This document is all about the use of the Message Section in AIV. This feature is for internal use. So we can send a message internally to the person who is using this application.

1. log in to the AIV application with your credentials & go to the Report section.



2. User needs to select the Instant Message icon at the top right corner of the report section as shown below:



3. Now the user will be able to see the Instant Message screen in the window as per below:



4. In the To option user can select to which person he wants to send the message.

5. In the Subject option write down the subject line related to the message you are sending.

6. Use can also format the message by using these options shown below:



7. For Example; a user sends a message to another person Demo regarding approval, then the user can write a message like below:



8. Then click on the Send button.

9. The demo user will get the message instantly & it will pop up at the top right corner of the screen as below:



NOTE: this pop up will displayed only if user has enabled alerts. User can enable and disable alerts by 2 ways, from notification section (toggle button) and from control panel section.
10. When the Demo user clicks on that pop-up message it will open a screen shown below:

-If alerts wont appear, just go to Notification section and switch to message section.


11. Click on the Messages Section as shown in the image above:

12. It will show the received message at the top.



13. Then Demo user can do the operations as given below:



Preview: by using this option user can preview the received message. After previewing the message, the read status is changed to red from green.
Reply Message: The user can reply to the received message.
Forward Message: The user can forward this message to another user.
Comments: The user can add comments to the message. (When a receiver/sender user add a comment on a message, it will pop up on the sender/receiver screen too)


14.Right click on the message, the user will see two options:



Mark As Read: By clicking on this option user can directly change the status of the message without seeing it.
Delete: By clicking on this option user can delete selected message.