Set up external events for your organization
When external events are enabled, Organization Administrators can define the locations and external events they want to monitor. When an external event occurs that impacts a selected location, it appears in the Inbox in the
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management system. Operators can also receive notifications on their chosen devices (email, SMS, and mobile app) when events that impact their selected locations appear in the Inbox.- IsExternalEventSupported must be enabled by a System Administrator inSettings>Feature Enablement.
- In the navigation bar, click .
- In theBasicsection, clickExternal Events.
- On theExternal Eventsscreen, in theYour Organizational Areasection, click .
- On the map, do any of the following:
- ClickCreate Custom Locations, and then select a shape. Click and drag on the map to draw a shape.
- ClickSelect Predefined Locations, and then select a location from the pull-down menu.
You can create multiple custom locations and select multiple predefined locations. You can select a combination of custom and predefined locations. - ClickApply.
- In theExternal Event Typessection, select the types of external events to receive in the Inbox.
- Optionally, in theSetup Admin Notificationssection, clickSelect Targets.
- On theUsersdialog, select the operators to notify when an external event occurs in the selected organizational areas. All external events that impact the organizational area appear in the Inbox in theBlackBerry AtHocmanagement system. The operators you select will receive an alert about the event on the selected devices.
- ClickApply.
- From theDevicespull-down menu, select the devices (email, SMS, and mobile app) that the targeted operators will receive notifications on. You can select more than one device.
- From theFrequencypull-down menu, select the interval to send the event notifications at. Choose24 Hrsor48 Hrs. One notification is sent for each event category. For example, Earthquake.
- ClickSave.