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Messaging Center

The Messaging Center is responsible for launching flows when emails, queue/messaging system notifications or other events are received.

Open the Messaging Center by clicking the circled icon in the top navigation bar.

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We currently support the following messaging types

  • Email - monitors an IMAP inbox and processes on receipt.
  • Internet of Things / MQTT
  • Redis Event Stream
  • Redis Pub/Sub

We will shortly be releasing support for

  • WhatsApp
  • SMS
  • AWS SQS/SNS
  • Azure Service Bus, Queue Storage and Event Hubs

If you have a requirement for an alternative messaging system, please email info@ziggyservices.com.

Main listing​

Below is an example of the Messaging Center with 3 items.

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Configuration screen​

Click on an item in the listing to bring up the configuration screen.

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Connection​

Select a Connection to use. You need to have configured the connection first. You will only be shown connection types that work with the Messaging Center.

Name​

Enter a friendly name that will appear in the main Messaging Center listing.

Active​

You can toggle this setting. Disabling it will suspend messages from being processed.

Log Message​

This enables logging for all events and updates made in this screen.

You can view the logs from the View Log Files dropdown.

Adding Topic Flows​

  • Press the Add Topic Flow button to add an entry into the Topic Flows listing.
  • Double-click in the Topic/Event field to provide the email, channel, stream (whatever is relevant for your messaging type).
  • Choose a flow that will be launched when a notification is received.

Saving​

Press Save when to save any changes made anywhere on this screen. The service will be updated within a brief time.

Ziggy Blocks​

There are blocks that are related to some of these services.

  • MQTT Publish
  • Email
  • Twilio SMS

More can be added upon request.