AlertTraveler®: Unit Admin Follow

AlertTraveler®: Unit Admin

Does your department head need to know when a faculty member registers a trip for a conference? Perhaps the college’s Dean should be notified when an incident occurs. You can now choose a profile attribute on which to base access and notifications.

A new permission group, Unit Admin, has been created. Add admins to it and choose the desired applicant parameter to be used as the Unit Admin identifier in order to allow the admins to

• view travelers for the specified unit
• send AlertTraveler® check-in requests and reminders for the specified unit

Access to view and communicate with travelers for the specified unit is available to members of the 'Unit Admin' permission group when using both the AlertTraveler® Admin App and the web-based interface.

For example, if 'Department' is chosen as the Unit Admin identifier, admins in the 'Unit Admin' permission group will only see, be able to communicate with and receive notifications regarding travelers with the matching department.

Unit Admin Setup

Navigate to AlertTraveler > Settings > Admin to choose the desired unit parameter.



Select the desired unit admin value from the dropdown.



Once the Unit Admin identifier is selected, save the page and navigate to Staff > Permissions and click the edit pencil for the "Unit Admin (AT)" group. Update the group to have the permissions deemed appropriate for your admins, keeping in mind that all admins added to the group will inherit the permissions set on the group level. Once the permissions are set, add all desired admins to the group.

If admins in the Unit Admin group should receive notifications for their specific unit, add the appropriate admins at AlertTraveler > Settings > Notifications. Members of the Unit Admin group will automatically inherit the notification settings available in the Subscription Settings configuration.

If you choose a Unit Admin identifier and already have those admins in the AlertTraveler® permission group, follow the steps below: 

• Navigate to Staff > Permissions > AlertTraveler and remove the appropriate admins
• Navigate to Staff > Permissions > Unit Admin (AT) and add the appropriate admins
• Review the permissions for the admins added to the Unit Admin (AT) group
• If necessary, add the admins at AlertTraveler > Settings > Notifications to receive notifications based on the Unit Admin identifier

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