The Inbox tab in Notification Center contains two types of notification events:
- logged-in user's assignments
- logged-in user's @mentions
Assignments
An assignment event as displayed in Inbox is presented in the picture:
Legend to the illustration:
- New event marker - disappears after you click the item (thus "having acted" on the event)
- Name of the activity you have been assigned to
- Name of the project your assignment belongs to
- Date & time of assignment
- More actions pertaining to the tab as a whole
- More actions pertaining to the item alone
More actions
Each item in Inbox has a "More actions" button that opens into a menu. In the current version, the only action on the menu is Archive. It is used to send a notification event to Archive.
Archiving assignments
To archive an assignment:
- Place the mouse pointer on the assignment, thus highlighting its row.
- Click the More actions button (6 on the legend above).
- Select Archive on the menu that opens.
Unarchiving assignments
To unarchive an assignment:
- Go to the Archive tab.
- Place the mouse pointer on the assignment, thus highlighting its row.
- Click the More actions button.
- Select Unarchive on the menu that opens.
@mentions
All incoming @mentions are aggregated on the Inbox tab for ease of reference. You can archive incoming @mentions and unarchive archived ones. You also have the opportunity to go directly to the message board where a @mention was posted
Legend to the illustration:
- Name of the activity you have been @mentioned at
- Name of the project
- Author of the message in which you were @mentioned
- Date & time of a @mention
- More actions pertaining to the tab as a whole
- More actions pertaining to the item alone
More actions
Each item in Inbox has a "More actions" button that opens into a menu. In the current version, the only action on the menu is Archive. It is used to send a notification event to Archive.
Archiving @mentions
To archive a @mention:
- Place the mouse pointer on the @mention, thus highlighting its row.
- Click the More actions button (6 on the legend above).
- Select Archive on the menu that opens.
Unarchiving @mentions
To unarchive an @mention:
- Go to the Archive tab.
- Place the mouse pointer on the @mention, thus highlighting its row.
- Click the More actions button.
- Select Unarchive on the menu that opens.
Accessing messageboard from Mention page
You can always access the message board where a @mention is made.
To access the message board of a @mention:
- Access the Mentions page, Incoming or Archive tab.
- Click anywhere on the row of the @mention you want to access the message board of (except for the Archive or Unarchive controls as described above, see Archiving/Unarchiving @mentions).