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0451 Notifications

The NotificationType is a GovernanceControl that describes a situation or event. It is linked to resources that need to be monitored in order to detect the situation and subscribers that need to know whenever the event/situation arises.

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NotificationType entity

The NotificationType entity describes a situation or event. It is linked to resources that need to be monitored to detect the situation and subscribers that need to know with the event/situation arises.

  • plannedStartDate - the date that the notification type is planned to become active.
  • multipleNotificationsPermitted - flag to indicate whether multiple notifications should be sent to the notification subscribers when the situation/event occurs.
  • minimumNotificationInterval - the minimum time between notifications that should be sent to the notification subscribers when the situation/event occurs.
  • notificationInterval - the time between notifications that should be sent to the notification subscribers. Used for periodic subscriptions.
  • nextScheduledNotification - the time when the next notification is expected. Used for periodic subscriptions. Will be null if one or more resources are being monitored.
  • notificationCount - the number of notifications that have been triggered. The notification is sent only to the notification subscribers that are in the correct state.
  • plannedCompletionDate - the date that the notification type is planned to become inactive.

MonitoredResource relationship

The MonitoredResource relationship links a notification type to the resource (or resources) that need to be monitored to detect the event or situation that the notification type describes.

  • label - the name of the monitored resource.
  • description - additional information about the monitored resource.

NotificationSubscriber relationship

The NotificationSubscriber relationship links the notification type to the actors or actions that need to be performed if/when the situation/event described in the notification type occurs.

  • label - the name of the notification subscriber.
  • description - additional information about the notification subscriber.
  • activityStatus - the status of the notification subscriber.
  • zoneMembership - the zones that any notification sent to this notification subscriber should be tagged with.

Notice that the NotificationSubscriber relationship is a multi-link relationships which allows a subscriber to have multiple subscriptions to the same notification type. Each of these subscriptions would be in a different state with typically only one in an active state.

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