The notification system in RouteStar Online allows you to craft custom message templates and then send those to either your Route customer or Task customers. 

Part 1: Creating the notification template

Step 1: Navigate to Settings > System Settings > Notifications

Step 2: Click on 'New Message'

Step 3: Name your template

• This is how the message will appear when choosing which message to send within the system

Step 4: Fill out the Subject of the message

• This is the subject line of the email that the customer will see when receiving this message

Step 5: Fill out the Body of the message you wish to create a template for

• You can select 'Placeholders' from the drop-down menu above the body to insert the customer's information as pulled from their profile. This alleviates the need to customize every message to a particular customer.

Step 6: Click 'Create Message'

• Once a message is created you can edit it further by clicking the blue pencil icon on the Notifications page.
• You can also delete a message template by clicking the red trash icon.

Part 2: Setting the notification method for the customers

Step 1: Navigate to Customers > Customer List > the customer you need to edit the notification method for

Step 2: Scroll down on the customer detail tab and make the appropriate selection under 'Notification Method'

Part 3: Setting the additional contacts to update on sync.

Step 1: Navigate to the QuickBooks Dashboard.

Step 2: Click on the Settings tab and make sure the 'Build Additional Contacts on Sync' box is checked.

Step 3: You will need to perform a Reload of your customer list and then a sync in order to see these changes take effect.

• More information about syncing with QuickBooks Online can be found here. For syncing with QuickBooks Desktop more information can be found here.

Part 4: Sending the notification to customers on the Route Schedule

Step 1: Navigate to Routes > Route Schedule

Step 2: Access the table menu just above the table

Step 3: Select 'Notify Stops'

Step 4: Select the Route, Date, and Category of Route Stops that you wish to notify

• Excluding customers with Pending Orders will ignore any customer who already has an invoice in the system with a date the same as the date you are referencing when sending the message.

Step 5: Select the message you wish to send.

• You can edit anything in the body of the message that you are about to send without changing the master template contained in the settings. E.g. Feel free to add 'Happy Holidays' to messages being sent around that time.

Part 5: Sending the notification to customers with Tasks assigned to them

Step 1: Navigate to Tasks > Pending Tasks

Step 2: Access the table menu just above the table

Step 3: Select 'Bulk Notify Customers'

Step 4: Select the Date range and type of Tasks you wish to notify

Step 5: Select the message you wish to send.

• You can edit anything in the body of the message that you are about to send without changing the master template contained in the settings. E.g. Feel free to add 'Happy Holidays' to messages being sent around that time.