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Displaying an administrator message
Define a notification message that is displayed when the application first accesses MobileFirst Server.
Follow the outlined procedure to configure the notification message. We can use this message to notify application users of temporary situations, such as a planned service downtime.
Procedure
- Select your application version from the Applications section of the MobileFirst Operations Console navigation sidebar, and then select the application Management tab.
- Change the status to Active and Notifying.
- Add a custom startup message. The following sample message informs the user of planned maintenance work for the application:
The server will be unavailable on Saturday between 4 AM to 6 PM due to planned maintenance.
- In the Supported locales section, we can optionally provide the notification message in other languages. See the detailed instructions in Defining administrator messages in multiple languages.
- SelectSave to apply your changes.
Results
The message is displayed when the application first uses MobileFirst Server to access a protected resource (see OAuth resource protection), or obtain an access token (see Overview of the MobileFirst security framework). If the application acquires an access token when it starts, the message is displayed at this stage. Otherwise, the message is displayed on the first request from the application to access a protected resource or obtain an access token. The message is displayed only once, for the first interaction.
Parent topic: Mobile-application management