Creating a Message

There are several ways to create a message in ELMA:

click Send Message in the toolbar on the main page;
click Send Message in the toolbar in the Messages section;
click Send Message in the main menu of the system.

In the opened window (fig. 1), fill in the required fields and click Send Message.

Fig. 1. Creating a message

Subject * – enter the message subject. This field is required.

You can send a message to specific users, a custom user list, an organizational structure element or to a public channel.

To – select one or several recipients of the message from the drop-down list or by clicking

Channels – all the public channels, available to the user, are displayed here. Select the required channels, if necessary.

Message – enter the message text.

Attached Files – attach files from the local PC or an external drive.

Attached Documents – attach ELMA documents to the message. Use the following buttons:

– select a recently created or used document;

– search a document;

– create a document

- remove an attached file/document or clear all attached files/documents. When you click on this button, a dialog box opens, where you need to select a further action:

Yes - remove the selected file/document from the list;
Delete All - clear the list of selected files/documents. Note, that files and documents are removed from the attachments individually;
No - cancel and return to adding a comment.

Fig. 3. Warning dialog box

Note

A file or a document is removed only from the comment attachments! The file remains on the external media and the document remains in ELMA.