Send Alert Form: Map Selection

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This article will go over how to send an alert with Geo-Location Alerting (geofencing). Add recipients to the alert form from a mapping tool.

Instructions

  1. Sign in to your site

  2. Open the Send Alert Form:The Dashboard screen with the Send Alert menu option highlighted.

  3. Under the Recipients section, select Map Selections and click Add New Area:The Recipients section of the Send Alert screen with the Map Selections subsection's Add New Area button highlighted.

  4. Select the Drawing Tools icon:The Map Selections screen with the Drawing Tools icon highlighted.

  5. Select a drawing feature to create a map:The Drawing Tools Draw menu expanded with options for Circle, Donut, Freehand Line, Freehand Polygon and more.

  6. Select the Panels icon to view residents in the area:Area panel icon.

  7. Review the people in the area who will receive the alert:The Map Selections screen with the Areas panel expanded to show recipients in a selected area.

  8. Click Save to save the map for future use:The Map Selections screen with the panel expanded and the Save button highlighted.

  9. Enter a Map Name and click Save:The Save Map pop-up window with the Save button highlighted.

  10. Click Submit to add the map to your Alert Form:The Map Selections screen with the panel expanded and the Submit button highlighted.

  11. Click Send:The Send to Alert Form pop-up message with the Send button highlighted.

  12. Select the checkbox options on the form to send the alert to those users:The Map Selections section of the Send Alert screen with the User checkboxes selected and highlighted.

  13. Click Edit to edit the selected map or Remove to clear out the map:The Map Selections section of the Send Alert screen with the Edit and Remove buttons highlighted.