Two types of notifications are available to you.
You may follow a dataset or page to be notified the next time it is updated. This is popular for lower frequency data (quarterly, annual, etc) and pages used in regular internal and subscription reports.
You may also set alerts on specific time series of datato learn about fluctuations in the data. This option is popular with higher frequency data (daily, weekly, even monthly).
Updates to Datasets and Pages
If you are interested in receiving notifications when datasets and pages of interest are updated, you can follow (+) these resources.
- Look for a + sign to activate notifications about updates.
- To stop following a resource, deselect the checkmark icon on a resource or visit your user settings accessible from the top right drop-down menu or directly at {URL}/user/subscriptions.
From the user subscription page, you can also control your notification schedule (never, immediately, once a day, once a week, once a month) or deactivate e-mail notifications to access notifications from the platform. You can also delete existing update notices here.
Alerts on Time Series
Do you want to be notified about fluctuations in data that matters to you? Subscribe to data alerts wherever you see the alert (bell) symbol. For example:
- Open a dataset.
- Select data using the dimensions on the left.
- After making your data selection, a bell icon will appear in the action bar along the top. Click the icon.
- If you have chosen multiple time series, select the desired time series from the drop-down menu.
- Now set the conditions for the alert:
- Indicator value is less than # units.
- Indicator value exceeds # units.
Notifications Center
The fastest route to your notifications center is the bell icon located in the top banner of your platform. You may also select My Resources from the top-right menu (usually your initials in a circle) and choose the notifications tab.
Use the menu to filter by the two types of notifications. You can view, dismiss or open notifications from your Notifications Center.
Not interested in these notifications anymore, or need to revise them? Select the cog icon in the top right of the notifications space to review the frequency of notifications by email, edit, or remove your notifications.