Subscription issues - Bitrix Site Manager - Content Management & Portal Solutions

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Filter
List of messages
How to create a subscription issue
How to send a subscription issue
How to find a subscription issue

The Newsletter issues form is used to manage newsletters. Using this form, you can:

review the existing newsletter issues in the table format;
create new newsletter issues from scratch or from the existing issues;
edit issues;
delete issues;
send issues to subscribers.

Filter

The filter is used to set parameters for selecting messages to be displayed in the list. The filter allows you to find any newsletter, whenever it was created. The filter offers the following parameters:

message ID;
range of dates within which the message could be created;
status;
recipients;
topic;
other criteria.

The table below describes the filter fields.

Field	Description
Find	This field can be used to select newsletters by their main parameters: ID, subject or status. This field is visible even if the filter is collapsed.
ID	The ID of the message with which it was registered in the database. This field allows using the query language to create complex conditions.
Modified (DD.MM.YYYY)	This parameter is used to define the range of dates within which the required messages could be changed.
Sent (DD.MM.YYYY)	The range of dates within which the required messages could be sent.
Scheduled time of the issue	This option allows to find automatic messages by the date and time they were send.
Status	Used to specify the status of the required message(s) in the database. The following statuses are defined for messages: Sent Partially sent Draft Error To filter issues by status, you can also use the text field above the status list. You can combine several status values in this field, for example "D\|S" or "draft\|sent". This field allows to use the query language to create complex conditions.
From	This field is used to specify senders whose messages are required. You can use full or partial e-mail addresses here. The use of the query language is possible.
To	This field is used to specify recipients who could receive the sought messages. You can use full or partial e-Mail addresses here. The use of the query language is possible. For an issue, this field becomes valid after an issue (e-mail message) is sent.
Subject	Specify here the proposed contents of the Subject field of required messages. The use of the query language is possible.
Message type	Allows to filter only those messages that were was created in the HTML or text formats.
Message	You can specify words, parts of words, phrases or part of phrases to find the appropriate messages. It is possible to use a query language to create complex conditions.

Click Set filter to activate the filter. To display all information, click Cancel.

Context bar

Button	Description
Add	Adds a new issue.
Excel	Exports data from the table to the MS Excel format.

List of issues

The list of issues displays newsletter issues according to the specified filter criteria. Right column of the list (Action) contains links for managing the corresponding messages. By using these commands, the messages can be edited, sent or deleted.

The fields of the table are described below.

Field	Description
Checkbox column	Used to select issues to which the desired actions are to be applied. Available rules and actions can be found in the action bar below the table.
Action menu	Clicking the action button of any issue opens a menu allowing to: Send - send an issue. This command is available for issues in the Draft status; Stop - stop sending an issue. This command is available for issues in the In progress status; Resume - recommence sending an issue. This command is available for issues in the Stopped status; Modify – edit an issue. This command is not available for issues in the In progress status; Copy – create a new issue by duplicating the selected issue; Delete - delete an issue. This command is available for issues in the Stopped status.
ID	The message ID with which it was registered in the database.
Modified	Modification date of the message.
Subject	Subject of the message.
Type	Type of the message: text or HTML.
Status	Status of the message.
Sent	The date the message was sent.

How to create a newsletter issue

To create a new newsletter, click the Add button, which opens the add/edit a message form.

How to send a newsletter issue

The easiest way to send an issue is to click the Send button in the issue creation form. However, after creating a message you can save it without sending. You can send the issue later by selecting the Send command in the action menu of the appropriate issue.

How to find a newsletter issue

To find the specific issue, you can set its parameters in the filter. For example, you want to find the message with the following subject: new laptop proposal. Enter subject text into the Subject field of the filter and click Set filter. The table will display the required message.