What You Can Do with Notifications

A notification is a message sent to one or more recipients that includes one or more tasks that the recipients must complete. There are two types of notifications:

• A manual notification is sent on a one-time basis to one or more users. For example, you might create a manual notification asking store managers to set up a display associated with a new promotion.

• A system notification is automatically sent to one or more users when a particular equation is met. For example, you might create a system notification that will alert general managers to order more stock when inventory of a product falls below a certain level.

Note: The low resolution version of the Notifications tab does not display the System Notifications folder, the Rules folder, or the Task List Templates folder. If you think you are supposed to be able to manage system notifications, rules, or task list templates, contact your portal administrator.

What do you want to do:

• View notifications:

• View notifications that have been sent to you (in your Inbox).
  When you view a notification, you can also view its associated documents, tips, comments, and tasks; you can add your own tips or comments; and you can change the status of the tasks.

• View notifications for which you have completed all tasks (in your Closed folder).

• View notifications that have been sent to users you manage (in your Manage folder).

• View archived notifications for the users you manage (in the Archive folder).

The following options only apply to users who have permission to create notifications:

• View manual notifications that have not been sent yet (in your Outbox).

• View notifications that you have sent or recall a notification (in your Sent Items folder).

• Create or edit a notification:

• Create or edit a one-time notification (manual notification).

• Create or edit a notification that is sent automatically when certain situations occur (system notification).
  Note: This feature is not available in the low resolution version.

• Delete a notification:

• Delete a manual notification (from your Outbox).

• Recall a notification (from your Sent Items folder).

• Delete a system notification.
  Note: This feature is not available in the low resolution version.

• Create, edit, or delete a system notification folder.
  Note: This feature is not available in the low resolution version.