Sending Network Messages

The Network tab provides the following fields for defining a Network Pop-up Message notification:

caution

The SMANotifyHandler always attempts to use the Msg.exe program first. For a successful message, the Authentication User (UNC Access) and Authentication Password (UNC Access) must be defined in the Server Options. You must be an Administrator on the SAM application server and on every machine to which it will send messages. For more information, refer to Authentication User (UNC Access) and [*Authentication Encrypted Password (UNC Access) in Server Optionsin the Concepts online help.

• Recipient Name(s)(Required): Defines the machine host names, TCP/IP addresses, or Windows User Names separated by semicolons (;). The maximum for this field is 3,000 characters.
• Message: Defines a user-defined message up to 3,000 characters. In addition to the user-defined text, the message includes the default trigger information: trigger type and triggering status change event.

note

This notification type is disabled on Linux. Notifications defined prior to Release 20.0.0 will be disabled.