@Chr1sG - Can you provide a few more details on how the Reminders Template works under the hood? Fibery AI really couldn’t explain it.
Obviously the Reminder database resides in the Reminders Space. What makes it possible for #remind to be invoked from any Entity in any other database across the Workspace? Can I create other #commands on my own?
If I remove the Reminders template, will #remind be removed from the Workspace?
If I have multiple instances of the Template installed (multiple Reminders Spaces in my Workspace), what will happen?
How do I scope the Reminder database to only work within a particular Space? I don’t want a global Reminder setup… I want to add a Reminder database to our Legal Compliance Space, another to our Project Management Space, etc. Seems a bit more organized for our situation than a global Reminder database. I would then like to trigger email notifications to a DL (not a particular user or users) like our legal notices DL (which has our outside counsel), etc.
If there’s a wiki page or another Post with all this info, please point the way. I looked before adding this Comment, but may have missed it.
The Reminder db contains entities which are either a ‘template’ or an actual reminder.
When a user #mentions a ‘template’, it gets converted into an actual reminder, and then spawns a new entity which is a clone of itself (as it was when it was a template).
The conversion includes setting an appropriate due date, tying the reminder to the person who created the mention, and renaming the entity. When the due date is reached the user gets a notification.
Any workspace entity can be #mentioned in a rich text field or document.
No. You can create additional reminder ‘templates’ (if the default reminder periods are not suitable) but you can’t do anything other than set up future-dated reminder notifications.
They will both work simultaneously (but there is no benefit to doing so). When you start typeing #remind… then you will see options from both dbs, and they will the same function (providing a notification) no matter which one you choose
You can’t.
See the earlier answer about #mentions.
I don’t know what DL means, but the Reminders space template is only designed to provide a reminder to the person who adds the #mention. You can’t set a reminder to make someone else get a notification.
If you just want to make another user aware of something, then you can @mention that person in a comment, or within rich text, but they will get a notification immediately, not future-dated.