2 Using Notifications
The Oracle Life Sciences Data Hub (Oracle LSH) Home Page displays all your notifications. You can use the View drop-down list to filter the displayed notifications. You must refresh the screen periodically to see the latest notifications.
This section contains information on the following topics:
About Notifications
Notifications are messages sent to you within Oracle LSH either to give you information or to request your approval. Notifications that do not require a response are called FYI (For Your Information) Notifications. Notifications that request a response are called Approval Notifications.
You can view a Notification by clicking its hyperlink. See the following topics for details:
View
Use the View drop-down list to select which Notifications to display. The choices are:
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Open Notifications displays all FYI and Approval Notifications that you have not yet viewed or responded to.
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FYI Notifications displays all Notifications of type FYI that you have not yet viewed.
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Notifications From Me displays all the Notifications you send; for example, if you use the Request Further Information option to request information from someone else, you get a copy of the Notification that goes to the other person.
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To Do Notifications displays all Approval Notifications to which you have not yet responded.
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All Notifications displays all of the above types of Notifications.
The following information is displayed for each Notification. You can sort your Notifications by clicking on any heading: From, Type, Subject, Sent, or Due. By default they are displayed by date, with the most recent at the top.
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Type
There are the following types of Notifications:
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FYI (For Your Information). No response necessary.
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Approval Request. A response—Accept or Reject—is requested. Oracle LSH keeps a record of the response.
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Subject
The subject of the Notification; should contain information about the contents of the Notification. Click on the hyperlink in the Subject column to view the entire Notification.
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Due
The due date of the Notification. This is applicable only for Notifications of type Approval. If you do not respond by the due date, the Approval will either time out with a status of failure or go to a different person for approval.
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Viewing Notifications
When you have Notifications and select a View that displays them, the following information is displayed for each Notification. See the following topics for details:
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Type
This information appears across the top of the screen, under the My Home and other tabs. It also states whether a response is required.
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Status
The status of the notification: Open, Closed, Cancelled (for Notifications that have timed out).
If a notification requiring approval has been approved or rejected, that information is contained in the body of the notification: "This notification was closed with status Approved/Rejected." The Status is set to Closed.
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Message
The system displays the message of the notification below these fields.
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URL
In the message, there may be a link to a report or other output. Click the link to display the output.
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Acting on Notifications
For informational Notifications, click OK to indicate that you have read the Notification. Its status changes to Closed and it no longer appears as an Open Notification.
Select Display next notification after my response if you have multiple notifications to view and you prefer not to go back to the Home page and click on the next one. Whether you click OK, reassign the notification, or request information, when you have finished your work on the current notification, the system displays the next one in the order you have displayed
Click Reassign to reassign the notification to an alternate user. See Reassigning Notifications.
Click Request Information if you need additional information regarding the notification. See Requesting Additional Information.
Click Return to Worklist to return to the Oracle LSH Home Page.
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Acting on an Approval Request
For Approval Requests, your choices are to:
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Approve
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Reject
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Reassign; see Reassigning Notifications
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Request additional information; see Requesting Additional Information
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Reassigning Notifications
If you are not able to action an assigned notification for any reason, you can reassign it to another Oracle LSH user.
To Reassign a Notification:
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Requesting Additional Information
As part of the notification process, you can request additional information from either members of the workflow or any other Oracle LSH user.
To Request for Additional Information:
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