User Message Maintenance Use QAD CSS User Message Maintenance to associate messages with a specific user. User messages can be used to show off a new feature, welcome a new user to the site, advertise specials, or anything specific to a user. User messages are a customization feature of QAD CSS. Messages meant to be seen by all users, or specified groups of users, are maintained in Message Maintenance. Users will see a User Messages heading and message near the bottom of the QAD CSS home page and a message notification to the right of the browser header when messages are available. The message can be viewed by clicking the message link on the home page or the message waiting link in the header. The link on the home page will continue to display until the user deletes the message. An administrator can provide user messages in plain text or with HTML markup tags. If HTML tags are used, proper syntax must be applied. It is recommended that messages be tested before releasing to a production environment. Note: QAD CSS will insert the user message content inside an HTML table cell. The menu location of User Message Maintenance is Home Menu|Administration Menu|Message Menu|User Message Maintenance. Clicking the User Message Maintenance menu option displays the screen in User Message Maintenance. User Message Maintenance User Message Maintenance Navigation summarizes the contents of the User Message Maintenance navigation screen. User Message Maintenance Navigation Column Search Search Type Sort Description Link Message Number Y Begins Y Unique identifier for this message. Y Created/Updated Date Y Begins Y The date and time stamp that indicates the last time this message was updated. N Created/Updated User ID Y Begins Y The user ID of the user account responsible for adding or modifying this message. N Message Subject N n/a N A brief, meaningful description of the message. N Message Association N n/a N This hyperlink displays a screen of users that will see this message. Y Related QAD CSS functions: • QAD CSS Home Page
