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My settings - notifications

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Overview

On the Notifications page, you can adjust your personal notification preferences.

The settings are combined under three sections: Push notifications, Email notifications and Follower notifications. See Activity following to learn more.

Check out the table below for each of the settings.

 

Field/Control Description Comments
     
Push Notifications
Enable push notifications Push notifications are controlled by your browser and are designed to instantly deliver messages about new events as a popup window in the corner of your screen.  The notifications work in Chrome and Firefox only.
     
Follow
     
I would like to become a follower automatically when...
I create an activity Toggle switch Turn it on to follow an activity you create 

I am assigned to an activity

 Toggle switch Turn it on to follow new assignments  

I add a message to an activity

 Toggle switch Turn it on to follow activities you post a message to 

Someone mentions me on an activity messageboard

 Toggle switch  Turn it on to follow activities on whose messageboard you have been mentioned
     
Email Notifications
 
Do not send me any email notifications If you choose this option, Easy Projects will not send you notifications. You will Still get notifications about mentions, approval requests and new assignments.
Send me email notifications Choose this setting if you want to receive notifications from Easy Projects.  
Notify me about activities scheduled to end
A dropdown list:
  • Never
  • 1 day in advance
  • 2 days in advance
  • 3 days in advance
  • 4 days in advance
  • 5 days in advance
  • 6 days in advance
  • 7 days in advance
 This setting offers a range of choices. Choose whichever is appropriate. You will receive notification only on activities where you are one of the following:
  1. An assignee on the activities; or
  2. A member of the respective projects with 'Manage members' permission.
Send me a list of activities visible to me for the week ahead:
A dropdown list:
  • Never
  • Every Monday (The option and everyone below has a sub-list of options: 'at 12 am, at 1 am, etc.'.)
  • Every Tuesday
  • Every Wednesday 
  • Every Thursday 
  • Every Friday 
  • Every Saturday 
  • Every Sunday 
 Select whichever choice is appropriate. You will receive notification for:
  1. Activities where StartDate ≥ Today and StartDate ≤ Today+7 days; and you can view them and are a member of their projects. 
  2. Activities where EndDate ≥ Today AND EndDate ≤ Today+7 days; and you can view them and are a member of their projects.
  3. Events (on Calendar) where Today ≤ StartDate ≤ Today + 7 days OR Today + 1 day ≤ EndDate ≤ Today +7 days.
Send notification as...
A dropdown list:
  • A summary email combining all new notifications (The option has a sub-list of options: 'every 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 (default) hours', or 'every day'.)
  • A separate email for each new notification
 Two choices are available:
  • 'A summary email combining all new notifications' (The option has a sub-list of options: 'every 1, 2, 4 (default), 8, 12 hours', or 'every day'.)
  • 'A separate email for each new notification'
Notify by email about: As Project Member As Follower
  1. Activity added*
  2. Date updates
  3. Status updates
  4. Messages & files
  5. Expense updates
  6. Other events**
  1. Y/N Switch
  2. Y/N Switch
  3. Y/N Switch
  4. Y/N Switch
  5. Y/N Switch
  6. Y/N Switch
  1. Y/N Switch
  2. Y/N Switch
  3. Y/N Switch
  4. Y/N Switch
  5. Y/N Switch
  6. Y/N Switch
* This includes adding a subactivity by another user to an activity being followed.
** Other events include updates of name, type, hours, progress, priority, category, etc.
You will never be notified about events related to draft or template projects.
Events you will be notified about include ones related to closed projects, i.e. whose status is a treat-as-completed one. See Workflows.

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