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In-app notifications overview

Last update: Wed Feb 19 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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This article lists the in-app notifications you can receive. In-app notifications keep you informed about two types of information: announcement notifications and work item notifications. They are available from both the web application and the mobile application.

For instructions on how to view and manage these notifications, see View and manage in-app notifications.

Announcement notifications

Announcements come in one of two ways:

  • Workfront sends a message to the Announcement page of your organization’s Workfront administrators
  • A Workfront administrator sends a message to users from the Announcement page

In both cases, when the administrator or user clicks the numbered icon Notifications icon in the upper-right corner of Workfront to open their list of notifications, the subject line of the message displays with a megaphone icon Annoucement icon and the word “Announcement.”

Announcement notification

For information about the Announcements page, see View and manage in-app notifications.

Work item notifications

When you click the numbered icon Notifications icon in the upper-right corner of Workfront to open your list of notifications, the subject line of the work item message displays with an icon and brief description to identify what it’s about. The icon and description types are listed below.

Work item notifications

NOTE
In-app notifications for work activities are not tied to email notifications in Workfront. For more information, see Adobe Workfront notifications.

Approvals

  • Project needs approval Project needs your approval - [sender’s name]

  • Task assigned to you Task needs your approval - [sender’s name]

  • Issue icon Issue needs your approval - [sender’s name]

  • Document icon Document needs your approval - [sender’s name]

  • Proof icon Proof needs your approval - [sender’s name]

  • Timesheet icon Timesheet needs your approval - [sender’s name]

  • [Object name] needs your access approval - [sender’s name]

    The object could be a Project needs approval project, Task assigned to you task, Issue icon issue, Document icon document, report, dashboard, Portfolio portfolio, Program program, or calendar.

  • Timesheet icon Timesheet approved - [approver’s name]

  • Timesheet icon Timesheet rejected - [approver’s name]

  • Timesheet icon Timesheet reopened - [opener’s name]

  • Timesheet icon Timesheet comment - [commenter’s name]

  • Document icon Document approval completed - [sender’s name]

  • Document icon Document approved - [sender’s name]

  • Document icon Document approved with changes - [sender’s name]

  • Document icon Document rejected - [sender’s name]

  • Document icon Document approval request cancelled - [sender’s name]

Requests

  • Document icon [user icon] Asked you to upload a document - [requester’s name]

  • Document icon Document upload request fulfilled - [fulfiller’s name]

  • User icon Request comment - Sender name

  • Document icon Document upload request canceled - [sender’s name]

  • [Object name] access requested - [sender’s name]

    The object could be a Project needs approval project, Task assigned to you task, Issue icon issue, Document icon document, report, dashboard, Portfolio portfolio, Program program, or calendar.

Assignments

  • Task assigned to you Task assigned to you - [assigner’s name]

  • Issue icon Issue assigned to you - [assigner’s name]

  • Issue icon Issue assigned to [team name] - [assigner’s name]

  • Task assigned to you Task assigned to [team name] - [assigner’s name]

    • Assignment notifications are sent only when the project status is set to Current (or to a custom status that is the equivalent of Current).
    • It is not intended for Requestors and Reviewers to be assigned work. Therefore, they are not notified if they are assigned to tasks and issues.
    • If you assign work to yourself or a team you belong to, you will not receive a notification.

Comments

  • User icon [Object name] comment - [commenter’s name]

    The object could be a Project needs approval project, Task assigned to you task, Issue icon issue, Document icon document, report, dashboard, Portfolio portfolio, Program program, or calendar.

  • [Object name] update - [updater’s name]

    The object could be a Project needs approval project, Task assigned to you task, Issue icon issue, Document icon document, report, dashboard, Portfolio portfolio, Program program, or calendar.

  • [Object name] update - [updater’s name]

    The object could be a Project needs approval project, Task assigned to you task, Issue icon issue, Document icon document, report, dashboard, Portfolio portfolio, Program program, or calendar.

  • User icon Liked your comment - [liker’s name]

  • Timesheet icon Timesheet comment - [commenter’s name]

  • Comment - [commenter’s name]

  • User icon Comment - Commenter name

  • Timesheet icon Timesheet comment - Commenter name

Updates

  • User icon Tagged you in a comment - [tagger’s name]
  • User icon Tagged your team in a comment - [tagger’s name]
  • User icon Tagged your team in a comment - [tagger’s name]

Date changes

  • Issue icon Issue due date changed - [changer’s name]
  • Task assigned to you Task due date changed - [changer’s name]
  • Issue icon Issue commit date changed - [changer’s name]
  • Task assigned to you Task commit date changed - [changer’s name]

Share

  • Document icon Document shared with you - [sharer’s name]
  • Document icon Document shared with [team name] - [sharer’s name]
  • Proof icon Proof shared with you - [sharer’s name]

Other

  • Error icon An error needs your attention
  • Announcement icon Announcement - [Workfront administrator’s name]
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