Configure notifications Praxis Desk
Here you set how automatic appointment notifications by SMS and email look and when they're sent.
This article covers the underlying settings. Sending a single message manually from the customer list is covered in Send Notifications.
Where do I find the notification settings?
Open Settings → Messages.
Benötigte Lizenz
This feature requires the Notifications module. If it's not active, the menu item doesn't appear.
Prerequisites
- You have the Nachrichten & Benachrichtigung: Einstellungen permission.
General settings
- Default salutation — salutation used as a placeholder in notification texts.
- Warning enabled — turns on a warning when a configured threshold is exceeded.
- Threshold — limit value for the warning.
Default channels for appointments
- Default channel for appointment and Default channel for appointment reminder — each set to Disabled, SMS, or Email.
- Send on change, Send on deletion, Send on request — control which appointment events trigger an automatic notification.
- Reminder minutes before start — lead time for the appointment reminder.
- Show user and Show duration — control whether the user and appointment duration appear in the notification.
Email notifications
- Reply-to — email address recipients' replies are sent to.
- Logo and Logo height — logo shown in the email header.
- Design color and Text color — styling of the email template.
- Show price, Show location, Show service name — control which appointment details appear.
- ICS description — text in the attached calendar entry.
- Top text block and Bottom text block — frame text for all emails.
- Custom text blocks per event: New appointment, Changed appointment, Canceled appointment, Reminder, Accepted appointment, Denied appointment, Attendee added, Attendee removed, Course reminder.
- Practice contact details: Street, ZIP code, City, Country, Phone, Email, Website.
SMS notifications
- SMS limit — maximum number of SMS per period.
- Sender — sender ID, maximum 11 characters.
- Top text block and Bottom text block — frame text for all SMS.
- Custom text blocks per event: New appointment, Accepted appointment, Denied appointment, Changed appointment, Canceled appointment, Reminder, Attendee added, Attendee removed.
Note: Sending SMS usually costs money and depends on your quota.
Birthday email
- Birthday email enabled — turns on automatic sending of a birthday email.
- Text — content of the birthday email.
Permissions
Only users with the Nachrichten & Benachrichtigung: Einstellungen permission can open and edit this page.