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About the Notification Icon and Notification Panes

You can access notifications by using the Notification icon. The Notification icon, which appears to the left of the drop-down list for the Saved Queries field in the top right corner of the application window, shows the number of notifications that you have not yet read. If this icon is blinking, then you have at least one unread message with a level of importance (or severity) of Urgent with Alert. Figure 15 shows an example of the Notification icon.

Figure 15. Example of the Notification Icon

When you click the Notification icon, the Notification Summary pane appears listing the summary text of each message. Figure 16 shows an example of the Notification Summary pane.

Figure 16. Example of the Notification Summary Pane

When you drill down on the summary text of a message in the Notification Summary pane, the Notification Details pane appears showing the detail for that message. A blinking Notification icon stops blinking when the Notification Details pane appears. Figure 17 shows an example of the Notification Details pane. When the Notification Details pane appears for an unread message, the message converts to a read message. Read messages are not included in the message number that appears in the Notification icon.

Figure 17. Example of the Notification Details Pane

In the Notification Summary pane, unread messages appear in bold text at the top of the pane and are sorted by message date with later messages listed before earlier messages. Read messages appear in italic text below the unread messages and are also sorted by message date with later messages listed before earlier messages.

You can delete unneeded messages in the Notification Summary pane so that you can more easily work with needed messages. You can delete only those messages with a Dismiss icon. Figure 16 shows an example of the Dismiss icon for the first message. To delete an unneeded message in the Notification Summary pane, click the Dismiss icon for that message. To close the Notification Summary pane and the Notification Details pane, click the X in the top right corner of the pane or click outside of the pane.