Setting Work Notifications preferences

Work Notifications allow you keep track of a UOW's progress without having to log in. Instead, you receive emails when the work changes states.

Before you begin

In order to receive work notifications, you must ensure that you have a valid email address entered in the system.

About this task

You can be notified when a UOW changes to one or more specific state. UOWs can be those submitted by you, or by a member of your group, or they can be UOWs for which you are an approver.

Procedure

  1. To access the Preferences window, click User Preferences, or click File > Preferences from the main dialog.
  2. Select Work Notifications on the navigation tree.

    The Work Notifications dialog is displayed and all work states are listed.
  3. columns next to the work states for each association (user, group, approver).
  4. For each of the listed UOW states, select one or more of the following options:
    Note: To be notified of all state changes, select All.
    User
    Select the User checkbox against a specific state in order to be notified when a UOW you submitted enters that state.
    Group
    Select the Group checkbox against a specific state in order to be notified when a UOW that was submitted by someone in your user group enters that state.
    Approver
    Select the Approver checkbox against a specific state in order to be notified when a UOW for which you are an approver enters that state.
    Restriction: Selecting the Approver checkbox against a specific state will only have an effect if you have 'Manager Work' permissions.
  5. Click Apply to save the settings, or click OK to save the settings and exit the Preferences window.

Results

You will start to receive emails as soon as a UOW enters a state for which you signed up.