# How to Send a Notification with a Manually Released Activity

**URL:** <https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/how-to-send-a-notification-with-a-manually-released-activity/1449>\
**Category:** How-To\
**Tags:** how-to:activity\
**Created:** [November 22, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/how-to-send-a-notification-with-a-manually-released-activity/1449 "2025-11-22T15:00:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 22, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/how-to-send-a-notification-with-a-manually-released-activity/1449/1 "2025-11-22T15:00:30Z")

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This guide explains a workaround to send a one-time message to all participants in a study using a manually released survey.

## The Situation

You are running a study and need to send a one-time message to all participants (e.g., over 600 people). The standard [one-off notification](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/notifications/1277#p-2904-one-off-notifications-8) tool is designed for smaller, targeted groups and lacks a “select all” option, making it impractical for large cohorts.

To send a message to everyone at once, you can [manually release](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/activity-sessions/1235#p-2862-release-an-activity-13) the survey. However, if you try to [publish](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/surveys/1286#p-2913-publish-surveys-12) the survey, you will encounter an error. This error occurs because your [notification template](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/notifications/1277#p-2904-notification-templates-1) is set to trigger on [“Session Released”](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/notifications/1277#p-2904-creating-notification-templates-2). Since the activity lacks a scheduled [triggering logic](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/triggering-logics/1238), the system cannot determine when to send this notification.

 ![The error message showing missing triggering logic.](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a0f9a51e5a07d6cf6eb3185b8719b562aa1a931f.png)

The system requires a schedulable trigger (like a [Time TL](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/triggering-logics/1238#p-2865-time-tl-5)) to validate a “Session Released” notification, even if you only plan to release the activity manually.

## What to Do?

Here is a simple workaround: add a **dummy** [**Time Triggering Logic**](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/triggering-logics/1238#p-2865-time-tl-5) that **never automatically** triggers a [session](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/terminology/1288#p-2915-session-38). This will allow you to publish the activity with the notification linked.

1. **Create Your Survey:**

2. **Add a “Dummy” Time Triggering Logic:**

3. **Link Your Notification Template:**

4. **Publish the Activity:**

5. **Release the Activity to Participants:**

## Pro Tip

You can reuse this activity for future announcements. Instead of creating a new survey from scratch each time, simply edit the content of the [Information question](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/questions/1291#p-2918-information-14), [publish](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/surveys/1286#p-2913-publish-surveys-12) the changes, and [release](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/activity-sessions/1235#p-2862-release-an-activity-13) the activity again to your participants.