Activity log

Overview

The activity log (Work Activity component) tracks changes to a record's values and logs any comments that users may enter against the record. This component is generally used in conjunction with the Work Title component to create the conversational view of a form such as the incident form in Dreamtsoft's service management bundle.

Comments

• Entering text in the text box of the activity log will record a comment against the current record.
• To attach a file click the paperclip icon and select attach file.
• To enter full edit mode with rich text editing options, click on the paperclip and select full edit mode.
• Comments can be public or private by clicking the toggle below the lower right corner of the text box.

• Private comments intended to be public can be changed by clicking on the Public/Private indicator in the log.

• Important comments can be flagged with a star icon for easier retrieval

• To filter the data click the filter icon and select the messages you want to see

• To view the previous values of a slot value click the book icon next to the slot history comment

Mentions

• Users have the ability to @ Mention other users bringing them into the conversation of the record.

• The @ mention will create a relationship to the record

• A push notification is also created and will appear in the notifications bar component

Templates

Message templates can be created to quickly send a repeatable consistent response to an end user. Technicians can create individual templates they own and Administrators can build global templates for all technicians to use.

• Users can click on on the paperclip icon and select user a template to open the template management screen.

• For quick access to templates user can enter the slash command /t followed by the template code (/t 123) to open the template management screen.
• For even quicker template access users enter the slash command /t! followed by the template code (/t! 123) and it will enter the template into the activity log.

Creating a new user message template

• Creating an individual template
  • Once a user opens the template management screen they can enter create a new template
    • Title - The title of the template
    • Code - Code used for the / command to access template
    • Template - Message to be sent to the end user

Creating a new global message template

• Administrators can navigate to the list of all message templates by going to the page list.default.message.template
• Creating a new template without choosing a user will create a global template

Administration

• Clicking the admin pencil icon and editing the Work Activity component provides the following attributes:
  • Hide filters - Hides the filters in the history log
  • Templates bucket - Chose the bucket where your message templates are saved

• Comments entered into the text editor are saved in a bucket named "speaks".
• The ability to see private comments (speaks) is controlled by the Speaks access control under the security menu.
• Emails sent by making a comment are controlled by Notification Actions.

Update Activity Log Via Script

var SpeakLogs = require('work_activity_log/SpeakLogs');
var speakLogs = new SpeakLogs();
var recordId = 1; // populate record id here
var bucketId = 'somebucketid'; // populate bucket id here
var userId = 1; // populate user id here
var message = 'Some message goes here';
/**
 *  if message is plain text
 */
speakLogs.saveSpeakAsPlainText(recordId, bucketId, message, userId);
/**
 * if message is of Quill content type (Basically if the Quill Widget was used to generate the message)
 */
//speakLogs.saveSpeakAsQuillContent(recordId, bucketId, message, userId);

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