# Add/Modify Messages

On this screen you set up the message an employee receives when they [Clock In/Out](https://docs.pizzagest.com/books/pizzagest-O9f/page/clock-inout).

**How to get here:** **Add** or **Modify** button on the [Messages](https://docs.pizzagest.com/books/pizzagest-O9f/page/messages) screen.

<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://pav-bookstack-docs-uploads.s3.eu-west-par.io.cloud.ovh.net/uploads/images/gallery/2026-09/cqBiFVxCBJ84x1q3-insertar-mensaje.png" alt="Insert messages screen"></p>

## Center

- **Source**: the branch from which you are generating the message.
- **Destination**: choose whether you send the message to a single [branch](https://docs.pizzagest.com/books/pizzagest-O9f/page/branches) (choose it from the drop-down list), to a [branch grouping](https://docs.pizzagest.com/books/pizzagest-O9f/page/branch-grouping) (choose it from the drop-down list) or to all the branches.

## Employee

- **Sends**: the name of the employee who has set up the message. It is the employee who, at the moment of creating the message, is identified in the system through the [Restricted options](https://docs.pizzagest.com/books/pizzagest-O9f/page/sign-inout).

### Receives

- **Employee**: tick this option to send the message to a specific [employee](https://docs.pizzagest.com/books/pizzagest-O9f/page/branch-employees), and choose them from the drop-down list.
- **Professional standing**: tick this option to send the message to all the employees with the same [professional standing](https://docs.pizzagest.com/books/pizzagest-O9f/page/professional-standings), and choose it from the drop-down list.

## Expiry and message

- **Expires**: the date until which the message appears to the employee or employees you have selected.
- **Message**: in this text area, write the message that appears on the **Pending messages** screen to the employee or employees you have selected, when they [Clock In/Out](https://docs.pizzagest.com/books/pizzagest-O9f/page/clock-inout).

<p class="callout info">If the employee validates the message on the <strong>Pending messages</strong> screen, the message no longer appears to them when they clock in/out, even if the expiry date has not been reached.</p>

## Buttons

- **Save**: click it when you have finished setting up the message.
- **Cancel**: closes the screen without making any changes.