Alerts & Notifications

Recent Activity Widget Dashboard

The recent activity widget is unique to each user and displays (in real-time) any activity happening on any projects associated with that user.

Activity gets shown if:

1. The project was created by the user

2. The user is associated to the project as a team member

3. The user has been invited into the review process of a project
   

The Recent Activity Widget displays events on any of the projects the user can view in the "My Projects" area.

Events from the following categories will display in the recent activity dashboard.

• Project Events
• Proof Events
• Note Events
• Task Events
• Workflow Step Events

As the recent activity list populates, it will display a brief activity description along with the avatar of the user that initiated the activity. A small preview (if possible) and a live link to the event will also get generated, which, if clicked, will take the user directly to that activity (even if it is within a proof).

As events appear in the recent activity widget, a red dot will appear next to the project in the recently accessed projects and my project's windows. This indicate activity has occurred on the project.

Users can customize what information they want to display in the Recent Activity window (on a per-user basis) by clicking on Dashboard Event Filter under the Settings menu. 

The short video below shows the Recent Activity Window, along with a user changing the dashboard event filters.

See below for a full list of all the Recent Activity Filters that can be applied on a per-user basis to determine what will show in the Recent Activity window in the home dashboard.

Scheduled Activity Report

The Scheduled Activity Report allows users to determine what activity/s from the Recent Activity Dashboard they wish to receive in an email report and at what frequency.

The recent Activity Dashboard works in real-time, so it is quite probable a user could miss project activity information as it is scrolling live in the application.

The Scheduled Activity Report allows the user to set up a scheduled activity report containing the information they require at the frequency they want.

From the Settings menu a user can select Scheduled Activity Report and then determine:

• The email frequency, choosing from None, Hourly, Daily and Weekly
• If Daily is chosen the user can specify the time of day the email gets sent
• If Weekly is chosen the user can determine the day of the week, and time of the day the email gets sent
• The User can tick what activities from Project, Proof, Note, Task and Workflow steps they wish to be notified on when the report is delivered

Once the user has selected the desired preferences, they will start to receive email notifications about the events they were interested in, at the frequency they stipulated.

Please note, the Scheduled Activity Report is a summary of information that gets posted into the Recent Activity Dashboard. 

The short video below shows user setting preferences inside the Scheduled Activity window:

See below for Scheduled Activity Report settings:

Project Email Notifications

Individual users can define what Project Notifications they wish to receive and at what frequency. (Notifications about the progression of a project)

The project notifications are specific to activity within projects that the user is associated too. The settings applied will become the user's default notification settings. If the user gets added to a project, then these settings will automatically be applied. 

Please note when a project gets created, the initiator of the project can override the user's default email settings on that specific project. This is to ensure any urgent projects can get instant notifications rather than none, hourly, or daily. 

Users can select Default Project Notifications from the Settings menu and decide the email frequency on the following events:

• When I'm added to a Project
• On new proof version
• On proof approval
• On any notes
• On comments on my note/s
• Email on completed tasks
• On completed workflow step
• On project approval

Each event can get configured to send emails at any of the following frequencies:

• None
• Send Instantly
• Hourly Grouped
• Daily Grouped

The short video below shows the Project Email Notification Settings:

See below for Project Email Notification settings:

Grouping Task Email

Grouping Task Email allows users to specify the email alert frequency when they get added to a task. (Individual task notifications)

The Grouping Task Email works alongside the individual's "To-Do List" with these notifications being specific to tasks that got assigned to the user. 

Many Aproove Work Management users tick the "No Email" option because they prefer to use the "To Do" list dashboard, and leave the Aproove WM open. However, many users do not need to be inside the application continuously. These users would prefer to receive an email notification about any tasks that have been assigned to them (they will still appear in the users "To-Do List").

Users can select from;

• No email (Access assigned tasks via the "To Do" List)
• Instant reception - receive an email for every task right away
• Scheduled grouping 

If Scheduled grouping is selected, the user can define the frequency with a preferred date and time of the email delivery (if daily or weekly is selected). The user also has the option to group the email on a per-project basis and also specify if they only want notification on new tasks (if unselected, the email will contain all open tasks).

The short video below shows the Grouping Task Email options: