View Notifications in Workforce Planning
Objective
To respond messages sent from the Workforce Planning tool.
Background
Automatic notifications can be sent to users in Workforce Planning when information changes about project, people, assignments, or requests. After notification profiles are created, they can be assigned to users so that they receive the appropriate notifications. Notifications can be viewed in the Workforce Planning tool, by email, or in the Workforce Planning/LaborChart mobile app.
Things to Consider
- Required User Permissions:
- 'Read Only' or higher permissions on the Workforce Planning Tool.
- 'Read Only' or higher permissions on the Workforce Planning Tool.
- Additional Information:
- You cannot respond to notifications. See What messages and alerts can people respond to in Workforce Planning?
- Notifications can be received by email, the Workforce Planning/LaborChart Planning mobile app, or in the Workforce Planning tool. See View Notifications in Workforce Planning.
- To receive notifications via email, recipients must have the 'Enable Email' checkbox selected and an 'Email Address' entered on their Workforce Planning profile. See Edit People in Workforce Planning.
- To receive notifications through the Workforce Planning/LaborChart mobile app, recipients must have the 'Enable Mobile Notifications' checkbox marked on their Workforce Planning profile. See Edit People in Workforce Planning.
Prerequisites
Steps
You can view notifications in three (3) places:
View Notifications on the Workforce Planning Homepage
- Navigate to the Company level Workforce Planning tool.
All notifications appear in the 'Notification' section, with most recent notifications at the top of the list. Unread notifications have blue vertical line.
View Notifications by Email
- In your email client, open the notification to view.
View Notifications in the Workforce Planning/LaborChart Mobile App
- On your mobile device, open the Workforce Planning/LaborChart mobile app.
- Tap the more menu (≡) icon and select Communications.
- Tap the notification to view.