Setting Your Profile and Notifications

You can edit your own profile (e.g., avatar, contact information, password) and choose which actions will trigger notifications to you.

Permission Required?

No special permission is required to edit your profile and notification settings.

How to Set Your Profile and Notifications

  1. At the top of Central, click your avatar or name.
  2. Select any of the options on the left, then complete the fields on the right or in the dialog that opens.

    Settings

    Use the fields on the right to set your avatar and provide general information about yourself. If you do not choose an image for the avatar, Central will use your initials.

    If your license is enabled for single sign-on (SSO), you can also choose what happens when you log out of Central. See Single Sign-On and Setting the Logout Behavior for Single Sign-On.

    Password

    Use the fields on the right to change your password.

    Your password must have at least 12 characters, including at least one capital, one non-alpha character (e.g., exclamation mark), and one number.

    Note If you belong to more than one MadCap Central license, your password will be changed for all licenses.

    access

    Click Edit, then expand the sections, and select check boxes to associate yourself with various teams and projects.

    Assign New Task

    In the dialog, complete the fields to create a new task and assign it to yourself or another user. Then click Save. For descriptions, see Creating and Assigning Tasks.

    Activity

    This lets you see the most recent activities involving you.

    Permissions

    If you are a User Administrator, you can use the check boxes on the right to give yourself permission for certain activities. For descriptions, see Setting User Permissions.

    Notifications

    Use the check boxes on the right to select events for which you want to be notified.

    Send Notifications By

    Option

    Description

    Notification Center

    Select this option if you want to see recent notifications (accessed by clicking the bell icon at the top of the interface). After you open the Notification Center, the alert (red dot) will be removed from the icon.

    Email

    Select this if you want to receive notifications via email. Notifications will be sent to both your primary and secondary email addresses (if the secondary email is provided).

    Receive Notifications When

    You can determine when to receive notifications according to various activities. See Notification Activities.

    Deactivate

    You can click Deactivate on the right to remove access for yourself on the license and free up a seat.

    Delete

    You can use the area to the right to remove yourself from the license.

  3. Click Save.

Notification Activities

Builds

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Aborted

Receive a notification if a build is hanging indefinitely and Central cancels it. If this occurs, please contact technical support to troubleshoot the issue.

See Generating and Scheduling Builds.

Completed

Receive a notification if a target from a project is finished building, regardless of whether the build finishes successfully, fails, or contains errors. This notification is sent to members of the project, except for the person who started (and completed) the build.

See Generating and Scheduling Builds.

Started

Receive a notification if a target from a project is generated (manual, scheduled start, or rebuild). This notification is off by default. If enabled, it is sent to members of the project, except for the person who started the build.

See Generating and Scheduling Builds.

Stopped

Receive a notification if a target from a project is stopped (canceled) during compilation. This notification is off by default. If enabled, it is sent to members of the project, except for the person who stopped the build.

See Generating and Scheduling Builds.

Checklists

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Checklist Created

Receive a notification if a project checklist is created. This notification is sent to members of the project, except the person who created the checklist.

See Creating Checklists.

Checklist Deleted

Receive a notification if a project checklist is deleted. This notification is sent to members of the project, except the person who deleted the checklist.

See Deleting Checklists.

Checklist Updated

Receive a notification if a project checklist is edited (i.e., name, type, rows, columns; not status of items). This notification is sent to members of the project, except the person who edited the checklist.

See Editing Checklists.

Licenses

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Activated User

Receive a notification when a newly activated user logs in for the first time. This notification is sent to User Administrators.

Projects

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Deleted

Receive a notification if a project is deleted. This notification is sent to members of the project, except the person who deleted the project.

See Deleting Projects.

Profile Changed

Receive a notification if a project profile is changed. This notification is sent to members of the project, except the person who changed the profile.

See Editing Project Profiles.

Status Changed

Receive a notification if a project’s status (i.e., Activated, Locked, Archived) is changed. This notification is sent to members of the project, except the person who changed the project's status.

See Changing the Status of a Project.

Reports

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Critical Issues Found

Receive a notification whenever a new scan finds critical issues in one or more of the reports. This notification is sent to members of the project who have selected this option.

See Reports.

Reviews

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Review Completed

Receive a notification if all reviewers have submitted changes to a package that you have sent them.

See Submitting Review Files.

Review Created

Receive a notification if another author has created a new review that is assigned to you.

See Reviews.

Review Document Failed

Receive a notification if a file that was sent for review cannot be loaded into the interface. If you experience this type of issue, please contact MadCap Software Technical Support for assistance.

See Reviews.

Review Package Closed

A notification is sent to the owner when a package is closed in Flare or Central. See Managing Review Packages.

 

Review Package Submitted

A notification is sent to the owner when all files within a package are all submitted by one reviewer. See Submitting Review Files.

 

Sites

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Set as "Live"

Receive a notification if a site is set as “live” (i.e., published for public viewing). This notification is sent to members of the project, except for the person who set the site as “live.”

See Setting Sites as Live.

Site Created

Receive a notification if a site is created. This notification is sent to members of the project, except the person who created the site.

See Creating Sites.

Site Deleted

Receive a notification if a site is deleted. This notification is sent to members of the project, except the person who deleted the site.

See Deleting Sites.

Site Updated

Receive a notification if a site is edited. This notification is sent to members of the site, except the person who edited the site.

See Editing Sites.

Tasks

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Comments or File Actions

Receive a notification if comments or files are added to a task. If a comment is left on a task, the task owner (i.e., the user who created the task) and the user assigned to the task will receive the notification. If someone replies to a comment, the task owner, assignee, original commenter, and all repliers will receive the notification.

See Adding Comments to Tasks and Editing Tasks.

Created Board

Receive a notification when a task board has been created.

See Creating Task Boards.

Deleted

Receive a notification if a task is deleted. The task owner and the user assigned to the task will receive the notification. However, if the task owner makes the change, only the user assigned to the task will receive the notification.

See Deleting Tasks.

Deleted Board

Receive a notification if a task board is deleted.

See Deleting Task Boards.

Edited

Receive a notification if a task is edited. This includes details of the task, such as its title, description, priority, hours, and more. The task owner and the user assigned to the task will receive the notification. However, if the task owner makes the change, only the user assigned to the task will receive the notification.

See Editing Tasks.

Edited Board

Receive a notification if a task board is edited (e.g., name, description).

See Editing Task Boards.

New/Assigned

Receive a notification when a task has been assigned to you.

See Creating and Assigning Tasks.

Status Changed (Moved)

Receive a notification if the status for a task is changed (i.e., To Do, In Progress, Completed, Archived, Backlogged). The task owner and the user assigned to the task will receive the notification. However, if the task owner makes the change, only the user assigned to the task will receive the notification.

See Moving Tasks.

Teams

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Added/Removed from a Project

Receive a notification if a team is added to a project or removed from one.

See Editing Teams.

Added/Removed from a Site

Receive a notification if a team is added to a site or removed from one.

See Editing Teams.

Deleted

Receive a notification if a team is deleted. This notification is sent to all team members, except the user who made the change.

See Deleting Teams.

Edited

Receive a notification if a team is edited. This notification is sent to all team members except the user who made the change.

See Editing Teams.

Translation

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Language Branch Deleted

Receive a notification if a translation branch is deleted from a project.

See Deleting a Translation Branch.

Language Branch Status Changed

Receive a notification if the status of a translation branch is updated.

See Setting Translation Status.

Package Created

Receive a notification when a translation package is added to a project.

See Creating a Translation Branch.

Package Deleted

Receive a notification when a translation package is removed.

See Deleting a Translation Branch.

Package Settings Changed

Receive a notification when a change has been made to a translation package.

See Creating a Translation Branch.

Package Status Changed

Receive a notification if the status of the translation package is changed.

See Setting Translation Status.

Users

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Added/Removed from a Project

Receive a notification if you have been added to or removed from a project.

See Associating Users With Teams and Projects.

Added/Removed from a Team

Receive a notification if you have been added to or removed from a team.

See Associating Users With Teams and Projects.

Permissions Changed

Receive a notification if your permissions have changed.

See Setting User Permissions.

Note There are some actions, such as changing server settings, where all Central users on the license automatically get notified.

Note If you have a Slack account, you can integrate it with Central’s notification system. By doing this, all types of activity alerts (e.g., builds completed, tasks edited or moved, projects deleted) can be fed directly to your Slack channels, making it easier for you to remain informed and communicate with others when certain events take place in Central. Most of the steps for this integration take place in Central. See Slack Integration.