Creating user messages

User messages are displayed as errors, warnings, and information for users. You define user messages as a flexible means of communicating with users.

About this task

Create a user message for each language that you support. User messages are displayed in the language of the user, as defined in the My Profile record.

Procedure

  1. Go to Tools > System Setup > General > User Messages and select Add.
  2. Specify an ID, name, and language for the user message.
  3. Specify the text for the user message.
    You can add up to nine parameters to your message with curly braces and numbers. At run time, the parameters are replaced based on data from the record. The parameters must correspond to data fields that are defined in the workflow that sends the message.
  4. Activate the user message.