# Setup Class Notifications

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## How to Setup Class Notifications for Participants

Learn how to configure class notifications for participants, including bookings, reschedules, cancellations, and more. Manage notifications efficiently for individual and bulk class updates.

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**Note:**\
If you are scheduling or updating multiple classes in bulk, participants will receive notifications for each class individually. To avoid sending multiple notifications, consider using our **Bulk Class Trigger Automation** to send a consolidated summary notification.

For more information on bulk class notifications, check the setup guide here: [**Bulk Class Notification Setup.**](https://help.whautomate.com/product-guides/class-bookings/setup-bulk-class-notifications-for-participants)
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1. Go to the **Whautomate** app then click the **Automation** menu and select the **Add Rule** button as shown below picture 👇

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2. Select the **Create Rules from Scratch** option to continue

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3. Choose the **Class Participant Updates** as a **Trigger 👇**

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This rule gets triggered when a class participant is added, updated, or cancelled.
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4. **Add Conditions (Optional)**

(i) To add conditions, simply click on the **"Add Condition**" button

(ii) Choose the condition Field option like **"Class Participant Status"** 👇

(iii) Define the operator for the condition, such as **equals**, **not equals**, or other available options.

(iv) Pick the **Condition Type** based on the class status, e.g., **Booked**, **Rescheduled**, or **Cancelled**.

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(v) Example: Setting Up a Booking Condition

* **Condition Field**: Class Participant Status
* **Operator**: Equals
* **Condition Type**: Booked

This setup ensures that when a class is booked for a participant, the status will be marked as **Booked**, and the participant will receive a notification via **WhatsApp** and **Email**.

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**Note:**\
You can set conditions for different class types (e.g., scheduled, canceled) to ensure that participants only receive relevant notifications tailored to the class status.
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**Important Note:**

If you have already set up the **Bulk Class Notification**, you need to configure an additional condition to manage notifications effectively and avoid sending multiple unnecessary notifications.

#### **Setup a Participant Frequency Condition**

1. **Condition Field**: Select **"Participant Frequency"**.
2. **Condition Type**: Choose either:
   * **Individual**: To prevent notifications from being sent for bulk class scheduling.
   * **Bulk/Repeat**: To allow notifications to be sent for each class when scheduling bulk classes.

#### **Example Usage**

* If you are scheduling **bulk classes** and want to send notifications for **each class**, set the condition type to **"Bulk/Repeat"**.
* If you want to prevent multiple notifications when scheduling bulk classes, set the condition type to **"Individual"**.
* For single-class scheduling, ensure the condition type is set to **"Individual"** so the notification is sent. 👇
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**5. Select an Action**&#x20;

Choose how you want to notify your client about their booked class, such as by **WhatsApp** or **email.**

For WhatsApp: Eg. I Select a **Send a WhatsApp template message** action and fill in the required details. 👇

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**(i) Select a WhatsApp Template Message** Choose the template message you want to use to notify your client of their **class booking confirmation**.

**(ii)** For example: I have selected the **class\_confirmation\_notification(en)** template.

I used the custom message template which was already created and approved by Meta. So first you need to create a new **WhatsApp Message Template**, you can select the **Create New Template** link. This will take us to the template page where we can submit our new template for custom notifications.

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However, please note that any custom notification settings will be discarded, and we will need to set them up again after our new template is approved.
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Check this below link on how to create WhatsApp message templates 👇

[**WhatsApp Message Templates**](https://help.whautomate.com/product-guides/integrations/whatsapp-cloud-api/whatsapp-message-templates)

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(iii) When you enter **(#)** in the Parameter field, a list will pop up. You can choose from the options provided to fill out the parameter details. 👇

**Eg**: #class.clientName = {{class.clientName}}, #class.className = {{class.className}}, etc.

**Available Personalisation Variables:**

**Class Variables**

{{class.clientName}}, {{class.date}}, {{class.time}}, {{class.practitioner}}, {{class.className}}, {{class.duration}}, {{class.onlineClassLink}}, {{class.onlinePassCode}}, {{class.addToCalendarURL}}, {{class.detailsURL}}, {{class.partialdetailsURL}}, {{class.cancelURL}}, {{class.partialcancelURL}}, {{class.addToCalendarEmailAttachmentURL}}, {{class.timezone}}

**Client Variables**

{{client.name}}, {{client.preferredName}}, {{client.age}}, {{client.gender}}, {{client.email}}, {{client.phone}}, {{client.calendarSyncURL}}, {{client.photoURL}}, {{client.address}}, {{client.emergencyRelationType}}, {{client.emergencyContactName}}, {{client.emergencyContactPhone}}

**Business Variables**

{{business.name}}, {{business.address}}, {{business.phone}}, {{business.mapDirectionUrl}}, {{business.operatingHours}}

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6. Once the action is set, Click the **Save** button.

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7. **Test the Notification**
   * Add test participants to a class to ensure the notification triggers correctly.

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