The Communications Object allows a user to send an html-based email to all users on a project, in a security group, or to individual users directly from Clarity.  An email can be sent by creating a new entry on the Communication List page, upon saving a new entry the email process with trigger and send the email. Auto Start Solution: An email can be sent by creating a new entry on the Communication List page, upon saving a new entry the email process with trigger. On Demand Solution: All emails could be sent together as a broadcast communication by running the process manually from the Organizer. This process could also be scheduled to run on a specific time using Jobs The table below describes the available columns on the object.

Column Label	Description
From	Who the email is coming from
Sent To	Individual users the message should send to
Send to Group	Security groups the message should send to (users within the security groups)
Message Project Team	Should this message be sent to a project team
Associated Investment	If Message Project Team is checked, which project should the team list be pulled from
Message Subject	Subject line of the email
Message Content	Body of the email (html)
Message date	Internal code used by the query

Either of the on-demand process or auto start process should be active at a time. The package provides two Processes: 1.  Send Notification (ID:rego_send_notification) This is an auto start process. The notification is sent immediately when a new entry is created on the Communication object. Only one email notification will be sent for one entry. Any updates to the same entry will not trigger any new notifications. 2.  Email Communication (ID:rego_email_comm) This is an on-demand process that could be run from the Organizer. This send notification to all the entries on the Communication objects for which a communication was not already sent. This process does not have a Primary object. The processes are designed to work both in Oracle and Postgres environment. If the DB vendor information from Properties.xml is Postgres the SQL query for Postgres will be called. If not, the default SQL is Oracle. Important Note: Either of the processes should be active for an Implementation. If both the processes are active the on-demand process has no effect and will never send any communication. All object entries have a sent flag which will be marked whenever a notification is sent. Both the processes set the same flag on the object instance. Only with admin DB rights this flag could be overwritten. Object Name:Communication Object ID: rego_communication Flag Attribute Name: Sent (Id: rego_sent)

This Process sends an email to every Action Item Assignee where the Due Date/Time has passed and the Status is either Open, or In Progress.  Users may want to modify this stalker to include Status = Deferred.  In addition, the Resource Manager for the Assignee receives a copy of the email. In order to generate emails, the SMTP gateway must be up and running and Resources must have a valid email address.