User message properties

triUserMessage records are templates for messages. They provide the fixed portions of a message's content. These records are normally created interactively by a person. triUserMessage records are found in Tools > System Setup > General > User Messages.

The value of the ID field is used by workflows to identify the triUserMessage record that is to be used for creating a message.

The value of the Message Content field is used to create the body of the message. Notice that the text in the Message Content field contains numbers in curly braces like {2}.

Each of these numbers in curly braces is a place holder for some text that can be supplied from a triUserMessage record. The contents of the Description field should describe the purpose of each of the place holders.

Tip: If you want to display a message containing a single quote (for example, I'm {1}), you need to escape the single quote by adding another single quote (for example, I''m {1}).

The value of the Language field identifies the language in which the value of the Message Content field is written.

Tip: By creating User Message records with the same ID but different languages, you can configure messages that are automatically translated for your users.