Message Composer (Beta)
Preview messages, insert content, send as email and/or SMS
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Contents
Navigation
Live Preview
Craft Workers
Leadership Team
Recipients
Rich Text Formatting
Add Job Details
Send Email/SMS
Save/Discard Draft
Navigation
- The Message Composer is opened anytime you're sending a message from RIVET
- To create a new message from scratch click the envelope icon in the upper right
Live Preview
- Toggling on the "Live Preview" option in the Message Composer will display what the end user will receive
- You'll view an example Email, SMS message and what the user will see when they click the link to view an entire message sent by text.
Craft Workers
- Selecting Craft Workers from the header menu will auto populate the "Send To" line with any craft workers associated with a schedule to be dispatched.
- If there is no schedule being dispatched the user will select one or more craftworkers by checking the boxes next to their names on the list.
Leadership Team
- Selecting Leadership Team from the header menu will provide options on which group of workers will receive a dispatch with job information.
- Project Team: Auto populates the Send To line with every user that's been added to the Project Team of the job in RIVET.
- Field Leaders: This is designated by the user's Role on the job. Any user scheduled to the job with a Role that's been grouped in the "Supervision Roles" bucket in Manage Organization will be added to the Send To line of the Message Composer.
- More information on Roles and Permissions here.
Recipients
- Manually add recipients to the message by searching their name, employee ID or role.
- Separate external email addresses with a semi colon
Rich Text Formatting
- When composing a message you're able to manipulate the message using the rich text format bar.
- Attach files, add pictures and hyperlinks
- Change font color, size, bold, italicize or underline text.
Add Job Details
- Adding Job Details will auto populate the body of the message with details regarding a job of your choosing
- Search for the job from the drop down and the date the information will be added for
- Clicking the options in the menu will add the corresponding job data to the body of the message
Send Email/SMS
- Send each message by either SMS, email or both
- RIVET will display a message if you choose a contact option that isn't entered for a user in RIVET
Save/Discard Draft
- Before closing the Message Composer modal the user must choose to discard or save their draft
- If the user chooses to Save the draft, it will be stored in the Drafts Folder of their Message Center
- More info on the RIVET Message Center here