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    Create notification categories

    You can create notification categories to identify and group related notifications that are listed in the notification settings for your users.

    Before you begin

    Role required: admin

    About this task

    Before adding new categories, review the base system notification categories in the Notification Categories [sys_notification_category] table to determine if you need a new category.

    Procedure

    1. Navigate to System Notification > Email > Notification Categories.
    2. Click New.
    3. Enter the Name of the category to identify the family of notifications. Provide a category name that is meaningful to your users, so that they can easily find their notifications under the appropriate category in their notification settings.
    4. Enter a Short description to identify the category.
    5. Click Submit.

    Result

    The system adds the new category to the Notification Categories [sys_notification_category] table. After you create at least one, active notification that uses the new category, the category and notification are listed in the notification settings for users (Notifications tab in the System Settings window).
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    • Create an email notification
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    • Email templates
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    • Email retention
    • Watermarks on notification emails
    • Email digests
    • Domain separation and Notifications
    • Troubleshooting notification emails

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      Create notification categories

      You can create notification categories to identify and group related notifications that are listed in the notification settings for your users.

      Before you begin

      Role required: admin

      About this task

      Before adding new categories, review the base system notification categories in the Notification Categories [sys_notification_category] table to determine if you need a new category.

      Procedure

      1. Navigate to System Notification > Email > Notification Categories.
      2. Click New.
      3. Enter the Name of the category to identify the family of notifications. Provide a category name that is meaningful to your users, so that they can easily find their notifications under the appropriate category in their notification settings.
      4. Enter a Short description to identify the category.
      5. Click Submit.

      Result

      The system adds the new category to the Notification Categories [sys_notification_category] table. After you create at least one, active notification that uses the new category, the category and notification are listed in the notification settings for users (Notifications tab in the System Settings window).
      Related tasks
      • Create an email notification
      Related concepts
      • Email templates
      • Email layouts
      • Email retention
      • Watermarks on notification emails
      • Email digests
      • Domain separation and Notifications
      • Troubleshooting notification emails

      Tags:

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