Database managers can broadcast a message to all the users that are connected to the Rational® DOORS® database server. For example, if you need to restart the database server, you can broadcast a message to warn all the connected users to save their work and log out of the database.
About this task
When the message is displayed, it is prefixed with the date and time, and the text
Broadcast Message from username@database_server_name The time is displayed in the time zone of the Rational DOORS client.
Procedure
- In the database explorer, click .
- Type the message you want to broadcast and click Send. The message is sent to the database server, and is broadcast from there to all connected clients.
- Click OK to close the Message Sent window.