Predefined Broadcast Email Text Table

To edit this table you must be assigned permission 774 (Edit predefined email alert text). See Permissions Used by Sierra for more information.

The Predefined Broadcast Email Text table enables library staff to create subject lines and body text for staff-generated emails to patrons registered or waitlisted for a program. For information on configuring and sending broadcast email messages, see Sending Broadcast Emails to Patrons.

You can access this table via the following menu path:

Admin | Parameters | Program Registration | Predefined Broadcast Email Text

For information on modifying this table, see Maintaining System Parameter Tables.

Functionality Information

Maximum Entries
The table can include up to 512 entries.
Internationalization
The Email Subject and Email Text data elements include text boxes for each language recognized by multilingual systems.

Data Elements

Entries in the Predefined Broadcast Email Text table contain the following data elements:

Element Description
Email Subject The subject line of the broadcast email. This line is limited to 21 characters. 
Email Text
  • The text that appears in the body of the broadcast email. The content is limited to 15 lines with no more than 76 characters per line. This text can also be modified during the process of sending a broadcast email to registered or waitlisted patrons.