerts, and notifications are sent to the Oracle User Messaging Service, which applies messaging filters, which in turn specify how messages, alerts, and notifications should be routed (through mail or as text).

To view the messaging tabs, click the Manage Configuration button and enter your login credentials to the server.

Note:

The Manage Configuration button is available when a BPEL server is configured with WebCenter Portal. If a BPEL server is not present, the button is grayed out, and mail, the default messaging channel, is used for notifications.
In environments where more than one BPEL connection is registered, the messaging preferences repository is shared by all. When you set messaging preferences for one BPEL connection, you set them for all.

Available Channels—Configure the channels (mail and text) over which to receive your notifications and alerts.
Messaging Filters—Define rules for filtering your notifications and alerts and, according to those rules, send notifications and alerts over selected channels.

Available Channels

Creating a channel is a way of registering the address you use for a particular channel with the Oracle User Messaging Service. For example, use it to provide your mail address or your SMS ID to the server.

Once created, you can put a channel to use when you set up Messaging Filters.

Element	Description
View	Choose your view of the Messaging Channels tab: Columns—Opens a submenu with options for showing or hiding columns. Select Show All to display all columns. Use Manage Columns to show or hide and control the display order of table columns. Sort—Sets the table sort order according to the selected column name. Reorder Columns—Sets the display order of selected columns.
	Click to open the Create Channel dialog and configure a new messaging channel for your notifications and alerts. Enter a name, for example, `My Work EMail`. From the Type list, select the delivery type for the communication channel. Enter the number or address appropriate to the communication type. For example, if you selected `E-Mail` from the Type list, enter an e-mail address. If needed, click Default to designate this communication channel as the default route for incoming messages. Click OK to complete the communication channel.
Modify	Select a channel row, and click the Modify icon to open the Modify Channel dialog. In the dialog, revise the channel's delivery type, address, and default status. The fields, lists, and buttons in the Modify Channel dialog are the same as provided in the Create Channel dialog. Click OK to complete the modification.
Delete	Select a channel row, and click the Delete icon to permanently remove your selection from the list.
Set/Unset Default	Select a channel row, and click the icon to toggle between selecting or deselecting it as the default messaging channel.

Create Channel

Element	Description
Name	Enter a display name for the messaging channel. Consider providing a name that clearly describes the type of messaging channel you are adding, for example, `My EMail`.
Type	Select the type of delivery channel to be used. For example, select `EMAIL` for your personal email account. The types of channels that appear on this list depend on the types of services integrated with the Oracle User Messaging Service.
Address	Enter an address for the selected channel type. For example, if `EMAIL` is the selected type, enter your email address.
Default	Select to indicate that the channel you are adding should be the default channel over which to send messages, notifications, and alerts

Messaging Filters

Creating a filter is a way of defining the conditions (such as a particular date, time, status, order type, and the like) that identify a group of messages, alerts, and notifications, and then selecting the delivery channel for the messages, notifications, and alerts that fit within that group.

Element	Description
View	Choose your view of the Messaging Filters tab: Columns—Opens a submenu with options for showing or hiding columns. Select Show All to display all columns. Select or deselect individual columns to show or hide them. Sort—Toggles between full-screen mode (Detach) and tab mode (Attach). Reorder Columns—Sets the display order of selected columns.
Create	Click to open a page where you can define the rules for a new filter.
Edit	Click to open the filter definition page for the selected filter. The fields, lists, and buttons on the filter definition page are the same for both editing and creating a filter.
Delete	Click to permanently remove a filter from the filter definition page.
Detach/Attach	Click to toggle between full-screen mode (Detach) and tab mode (Attach).

Create Filter

Element	Description
Filter Name	Enter a display name for the filter.
Description	Enter a description for the filter. Consider providing a short description of the specific purpose of this filter.
Matching	Choose whether all or any specified conditions must be met: All of the following conditions—All of the conditions you specify under Add Filter Condition must be met for this filter to take effect. Any of the following conditions—Any one or more of the conditions you specify under Add Filter Condition can be met for this filter to take effect.
Add Filter Condition	Define a filter condition: Select the type of attribute to consider when applying the condition. For example, if you select the Status attribute, you can specify a condition on all notifications concerning high-status tasks. Select a comparison operator for specifying the relationship between the selected attribute and the value you enter in the final Add Filter Condition field. For example, if you select the Status attribute you can specify that the final value `isEqual` to High. Select or enter a conditional value for the selected attribute, for example, High, 1/31/2011, or Ben Williams. A filter can have one or multiple conditions. To add a new condition, click the Click to add a new filter condition icon. Next to each condition is a Click to delete this condition icon. Click this icon to permanently remove the condition from the filter.
List of filter conditions	Lists the defined filter conditions.
Messaging Option	Choose options for sending or blocking messages, notifications, and alerts: Send No Messages—Do not send any messages that meet the filtering conditions. This is a blocking filter. Send Messages to all Selected Channels—Send all messages that meet the filtering conditions through all specified channels. Channels are specified through the Add Notification Channel setting, described below. Send to the First Available Channel—Send all messages that meet the filtering conditions through the first available messaging channel. Channels are specified through the Add Notification Channel setting, described below.
Add Notification Channel	Select one or more messaging channels (defined on the Available Channels tab) through which to transmit notifications, messages, and alerts that meet the conditions defined for this filter. Click the Click to add channel to this filter icon after each selection. Use the Move and Delete icons in a particular channel row to reposition the channel on the list or to permanently remove the channel from the list. When the server is determining which channel(s) to use to transmit messages, the first channel listed is the first considered.
List of messaging options	Lists the selected messaging options.