This section shows how to create an alert for a Web element that is created from Mobile Web Studio instead of Portal Interface. The alert results are sent to a telephone or mobile device, so the data that is sent must be shortened as much as possible. This example illustrates how to send an alert to a Short Message Service (SMS) subscriber.
SMS is a service that lets cellular phone users send and receive short messages, generally 140 to 160 characters, depending on the cellular phone.
Unlike paging, but similar to e-mail messaging, short messages are stored at SMS centers, which lets you retrieve messages later if you are not available to receive them immediately. SMS messages travel to a cellular phone over the system’s control channel, which is separate from the voice channel.
SMS was introduced in the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM),
a worldwide standard for digital wireless mobile phones. SMS is
now supported by all other digital-based mobile communications systems.
The procedures are:
Creating an alert for
SMS delivery
This procedure describes how to create a stock quote alert for SMS delivery. Since 128 characters is the maximum size for short messages, you must shorten the data to be delivered from eight fields to the one pertinent field.
Log in to Mobile Web Studio.
Select Applications from the Build menu in the left pane, select New from the Application Manager Status menu, and click New to launch Application Builder.
Click the arrow to the right of the Add button and select Web Element. You see the New Web Element window.
In Location, enter a URL to capture grid content; for
example: http://finance.yahoo.com,
and click Go.
Scroll down the page, and click the “Most Actives” link under Top Stories.
In Capture Strategy, select Grid from the drop-down list, and click Next.
Click Select to select the grid that includes “Last Trade” and click Next.
In the Split and Define windows, click Next.
In the Filter section, set up a rule to exclude most records. Since the stock quote is sent to a telephone or mobile device, which is limited to 128 characters, you want to send only the pertinent data. In Filter:
Create a rule that includes only the Symbol, Name, Last Trade, and Change fields.
Click Add.
Create a rule to include the record with “MSFT” (Microsoft).
Click Add.
Click Next to bypass the Parameter window.
In Element Name, type MS stock and
click Finish.
In Application Builder, click Save, and configure the application:
In the Content tab, enter Quick
Stocks as the name of the application.
In the Roles tab, click Add All to add all roles to the application.
In the Presentation tab, click Alert, Display Within IFrame, and No Popup.
You can also use the Application properties window to
add an alert, after you have saved the application.
In Window Preview, you can view the format.
Click Finish.
In the confirmation pop-up, click OK.
Click Close to close Application Builder. The new Web element displays in the right pane.
On the Mobile Web Studio main window, select New from the Application Builder Status menu, right-click the Quick Stocks application, and select Approval Status | Approved.
When you see the message that the application was saved, click OK.
Make the new application available to Portal Interface users:
Select Approved from the Application Builder Status menu.
Right-click the Quick Stocks application in the detail pane and select Update Users.
When you are prompted to reconfirm that you want to perform an update operation, click OK.
When a message displays that the update operation succeeded, click OK.
