Part 4. (Bonus) Text Alerts
If you want a text or email alert every time someone's device leaves or arrives, you can easily set it up inside of Initial State!
Go here to sign up for an Initial State account.
We are going to follow the Trigger notification setup process outlined at here.
Just click on the shelf icon (in the top tray to the left of the Initial State logo) if it's not already open, and click on "settings" beneath your "Who's at the Office?" bucket name. Click on the "Triggers" tab in the settings menu.
You'll want to set up your triggers like mine on the left. Select the data stream to trigger on (you can use the drop-down list to select from existing streams once a data bucket has loaded or you can type in the stream name/key manually; *note Safari does not support HTML5 dropdown lists). In my example screenshot, I selected "Adam".
Select the conditional operator, in this case '=', and set it equal to either present (which I symbolized with the emoji 🏢 , aka "office") or whatever you used for not present (in my case 🚫 🏢 ).
Click the '+' button to add the Trigger condition and choose either email or SMS. Click the '+' button to add the action. You'll need to input any verification code if adding a new phone number or email to complete setup. Click done to return to the main screen.
Your trigger is now live and will fire when the condition is met!
I set mine up to text me when Adam, the hardest worker at Initial State, finally left the office:
