Users on Asite can communicate instantly with their contacts through direct messaging and group messaging functionality in the 'aMessages' tab.
When compared to the 'Files' area, the 'aMessages' area allows users to communicate in real-time through direct messaging or by creating groups without the need for file upload.
Any communication made by a user via the 'aMessages' tab, whether created through direct messaging or groups, is available to access in the messaging history as applicable.
Even while working on other tabs, an indicator will appear on the 'aMessages' tab (as shown below) as well as browser tabs with active Asite sessions whenever there are any unread messages for the user to read.
You can receive aMessage notifications as a browser notification popup, based on browser compatibility. Browser notification is currently supported in 'Microsoft Edge' (Version 15 & above) as well as the latest versions of 'Google Chrome', 'Mozilla Firefox' and 'Apple Safari'.
For all supported browsers, a prompt will appear asking you to grant permissions for getting notifications from within the browser once you are successfully logged in on Asite.
Clicking on an aMessage notification will take you to its relevant screen within Asite.
Each such browser notification popup will have a visibility period of 5 seconds. Based on your response, such a prompt may or may not reappear the next time you log in on Asite. For activities performed in batches, there will be a single instant notification per batch activity.
Refer to the image below and the following table to understand the 'aMessages' screen:
Sr. No. | Title | Description |
1 | Select Group / Select User | To send or receive instant messages internally within a defined group / your contacts. |
2 | Search Users / Groups | To search for required users or groups by typing in the characters included in their names. |
3 | To create a messaging group of your contacts. | |
4 | Group Icon | Indicates that it is a group that can be used to send an aMessage to multiple users at a time. |
5 | Unread Messages Count | Displays the count of unread messages, if any, for the corresponding user or group. |
6 | Send an aMessage / Create Task (within Groups) | To type in a text message for a selected user or selected group. If a group is selected, click on the aMessage icon to toggle it and create a task. Alternately type '#' followed by the task title to create a task. |
7 | Attach Files | To attach files for sending to selected users or selected groups. Alternatively, you can also drag and drop files directly from your device. |
8 | Send | To send the message including attached files, if any, to the selected user or selected group. |
9 | Name | To view the name of a selected user or group. |
10 | History | Displays messaging history for the selected user or group. |
11 | Attachments | All the attachments in the messaging history for the selected user or group are available in the 'Attachments' tab, along with relevant details like the name of the user who uploaded it, the name of the attachment file, the upload date and the attachment size. All such attachments can be downloaded using the icon available upon mouse hover of its thumbnail. |
12 | Tasks (within Groups) | To view or edit all of your tasks under the selected group. |
13 | Members (within Groups) | Displays a list of all members in the selected group, irrespective of whether they are online or offline. An icon indicates that the corresponding user is a group administrator. Click the member's name to view their contact card. Group administrators will also be able to directly add members while viewing a group, by clicking the 'Add Member' link. |
14 | Status | Indicates the status of logged-in user - green colour is for online status, grey colour is for offline status. |
15 | Navigate to latest message | To navigate to the latest message of the selected user or selected group. |
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