Sample customised notifications view to increase Notifications polling and separate delays for Notifications from Meetings and Calls reminders

notifications.js

// Enrico Simonetti
// enricosimonetti.com
//
// 2017-11-24 tested on Sugar 7.9.2.0
// Sample customised notifications view to increase Notifications polling and separate delays for Notifications from Meetings and Calls reminders
//
// IMPORTANT: Lowering the delay values through the configuration options will increase the frequency of the amount of requests completed to the server, for every user's open browser tab. You need to consider the server load implications and sizing requirements.
//
// file: custom/clients/base/views/notifications/notifications.js

({
    extendsFrom: 'NotificationsView',

    _lastReminderRun: 0,
    _customDelayReminderRun: 0,

    initialize: function(options) {
        this._super('initialize', [options]);
    },

    _pullReminders: function(bulkApiId) {
        var now = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);

        if(_.isEmpty(this.meta.customStopReminders)) {
            // set the configured interval on first run
            if(this._customDelayReminderRun === 0) {
                this._customDelayReminderRun = this.meta.customDelayReminderRun || 120;
            }

            // run actual pull only when the customDelayReminderRun has elapsed
            if(this._lastReminderRun < (now - this._customDelayReminderRun)) {
                this._lastReminderRun = now;
                return this._super('_pullReminders', [bulkApiId]);
            }
        }
    }
})

notifications.php

<?php

// Enrico Simonetti
// enricosimonetti.com
//
// 2017-11-24 tested on Sugar 7.9.2.0
// Sample config for customised notifications view to increase Notifications polling and separate delays for Notifications from Meetings and Calls reminders
//
// IMPORTANT: Lowering the delay values will increase the frequency of the amount of requests completed to the server, for every user's open browser tab. You need to consider the server load implications and sizing requirements.
//
// file: custom/clients/base/views/notifications/notifications.php

$viewdefs['base']['view']['notifications']['delay'] = 2; // in minutes. drives the frequency of API requests
$viewdefs['base']['view']['notifications']['customDelayReminderRun'] = 600; // in seconds. This is a timespan delay for Meetings and Calls reminders, based on the main frequency of execution based on the original delay option
$viewdefs['base']['view']['notifications']['customStopReminders'] = false; // boolean. It prevents Meetings and Calls reminders retrieval