BlueCielo Meridian REFSYS 2012 Configuration Guide | BlueCielo ECM Solutions

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Automatic reminders

Automatic email reminders are implemented using document collections, vault tables, and a scheduled task for the BCReminder executable.

When BCReminder runs, it queries the table named _Reminders for the types of reminders that need to be sent. The table contains the columns that are described in the following table.

_Reminders table columns
Column Description

CollectionName

A dynamic collection that contains the documents for which reminders should be sent. The collections must be available to the user account that runs BCReminder.

EmailProfile

Specifies a profile name that is defined in the _EmailProfiles table that determines the reminder message text.

Interval

The minimum interval of days (or partial days) between reminders, for example, 1 for one day, 0.5 for twice per day, 2 for once every two days, and so on. The minimum interval is 1 hour (0.0416).

LastExecuted

The date and time that the reminder profile was last executed.

SendTo

The recipients of the notifications. They can be specified as:

  • Comma-separated list of Meridian user names, Meridian group names, or email addresses. If user or group names are specified, the email addresses that are defined for those users are used.
  • Meridian property name that contains the preceding value. The property name is specified as PROPERTY:<PropertySet>.<PropertyName>.

Reminders are sent using the same mechanism as the notification emails described in Email notification but the system forces server-based emails by calling VBScript functions to send the reminders. For information about the VBScript functions, see the BlueCielo Meridian REFSYS Developer's Guide.

The table _EventLog keeps track of all messages sent by BCReminder.

Note    The dynamic link library CDOsys.dll (provided by Windows) must be installed on the Meridian application server where BCReminder runs.

Related concepts

Document subscriptions

Email notification

MS Outlook integration

Sequence numbers


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