Notifications

Notifications are intended to provide information on important developments in the field of energy management. For example, a workflow could monitor consumption and generate a notification if a threshold is exceeded.

Unlike system notifications, which inform administrators of system malfunctions, these notifications relate exclusively to energy management.

Required permissions

To view notifications, the project, location or medium permission “Notifications” with “Read” access is required.

To view, create or edit notifications, the project, location or medium permission “Notifications” with “Edit” access is required.

To delete a notification, the project, location or medium permission “Notifications” with “Full” access is required.

The concept of these notifications is based on the following considerations:

Plain text: Each notification source can output individually defined notification texts. For example, a workflow used to monitor consumption could contain text along the lines of “The planned weekly electricity consumption limit for Hall 3 has been exceeded...”

Repeat counter instead of a flood of data: notifications that already exist are not generated again; instead, their counter is incremented. In practice, it is quite common for notifications to be pending and thus to generate an entry on a regular basis, for example, every day. Before long, important events are overlooked or even ignored amidst the sheer volume of notifications.

Status: Notifications can have the statuses “New” and “Confirmed”. Confirmation by a user is logged.

Processing via a measure: A notification can be converted into a measure with a single click of the mouse. This allows you to organise the work required to rectify the issue.

Create / generate notifications

Notifications are typically created and updated by automation objects / workflows. Nevertheless, a new notification can be created using the button.

Properties

ID	Number – Unique notification ID for identification purposes. This is generated automatically when the initial notification is created and cannot be edited.
Initial notification	Date/Time – Time of the initial notification. This date/time is not overwritten if the same notification is triggered repeatedly.
Last notification	Date/Time – Time of the last notification. The date/time is overwritten if the same notification is triggered repeatedly.
Notification text / title	Text – As informative a statement as possible. Those responsible for energy management should be able to gain an immediate overview of the issue from the notification text.
Description	Text – Please provide as detailed a description as possible of the reason for the notification. It can also be edited by the user at any time and, for example, further information can be added.
Status	Selection – New or Confirmed New – When a notification is created for the first time, it is assigned the status “New”. This status remains unchanged even if the event occurs again. Confirmed – A user manually confirms the notification. In doing so, the user assumes responsibility for the problem and, where possible, ensures that the cause is rectified. Upon confirmation, the username and the date are entered. If the notification is received again, this does not change the status; it merely increments the counter and updates the date of the last notification.
Confirm now	Action – A one-off action in which the currently logged-in user confirms the notification. See the property “Status”
Confirmed by	Username (for display only) – Shows the user who confirmed the notification.
Confirmed on	Date / Time (display only) – Shows the time of confirmation.
Priority	Selection – Priority of the notification. 0 (no priority) up to 6 (very high priority).
Repetitions	Count (for display only) – The number of times this notification has been triggered since the initial notification.
Tags	Selecting and assigning tags enables you to filter and sort lists.
Automation	List – Displays the assigned workflows and services.
Links	List – Displays the links associated with visual energy objects.