E-Mail-Alerts for uploaded DICOM files

Aim

This article briefly describes how to configure (add and delete) e-mail alerts for notifications about DICOM-files uploaded for a study.

Procedure

Creating a new e-mail alert

Step 1: Navigate to the menu section “Alerts” (Figure 1).

Step 2: Choose “All Sites” from the drop-down list. It is not possible to configure an Image Upload - alert on a site-specific basis.

Step 3: Click on the blue button “Add alert” (Figure 2).

Step 4: From the dropdown menu choose the alert type “Uploaded dicom files.”

Step 5: Choose who shall receive this alert. You can either select from UNITY Platform users which have access to the study and add them to the Recipients via drag & drop or you can add an external recipient by clicking on the blue button “Add external recipient” and enter the email address to which this alert will be send (Figure 3).

Step 6: Click on “Save” in the lower right corner.

Step 7: If you want to test the alert, you can trigger it by clicking on the turquoise button “Trigger alert” (Figure 4). This will send an email to every adress on the recipients’ list.

The email to be sent contains a table with the following information:

Editing an existing alert

Modifications to the list of recipients can be done by clicking on “Remove” in the field of the user to be deleted (Figure 3) or by adding other recipients as described in Step 5.

Deleting an existing alert

If you want to remove an alert, click on the red button “Remove alert” in the lower right corner.

Updated on 21 Jul 2023