Notifications (Beta)

By Invitation Only

You are now able to turn on notifications for different types of objects in Hoylu by hovering over it and clicking on the bell icon. As of August 2024, you can turn on notifications for the following types of objects:

• Notes
• Shapes
• Tasks
• Milestones
• Constraints

Figure 1. Turn on and turn off in-app notifications with the bell icon on a Note.

DISCLAIMER

As this feature is still in Beta, if you are allowed to participate and are given access, please be aware that any new updates to this feature will reset all notifications, so you must return to the objects and follow them once again. Please contact your Customer Success Manager or Hoylu Support if you have any further questions. 

Turn On and Turn Off In-App Notifications

1. Hover over the object until you see a bell icon appear on the bottom right corner
   
   
2. Hover over the bell icon until it turns green
   
   
3. Click on the bell so it turns blue and has the lines on the sides indicating the bell is "ringing"(illustrated in Figure 1)

You will now be notified of actions performed on this object by other participants in the Workspace. The notification will appear on the top right corner of the Workspace as a bell with a red dot, indicating a new notification.

Figure 2. Notifications in the Workspace.

You are able to see the change made to the object, when it was changed, jump to its location in the Workspace, turn off notifications for the object, and see which user made the modification. The alert will also persist until you click the individual notification to dismiss it.

The notification will also appear in the upper right corner of the Dashboard, and it will provide you with a link to bring you directly to the object in its Workspace.

To turn off the notification, you can do so from the notification windows mentioned above or you can return to the object and follow these steps:

1. Hover over the object until you see the blue ringing bell icon appear on the bottom right corner (illustrated in Figure 1)
   
   
2. Hover over the bell icon until it turns red
   
   
3. Click on the bell icon

Turn On and Turn Off Email Notifications

You can also receive daily summaries of objects you follow in a Workspace in addition to the in-app notifications. As of August 2024, you will receive once-a-day summaries by email, which will also provide deep links back to the specific objects in the Workspace.

Figure 3. Turn on and turn off both in-app and email notifications on a Task.

1. Hover over the object until you see a bell icon appear on the bottom right corner
   
   
2. Hover over the bell icon until it turns green
   
   
3. Hold down the Ctrl (or Command on a Mac) key and click on the bell
   
   
4. Click on the new blue envelope icon to turn off notifications for this object