Sending Messages to Resources

Use

You can send messages to the presentation devices of one or more resources via the TRM Monitor .

Procedure

The procedure varies, depending on whether you invoke the method from:

The ALV or hierarchy tree
The site object or a resource object

Object	Procedure
	ALV	Hierarchy Tree
Site	Display the site objects. For more information on displaying objects, see Using Basic Monitor Functions .
	From the ALV, select the row corresponding to the site and choose . The Message to Resource dialog box appears with the names of the resources displayed on the left in the Resource area.	From the hierarchy tree, right-click the icon to the left of the site object and choose Send a message from the pop-up menu. The Message to Resource dialog box appears with the names of the resources displayed on the left in the Resource area.
	From the Resource area, choose one or more resources to which to send the message.
	Choose . The Add Predefined Message window appears.
	Type the subject of the message and choose Enter . The subject appears under Predefined Messages and, like all predefined messages, can be used repeatedly.
	From Predefined Messages , double-click the message you want to send. The subject text appears under Free-Text Message .
	Type the body text of the message.
	If you want to add the time to the message, choose .
	If you want to add the date to the message, choose .
	From the Priority drop-down list, choose a priority for the message.
	Save the message.
Resource	Display the resource objects.
	From the ALV, select one or more rows corresponding to the resources to which you want to send a message.		From the hierarchy tree, select one or more resource objects.
	From the ALV tool bar, choose . The Message to Resource dialog box appears with the names of the selected resources displayed on the left in the Resource area.		Right-click and choose Send a message from the pop-up menu. The Message to Resource dialog box appears with the names of the selected resources displayed on the left in the Resource area.
	Choose . The Add Predefined Message window appears.
	Type the subject of the message and choose Enter . The subject appears under Predefined Messages and, like all predefined messages, can be used repeatedly.
	From Predefined Messages , double-click the message you want to send. The subject text appears under Free-Text Message .
	Type the body text of the message.
	If you want to add the time to the message, choose .
	If you want to add the date to the message, choose .
	From the Priority drop-down list, choose a priority for the message.
	Save the message.

Result

The message appears on the presentation device of each recipient resource.