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WhatsApp for Everbridge installation manual

Step by step instruction

  1. Open Settings.
Everbridge Suite Settings menu with Everbridge Open option

2. Select “Everbridge Open” section, then “Response Subscriptions”, and then “Webhooks”.

Everbridge Open Response Subscriptions Webhooks page

3. To create a new webhook, click “New Webhook”.

1) Fill in “Name”;

2) Fill in “Callback URL”:

https://whatsapp-for-everbridge.chatarchitect.com/everbridge_v3/?app={app}&secret={secret}&access_key_id={access_key_id}&secret_key={secret_key}

WhatsApp APP key {app} and WhatsApp Secret key {secret}: you need to get from our support.

Everbridge Access key {access_key_id} & Everbridge Secret key {secret_key}: you need to get from Everbridge admins.

3)

Choose “Callback Format”, fill in “Username” and “Password”. Click OK.

Everbridge Create or Edit Webhook form with callback and authentication fields

4. Select “Everbridge Open” section, then “Response Subscriptions”, then “Profiles”, and click “New Profile”.

Everbridge Open Response Subscriptions Profiles page with New Profile option

5. Fill in “Profile Name”. Select the necessary webhook. Click “Save”.

Everbridge profile form with Profile Name and Webhook selection

6. Go to “Incidents”. Select “Templates”.

Everbridge Incidents menu with Templates option highlighted

7. Click “New Incident Template”.

Everbridge Incident Templates page with New Incident Template button

8. Fill in “Name” and choose “Category”.

Everbridge new incident template form with Name, Category and Live selection

9. Select all the necessary variables. Their order can be rearranged in the “PREVIEW & EDIT” section.

Everbridge incident template variable selection in Form and Message section

10. In the Chatarchitect app (https://wtargeted.com/settings), find the necessary template and copy its ID (including the brackets).

ChatArchitect approved template with template ID highlighted

11. In Everbridge, in the “PREVIEW & EDIT” section, paste the copied template’s ID into the WhatsApp Code.

Everbridge Operator Form with WhatsApp Code field containing template ID

12. Fill in the input fields of the template’s variables with values.

Everbridge incident template variable value fields

13. In the Chatarchitect app, copy the necessary template by clicking the Copy button.

ChatArchitect approved template with Copy button highlighted

14. In Everbridge, select “Outgoing Message” and paste the copied template into “All delivery methods”.

Everbridge Outgoing Message tab with template text in All delivery methods

15. Select the “Contacts” section. Click “Preview contacts”.

Everbridge Contacts tab with Preview contacts button

16. Click “Select” and choose contacts who will receive the message. Click OK.

Everbridge contact selector with contacts selected and OK button

17. Go to “Settings” section. Click “Edit”.

Everbridge Settings tab with Edit link highlighted

18. Select the necessary Delivery Order. In Delivery methods, select WhatsApp.

Everbridge delivery settings with WhatsApp method and delivery order

19. Select the necessary Profile and set all the necessary options.

Everbridge More options with response subscription profile selection

20. In the “Permissions” section, select all the necessary operator permissions.

Everbridge Operator Permissions with Edit permissions selected

21. Click “Save” to save the template.

Everbridge incident template form with Save button highlighted

22. Select “Incidents” - “Launch Incident”.

Everbridge Incidents menu with Launch Incident option

23. Select the necessary template from the list.

Everbridge incident template selection list for launching

24. Set the values of the template’s variables.

Everbridge incident details form with variable values

25. Specify the sending options and click “Review”.

Everbridge send options with Now and Schedule choices and Review button

26. To send the message, click “Send”.

Everbridge distribution review showing WhatsApp delivery and Send button

27. The message will be sent to the contacts you had selected in the 16th step.

WhatsApp message received from Everbridge incident