Messaging in Timesheets MTS |
Timesheets MTS contains a flexible internal messaging system that allows your company to control your billing cycle quickly and efficiently. Click the Messaging menu item under the main Tools menu and you will be shown the messaging screen.
This tool allows user to send short messages to other Timesheets MTS users and for these messages to be received when they are logged into Timesheets MTS.
With the messaging window open simply click on the message you want to read from the list and the message details will be shown in the bottom part of the messaging window. Unread messages are bolded in the messaging list.
Timesheets MTS messaging provides an Inbox (containing messages you have received) and a Sent Items box (containing the messages you have sent). To view either mailbox simply click on the appropriate folder on the right hand side of the messaging window.
Click the New Message button and you will be show the Compose Message screen.
Simply select the user(s) you would like to send the message to, enter a subject and some message text, and click Send and the message will be sent. If a user is a project manager or a super user they can mark a message as a Task. When received the user will see that the message contains a task and they are required to mark it as complete.
Simply select the message in the Inbox you would like to reply to and click the Reply button and you will be taken to the Compose Message screen with message sender automatically set at the recipient and the original message text quoted.
If a project manager sends someone a message and marks it as a task then that person can mark the task as complete. If a message is marked as a task the Is Task column of the message list will say "Yes" for that message. To mark it as complete simply click on the message in the list and then click the Complete button. The message sender will be automatically sent a message telling them the task is complete.
Simply select the message in the Inbox or Sent Items box you would like to forward and click the Forward button and you will be taken to the Compose Message screen the original message text quoted. Select the user(s) you would like to send forward the message to and click Send to forward the message.
Simply select the message in the Inbox or Sent Items box you would like to delete and click the Deletebutton.