Email Options Setup Overview

These are steps required to enable the automatic email service. 

 

REQUIREMENTS:

Must have a service defined as summarized within the Email Services topic.

 

STEPS:

1:  Determine which personnel by role receive an email through Email Options Setup.

2: Verify Labor Type and Email Address within Personnel Setup.

3: Set status change flag within Local Dispatch Status Setup.

4: Set type for Claim Notification email through Note Type Setup.

 

 

STEP 1: Update Email Options

Setup area: MoversSuite Administration > Administration > Email Options

 

Update the Email Options Setup as needed by setting a flag for the personnel you wish to receive an email upon the pre-defined events. Refer to Email Options Setup for information on field descriptions and Email Options Templates to view the content of the email send for each event.

 

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Figure 3: Email Options Setup

 

STEP 2: Update Personnel Records

Setup area: MoversSuite Administration > Personnel > Personnel

 

Set the First Name, Last Name and Email Address are defined for the employee within the General tab of each Personnel Setup record.

 

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Figure 4: Personnel Setup > General tab

 

Also, verify that appropriate Labor Type Items are defined for the employee within the Labor Type tab of each Personnel Setup record.

 

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Figure 4: Personnel Setup > Labor Type

 

The Labor Types referenced by the Email Options include the following:

 

Email Option Type

Labor Type Item

Local Dispatcher

Disp

Logistics Coordinator

 

Coor

Long Distance Dispatcher

LD Disp

Project Manager

Project Manager

Salesperson

Sales

Transportation Coordinator

Coor

 

NOTE: You can set an Other Email Address flag and email address for each type defined within Email Options Setup.

 

Refer to Personnel Setup and to Email Options Setup for information on field descriptions.

 

 

STEP 3: Update Local Dispatch Status Setup records

Setup area: MoversSuite Administration > Operations > Local Dispatch Status

 

Check the Send email to key personnel when status changes flag within Local Dispatch Status Setup for any record you wish to trigger email messages when Dispatch Status Change event occurs.

 

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Figure 5: Local Dispatch Status Setup

 

Refer to Local Dispatch Status Setup for information on field descriptions.

 

 

STEP 4: Update Note Type Setup records

Setup area: MoversSuite Administration > Customer Service > Note Type

 

Verify that there is a single Note Type Setup record within Note Type (description) of “Claim Notification.”

 

Figure 6: Note Type Setup

 

This record is required for the Claim Alert event sent out.

 

Refer to Note Type Setup for information on field descriptions.

 

RELATED TOPICS:

Default Email Service

Monitor Orders Email

MoversSuite Email Service