Manage Folder

To learn what notifications are and what they are used for, refer to What You Can Do with Notifications. To learn about the Archive folder, refer to Archive Folder.

The Manage folder displays all the notifications that have been sent to the users you manage. It displays the following information for each notification:

Column

Description

Displays a flag when one or more tasks associated with the notification is overdue.

Displays the importance of the notification. signifies high priority; signifies low priority.

To

Displays the users to whom the notification was sent.

Subject

Displays a brief description of the notification.

Categories

Displays the categories associated with the notification.

Recipients

Displays the number of users that you manage who received the notification.

% Complete

Displays the percentage of users that have completed all tasks associated with the notification.

Sent Date

Displays the date and time when the notification was sent.

Due Date

Displays the date by which the latest task must be completed.

You can perform the following actions in the Manage folder:

Notification Details

When you click a notification, the following details display:

Detail

Description

From

Displays the user who sent this notification.

Status

Displays whether any action has been taken on this notification.

  • New—none of the users who received this notification have changed the status of any task.

  • In Progress—at least one user has changed the status of at least one task.

  • Overdue—at least one task has not been completed before the due date by at least one user.

Subject

Displays a brief description of this notification.

Categories

Displays the categories associated with this notification.

Attachments

Displays any documents associated with this notification. Click a document to view it.

Start Date

Displays the date on which the earliest task is scheduled to begin.

Due Date

Displays the date by which the latest task must be completed.

Tips

Click Tips to display any approved tips associated with this notification or to add a new tip. You can also specify whether you find each tip helpful.

Notification Text

Displays the full description of this notification.

Task List

Displays the following information:

  • The first row displays a column heading for each task associated with this notification.

  • The second row displays the due date for each task.

  • The remaining rows display the following information:

Column

Description

User

Displays the store and user name of one of the users to whom this notification was sent.

Comments

Click to add a comment for this user. Click to view any comments sent to or from this user.

Status

Displays the overall status—the percentage of tasks associated with this notification that have been finished by this user.

Task Status

Displays this user's status of each task. Tasks are highlighted according to their status:

  • Closed tasks are highlighted in green.

  • Tasks that have not been completed but are not overdue are highlighted in yellow.

  • Overdue tasks are highlighted in red.