Utilize the Inbox and set notifications

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Utilize the Inbox and set notifications

Within Flow Production Tracking, every user has an Inbox. The Inbox can be accessed via the Inbox tab in the global navigation menu.

Flow Production Tracking Inbox in the navigation bar

On the left hand-side of the Inbox, users will see a list of notifications. Users can filter their Inbox to show only messages that are about specific updates, like publishes or notes, or they can hide read messages to show only those messages they haven’t yet got to.

Upon setup, the user's site may ask users if they'd like to display desktop notifications for their Inbox. Users can choose "okay" to receive notifications in this way.

Through the concept of following, users can receive notifications when new Notes, Versions, Publishes, or other important changes are made on anything related to a user's work. Notifications are sent to a user’s Inbox.

To receive notifications, users need to be following those things that they want to be notified about.

First, users can set the kind of notifications they will receive.

Setting up what kinds of notifications to receive

From Account Settings, users can go to the My Follow Settings tab. From this tab, users can set up which information they will be subscribed to receive notifications on.

Users can choose to be notified if a note, version, or file is published to a site and linked to a task a user is following.

Users can also choose to be notified if the assignment, bid, start date, due date, or status of a task they are following is updated.

Being notified of changes to tasks directly in a user's Inbox can ensure users stay on top of any changes and expectations in real-time.

Once the kinds of notifications a user will receive are set, they can choose what to follow.

Following

To receive notifications on specific things in Flow Production Tracking, users must follow those things directly.

To follow: 

  • Go into any entity detail page.
  • Click on the "Follow" button, located on the top right of the page.

Once a user has set up their notification settings, and has started following something, they’ll receive a notification in their Inbox whenever there is an update to that thing.