Override contact preferences for a shift
- UpdatedAug 1, 2024
- 2 minutes to read
- Xanadu
- On-Call Scheduling
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
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Use one of the following methods to open the Edit Escalation
and Contact Preferences page:
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- Navigate to On-Call Scheduling > On-Call Schedules. The On-Call Schedules page opens to the All On-Call Schedules tab.
- Click a schedule card.
- On the Shifts tab,
click the Actions icon (
) for the shift and select Edit Escalation and Contact Preferences.
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- Navigate to On-Call Scheduling > My Group Schedules.
- Select the shift.
- Click Edit Escalation and Contact Preferences
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On the Contact
Preferences tab, click the contact
Attempt method to
configure.
The Contact Preferences dialog box appears.
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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:
- SMS text
- Slack
- Voice
- Microsoft Teams. For information on setting up this channel, see Set up Microsoft Teams as a contact method for an on-call escalation.
- Mobile push. For information on setting up this channel, see Set up mobile push as a contact method for an on-call escalation.
Note: SMS and voice require that Notify is active. - Enable the Override user preference option.