For what kind of events does ApprovalMax send notifications?

For what kind of events does ApprovalMax send notifications?

ApprovalMax sends out two types of email notifications (instantly and daily):  
  • About new requests (instantly)  
  • About comments (instantly)   
  • Other notifications (Auto-Approvals/Auto-Reject, Final Approval for Requesters, external rejection by the GL, rejections by Approvers, Forced decisions, change of Approvers, etc.) (instantly)
  • About workflows (creation, activation/deactivation, update, restart of a workflow; changes in the workflow settings) (instantly)
  • Summary of open approvals (daily) – you can specify the time and days for receiving these summaries
Instant/daily notifications can be turned on/off in My Profile as you prefer.

This is how you set up instant notifications:
  • Open your avatar in the top right-hand corner and click on My Profile:


  • In the Notifications section, toggle the status for each notification type by clicking on 
  • The buttons turn blue to show that the respective notifications are switched on:

  • To switch off instant notifications, click on  next to New requests / Comments / Other notifications / Workflow changes and toggle the status.
  • When you finished setting the notifications, click on SAVE CHANGES.

This is how you set up daily summary reports: 
  • Open your avatar in the top right-hand corner and click on My Profile:


  • In the Notifications section, toggle the status for Summary of pending approvals by clicking on .
  • The button turns blue to show that the respective notification is switched on:


    You can also specify your preferred time and days of the week for receiving these summaries.
  • To switch off summary reports, click on next to Summary of pending approvals and toggle the status.
  • When you finished setting the notifications, click on SAVE CHANGES.

Notifications to an Organisation Administrator: 
There are some cases where an Organisation Administrator gets notified, irrespective of the notification settings under My Profile: When does an Organisation Administrator get notified?

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