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# Notifications

The Notification feature is a way to send and receive messages from processes to people (the platform user). By default, it has **Inbox** and **Trash** folders. The data store refresh and copy of a story document get communicated through this feature.

## Notification Inbox

* Click the ***Notification*** option using the Platform homepage header (the Notification icon appears with the count of unread notifications).
* A window opens with the latest 3 notifications.
* Click the ***See All*** option.

      ![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/yLpkzJD96KjNdjlzFpyB/blobs/jMl1OoWpywSnDOQNfmnz/image.png)

* The notification ***Inbox*** page opens displaying the latest notification in detail (by default).

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{% hint style="info" %}
*<mark style="color:green;">Please Note:</mark> Unread Notifications are indicated through numbers on the Notification icon.*
{% endhint %}

***Icons provided on the inbox window:***

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="150"></th><th width="175.90909090909093"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Icons</strong></td><td><strong>Name</strong></td><td><strong>Task Assigned</strong></td></tr><tr><td> <img src="https://290203958-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FyLpkzJD96KjNdjlzFpyB%2Fuploads%2FRC5kL87ywhoTSSNdRGju%2Fimage.png?alt=media&amp;token=fce83a85-d1a5-414e-b612-92c1547264e6" alt=""></td><td>Refresh</td><td>Receives the latest messages</td></tr><tr><td><img src="https://290203958-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FyLpkzJD96KjNdjlzFpyB%2Fuploads%2FM1ZeloWUaAaoZYykHbub%2Fimage.png?alt=media&amp;token=62710f79-a7ac-4c24-bb5a-eee1c84d1f9e" alt="" data-size="original"></td><td>Delete</td><td>Moves the selected messages to the Trash folder</td></tr><tr><td><img src="https://290203958-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FyLpkzJD96KjNdjlzFpyB%2Fuploads%2F8pOcxEXto069GCYxvRXw%2Fimage.png?alt=media&amp;token=d82f1094-65d1-465f-8027-c2eea2721ed5" alt="" data-size="original"></td><td>Mark unread</td><td>Marks messages status as ‘<strong>unread</strong>’</td></tr><tr><td><img src="https://290203958-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FyLpkzJD96KjNdjlzFpyB%2Fuploads%2F6iASowtI9eVSheBtoBGF%2Fimage.png?alt=media&amp;token=0922edae-2ecc-4e55-9fca-52dbeb75a0a3" alt="" data-size="original"></td><td>Mark read</td><td>Marks messages status as ‘<strong>read</strong>’</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Moving a Notification message into Trash Folder

* Click the ***Delete***  icon from the header panel of the notification inbox.

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* A message window appears to confirm the action of moving the selected notification to Trash.
* Click the **Yes** option to move the notification(s) to Trash.&#x20;

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* A message appears to confirm that the selected notification(s) has been moved to the Trash folder.   &#x20;

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* Click the drop-down option to get the **Trash** option.&#x20;
* Click the **Trash** option. &#x20;

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* The notifications under the Trash folder get displayed (the latest notification opens in details (by default).

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## Mark Notifications as Read or Unread&#x20;

{% hint style="success" %}
*Check out the given illustration on how to mark the notification messages as read or unread.*
{% endhint %}

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***Mark the Notification messages as Read or Unread***
{% endembed %}

* The left panel contains ***Notification*** icon. The number of notifications displayed at the top of the ***Notification*** icon indicates the unread notification messages.

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* Click on the ***Notification*** icon.
* A window opens with the ***See All*** option and displaying the ***Last 3 Unread Notifications***.
* Click the ***See All*** option to display all the notification messages in the Inbox (By default, the Inbox folder opens).

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* The notification Inbox opens displaying all the available notifications.
* Use a check mark in the given checkbox besides the search bar to select all the notifications. or Select the notifications by using the checkboxes provided next to those notification messages.
* Click the ***Mark read*** icon.

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* The ***Make it Read*** window appears.
* Click the ***Yes*** option.

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* A notification message appears.

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* All the notifications status get updated as Read and the numbers indicating the unread notifications disappears.

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* Navigate to the Inbox page and  select the notification messages either by using the checkbox provided for the ***Select All*** or selecting the individual messages by using the checkboxes next to them.
* Click the ***Mark Unread*** icon.

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* The Make it Unread window appears.
* Click the Yes option.

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* A notification message appears.

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* All the notifications or the selected notification messages will turn Unread, and the number indicating the unread notifications appears at the top of the notification icon.

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