Override all shift members' contact preferences to enforce a communication channel, for example, in case of an emergency.

Before you begin

Role required: rota_admin, rota_manager

Procedure

  1. Use one of the following methods to open the Edit Escalation and Contact Preferences page:
      1. Navigate to On-Call Scheduling > On-Call Schedules. The On-Call Schedules page opens to the All On-Call Schedules tab.
      2. Click a schedule card.
      3. On the Shifts tab, click the Actions icon (Actions icon) for the shift and select Edit Escalation and Contact Preferences.
      1. Navigate to On-Call Scheduling > My Group Schedules.
      2. Select the shift.
      3. Click Edit Escalation and Contact Preferences
  2. On the Contact Preferences tab, click the contact Attempt method to configure.
    The Contact Preferences dialog box appears.
  3. Select the contact methods that the instance should use for all shift members for the selected contact attempt.
    Depending on your instance configuration, you can specify any or all of the following notification methods:
    Note: SMS and voice require that Notify is active.
  4. Enable the Override user preference option.