Message Types Overview
- In the View section, select an appropriate list view from the drop-down list to go directly to that list page, or click Create New View to define your own custom list view. List views let you display a list of records that match specific criteria.
- In the Recent section, select an item from the drop-down list on the right to display a brief list of the top records matching that criteria. The choices are listed in the table that follows.
- From the list, you can click any object name to go directly to its detail.
- Click New to create a new message type.
- To change the owner of one or more records, select the records you want to change from the list view then click Change Owner.
- To change the value of an editable field shown in the list double-click it, enter the value you want and click Save.
Recent Choice |
Description |
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Recently Viewed |
The last 10 or 25 records you viewed, with the most recently viewed item listed first. This list is derived from your recent items and includes records owned by you and other users. |
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Recently Created |
The last 10 or 25 records you created, with the most recently created item listed first. This list only includes records owned by you. |
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Recently Modified |
The last 10 or 25 records you updated, with the most recently updated item listed first. This list only includes records owned by you. |
Message types are records that contain a group of messaging publications and subscriptions that relate to common message keys.
Custom Message Types
You can create custom message types from the Message Types tab. Using custom message types you can:
- Create publications to send information from your own products
- Create subscriptions to receive information from your own products
Parent Message Types and Child Message Types
When creating a new message type, you can specify a parent message type. The parent determines where the new message type exists in the hierarchy that is displayed on the Publications & Subscriptions tab of the Foundations Setup page. We recommend using parent message types to organize the information on this page. For example, you can create a message type parent of Tax to group all child message types relating to various tax message types.
Developer Names
When you create a custom message type, a unique developer name is created automatically from the message type name and, if provided, the parent. The combination of message type name and parent must be unique. The developer name is the full message type name displayed when viewing a message type record.
The following table shows the way in which developer names are generated.
Message Type Name | Parent Message Type Name | Automatically Created Developer Name |
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Item | – | Item |
Add | Item | Item.Add |
Update | Item | Item.Update |