TXTinIT Release - SMS Batch Job Scheduler

We've now released the SMS Batch Job Scheduler, a feature that allows users to set an automated message batch job to recur hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly. 

This feature is useful for automated birthday messages, monthly account reminders, weekly appointment reminders, and more.

Release Outline:
 

1. Customised scheduler user-interface  

   • Users will configure the schedule in a new customised user interface rather than the batch job record's default detail page.

   • The UI components for the existing one-time scheduling feature will be consolidated with the new customised user interface.

   • The page can be accessed through a button placed on the detail page.
      

2. Criteria-based schedule termination 

   • Users can configure the scheduled batch job to end automatically after a number of executions or on a certain date/time.
      

3. Schedule information

   • A human readable description of the scheduler and auto-stop settings will be displayed on the batch job record's default Salesforce detail page.
      

4. New batch job scheduling logic  

   • The "Execute Job" button in the batch job record's detail page won't handle scheduling anymore since any scheduling of the batch job, whether it be one-time or recurring, will be done in the new user interface.

   • The Task records, which contain the SMS messages to be sent, will be created during (instead of before) the schedule run.

   • Manually ending a scheduled job won't be done through deleting a Task record but rather through a button on the batch job record's detail page.
      

5. Lightning Experience and Salesforce app

   • This feature is available in Lightning Experience in both desktop and mobile.

Stay tuned for future enhancements that are being planned!