Summary:
You can use alert-based subscriptions to ensure that users automatically receive notifications on an Android device with Strategy Mobile when a metric on a report meets specific threshold conditions. You can create an alert-based subscription using the Alerts Editor in Web. For information on creating alert-based subscriptions, see the Strategy Web Help. These alerts are “pushed” to Strategy Mobile for Android by Intelligence Server. For information on how these push notifications are displayed on the device, see the Strategy Mobile Analysis Guide.
Prerequisites
• Strategy delivers alert notifications through the Google Cloud Message (GCM), which is a free service that enables developers to send messages between servers and client applications. For some customizations, you may need an API key obtained from
Google Play Console.
• Your Intelligence Server must be able to connect to Google Cloud Message service either with direct connect or through a proxy, which can be configured through Developer.
• You must have Strategy Distribution Services to use push notifications with Strategy. For information about purchasing a Distribution Services license, contact your Strategy account executive.
• Push notifications must be enabled on an Android device to receive Strategy push notifications. In addition, the first time Strategy Mobile for Android is opened on a device, the user is prompted to allow the application to receive push notifications.
• To enable security, it is recommended that Mobile Server be configured to use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption. For detailed instructions on configuring Mobile Server to use SSL, see the Enabling Secure Communication chapter in the System Administration Guide.
High-level steps to enable Strategy push notifications for Android
1 In Developer, create a Distribution Services device for Android. For detailed instructions, see the Scheduling Jobs and Administrative Tasks chapter in the System Administration Guide, or see the Developer Help (formerly the Strategy Desktop Help).
2 Create a configuration for the application. In Android Settings tab of the configuration, make sure that you select the Enable Push Notification check box.
3 The first time you open Strategy Mobile for Android on a device, the user is prompted to allow push notifications for Strategy Mobile. The user must select Allow push notifications.
For more details on this, refer to the MicroStrategy Mobile Design and Administration Guide - page 223.
Note: Google Cloud Message (GCM) is a third party service which is not owned by Strategy. Please visit https://developers.google.com/cloud-messaging/ for more information.
