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| ====== Email Alerts ====== | ====== Email Alerts ====== |
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| Starting with release 6.1, VuFind supports "selective dissemination of information" -- users can subscribe to searches and receive regular email alerts when new results appear in those result sets. | Starting with release 6.1, VuFind® supports "selective dissemination of information" (SDI) -- users can subscribe to searches and receive notifications in the form of regular email alerts when new records appear in those result sets. |
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| ===== Configuration ===== | ===== Configuration ===== |
| To set this up, follow these steps: | To set this up, follow these steps: |
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| 1. Make sure that you are [[indexing:tracking_record_changes|Tracking Record Changes]] during your indexing process, or else VuFind will not know which results are new for the purposes of sending alerts. | 1. Make sure that you are [[indexing:tracking_record_changes|Tracking Record Changes]] during your indexing process, or else VuFind® will not know which results are new for the purposes of sending alerts. |
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| 2. Turn on the "schedule_searches" setting in the [Account] section of [[configuration:files:config.ini]]. There are also some related settings in this configuration file which you may wish to consider adjusting (for example, the user-selectable notification frequency options). | 2. Turn on the "schedule_searches" setting in the [Account] section of [[configuration:files:config.ini]]. There are also some related settings in this configuration file which you may wish to consider adjusting (for example, the user-selectable notification frequency options). |
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| 3. Set up a cron job or other process/workflow for running the [[administration:command_line_utilities#scheduledsearch_controller|command line utility]] ("php $VUFIND_HOME/public/index.php scheduledsearch notify") to send notifications based on user subscriptions. It is generally preferable to run this during a low-volume time since it will potentially perform a large number of searches, imposing a load on Solr. | 3. Set up a cron job or other process/workflow for running the [[administration:command_line_utilities#scheduledsearch_controller|command line utility]] ("php $VUFIND_HOME/public/index.php scheduledsearch notify") to send notifications based on user subscriptions. It is generally preferable to run this during a low-volume time since it will potentially perform a large number of searches, imposing a load on Solr. |
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| | ===== Video ===== |
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| | The [[videos:xml_change_tracking_and_email_alerts|XML Change Tracking and Email Alerts]] video discusses this feature and demonstrates how to configure and use it. |
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