Procedure designer
Quick guide
Version 1.0 – 13/04/2015
Table of contents
1. Add a procedure and a category...................................................................................3
1.1 Categroies...........................................................................................................3
2. Properties of a procedure............................................................................................4
2.1 Deployment statut................................................................................................4
2.2 Simultaneous launches..........................................................................................4
3. The workflow of the procedure.....................................................................................5
4. The launching formular...............................................................................................6
4.1 First(s) step(s).....................................................................................................6
5. The step....................................................................................................................7
5.1 Cunter-objective evaluation....................................................................................7
5.2 Messages.............................................................................................................8
5.3 Responses (Goal) :...............................................................................................9
5.4 Following steps.....................................................................................................9
6. Permissions..............................................................................................................10
6.1 Add authorizations for some contacts....................................................................10
6.2 Launch the procedure by email.............................................................................10
6.3 Filter authorized contacts to launch the procedure by email......................................10
6.4 Add launching conditions......................................................................................11
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1. Add a procedure and a category
To be able to create a procedure, you must be connected as « procedure designer ».
Click on the action button « Procedures », and click on « Add a procedure ».
1.1 Categroies
Procedures can be classed by categories. Click on « categories » and on « add a category ». On the
properties page of each procedure, a list allow you to choose the category to which belong the
procedure.
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2. Properties of a procedure
The name is mandatroy. The description and the choice of a category are optionnal.
2.1 Deployment statut
It allow to « protect » a procedure. It will not appear to the procedure laucher untill the statut is on
« under develepment ».
2.2 Simultaneous launches
This allow to limit the number of simultaneous launches of a same procedure.
Procedures can be launched simultaneously to infinity if the number of simultaneous launches is set
to « 0 ».
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3. The workflow of the procedure
This allow to add and delete steps. The access to the detail of a step or to the launching formular can
be done via the diagram or via the navigation on the left.
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4. The launching formular
The launching formular is optional. It allow to ask to the procedure launcher to indicate informations
which can be exploited in messages, for example.
To add fields in the launching formular, Click on a field and slide it in the page of the formular (on
the right side),
The formular can comport several pages. One page can be conditionned. It will appear according to
the value that the procedure launcher will indicate in one or several fields.
Example : if the field « Concerned Building » = « Building A » then the page 2 appears but if the field
« Concerned Building » = « Building B » then no page 2.
4.1 First(s) step(s)
According to results of the formular, le procedure can be direct differently.
Example : si field « Concerned Building » = « Building A » then step 1 but if field « Concerned
Building » = « Building B » then step 2.
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5. The step
The step is composed by one or several messages. It's possible to add an objective or not. If the step
has a defined goal, it's possible to add a step that will run only if the goal is not reached.
5.1 Cunter-objective evaluation
The cunter-objective represents the moment when the objective is not reachable any more. When it
happens, by default AlarmTILT pass to the next action and do not wait for all responses.
The activation of the cunter-objective let the choice of the coportment that AlarmTILT must adopt.
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5.2 Messages
The deadline represents the maximal waiting time for this message before to pass to the following
message or step.
Destinations can be conditionned. If the field « Concerned Building » = « Building A », then a group
of persons will be contacted which could be different that if the « Concerned Building » = « Building B ».
The message can comport variations for each medias (email, sms,…).
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5.3 Responses (Goal) :
The stap can comport an reply objective : It's possible to send several messages to different
destiantions untill the goal is not reached.
Messages can be sent before pass to the following step of the procedure to inform destinations that
are not responded that the 10 necessary persons have been found, for example. This is called a « Post
Goal Message ».
5.4 Following steps
If your step contain a goal, it will be possible to direct the procedure in 2 different directions,
according to the reaching of the goal.
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6. Permissions
By default, all procedure launchers can launch all procedures. If the access control is activated, it is
possible to authorize only some users.
To be able to give launching permission of a procedure, click on the action button « trigger » and
then on « procedures » to obtain a list of procedures.
6.1 Add authorizations for some contacts
To give permission to some contacts, select « access control enabled » and click on « add
authorizations » to select contacts in the list.
6.2 Launch the procedure by email
By activating the email triggering, the procedure will be triggerable by email. All authorized contacts
will be able to launch it by email.
6.3 Filter authorized contacts to launch the procedure by email
Only contacts whose email address will be written in the field « Email address » will be able to lauch
it by email. Other authorized contacts can do this via the AlarmTILT webinterface.
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6.4 Add launching conditions
A procedure launched by email can be launched only if some conditions are respected. The procedure
stay launchable without conditions via the AlarmTILT web interface.
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