Purpose
1.2. Facilitate automating alerts to corporate partners' managers or admins when usage (e.g. entry or occupancy) approaches, meets, or exceeds contracted volume, preventing overuse disputes.
1.3. Automates periodic usage checks and document updates for compliance and reporting, integrating seamlessly with CRM and billing.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Automatedly triggers upon percentage or absolute number exceeding contract threshold.
2.3. Schedule-based automation for periodic usage evaluation (daily, weekly, monthly).
2.4. API webhook automation on real-time data change from parking management software.
Platform Variants
3.1. Twilio SMS
• Feature/Setting: SMS send API — automate alert to managers; configure usage in POST /Messages.
• Sample config: To=’manager_phone’, Body=’Usage at 90%’, From=’TwilioNumber’.
3.2. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Mail Send API — automates threshold reached emails; configure with /mail/send endpoint.
• Sample config: personalizations.to, subject ‘Garage Usage Alert’.
3.3. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhook — automate channel notification; configure webhook URL.
• Sample config: JSON payload with text: ‘Corporate garage at 95% usage’.
3.4. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhook — automate alert to group; setup webhook, push JSON message.
3.5. PagerDuty
• Feature/Setting: Event API v2 — automate critical escalation; POST incident with ‘Threshold Breach’ summary.
3.6. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Workflow Rule — automate case/task creation when usage exceeds via API or Flow.
3.7. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: Workflow Automation — automate email and call scheduling using Usage field trigger.
3.8. Zendesk
• Feature/Setting: Trigger — automate ticket creation on breach using API integration.
3.9. Google Sheets
• Feature/Setting: Apps Script or Webhook — automates row addition/status update on threshold event.
3.10. ServiceNow
• Feature/Setting: Flow Designer — automate incident assignment when API posts new threshold breach.
3.11. Outlook (Office 365)
• Feature/Setting: Automated email via Power Automate; event-triggered dispatch to partner.
3.12. Mailgun
• Feature/Setting: Messages API — automates notifications via email upon threshold via /messages endpoint.
3.13. Asana
• Feature/Setting: Task Creation API — automate adding a task ‘Check corporate garage usage’.
3.14. Trello
• Feature/Setting: Card automation with API /1/cards — automate alert by creating card in list.
3.15. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Scheduler/Trigger — automate detect + disseminate multi-channel alerts.
3.16. Freshdesk
• Feature/Setting: Automated Ticket via API — automates notification as new ticket.
3.17. Jira
• Feature/Setting: Automated Issue Creation via REST API at threshold breach.
3.18. Google Chat
• Feature/Setting: Webhook Bot — automate space alert on threshold condition.
3.19. WhatsApp Business API
• Feature/Setting: Automatedly send usage breach via /messages endpoint.
3.20. Splunk
• Feature/Setting: Alert Action on Field Threshold – automate sending HTTP POST or email.
3.21. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: Automation recipe — triggers item/status update on usage alert.
3.22. Discord
• Feature/Setting: Webhook Bot — automate notification to designated partner channel.
3.23. Notion
• Feature/Setting: Database update API — automate log entry and page update on usage incident.
Benefits
4.2. Automating compliance with contract limits reduces revenue leakage and manual errors.
4.3. Ensures timely intervention by automating management notification before issues escalate.
4.4. Multi-channel, automatable workflows adapt to all partner preferences (SMS, email, chat, tickets).
4.5. Automated logging builds audit trails for legal and performance reporting.