Asynch message displayed dynamically

pbrad

Hi,
I'm looking at a scenario where I would like to show an asynch message to a user based on a dynamic change to an attribute on a form. Essentially, I want to show an advertisement type message to a user if they make a particular selection on a drop down box.

If I set a dynamic rule to the BO that calls the Message process nothing happens. Is this functionality possible or could it be made possible?
Cheers,
Pete

RocketRod

One thought to overcome the issue would be to do it via a background process set up in the VP that just checks the attribute and displays the ads.

Cheers Rod

pbrad

Thanks for the idea but I think that if used repeatedly for different messages on different BO's with many users, the server would be brought to it's knees and the setup would be a pain in the butt.

I'm not sure why this shouldn't be possible given that asynchronous messages would appear to be independent of any running processes and shouldn't interfere with the current process.

What are your thoughts Vladimir?
Cheers,
Pete

RLJB

Have you tried making the form save when the drop down changes, then having a rule on the BO to the effect IF BO.xxxx WAS CHANGED THEN DISPLAY MESSAGE xxxx

pbrad

Thanks for the idea Rod, however it wouldn't be a very satisfactory solution for several reasons even if it worked, which it doesn't.

My suspicion is that there are restrictions in place in the system that apply to DISPLAY MESSAGE ASYNCH that were originally designed for DISPLAY MESSAGE that might not need to apply to DISPLAY MESSAGE ASYNCH because of the way that it runs. I guess that I will need to rely on some feedback from support whether this is the case, whether it is fixable, and whether it could be placed on the queue in some way whether I have to finance it or not.
Cheers,
Pete

aware_support

The only thing I can think of is to create a process that would check the change and DISPLAY ASYNCH

Then override the "Save" button on the form to create your own custom button that would use a Javascript operation that saves the form and starts a process ("startProcessFromForm"). This should work in theory

pbrad

Thanks for your response. An example of what we are trying to achieve is within a vendor/purchase order system that is being created. During the creation of the purchase order, when a user selects an item and quantity to purchase, we would like to subtly be able to show a message letting them know that perhaps there is a competitive product that is on special that week or maybe that particular vendor is offering a promotion on that item such as a reduced price if they purchase two items instead of one.

As you can imagine, the closer to the quantity selection action that we can present this subtle (asynch) message to the user, the more effective the message might be. I think that my client would be prepared to subsidize this development if it was possible. If so, could you please take a look at it and let me know if it might be possible to dynamically call an asynch message from a form change and if so, what it might cost?
thanks,
Pete

aware_support

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