Notifications in ApprovalMax

Notifications in ApprovalMax

ApprovalMax sends out two types of email notifications (instantly and daily):  
  • About new requests (instantly)  
  • About comments (instantly)   
  • Other notifications (Auto-approvals/Auto-rejections, external rejection by the GL, 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 Email Notifications section, toggle the status for each notification type by clicking on .
  • The buttons turn green to show that the respective notifications are switched on:

  • To switch off instant notifications, click on  next to New Requests / Comments / Other Notifications and toggle the status.

  • When you finished setting the notifications, click on SAVE.

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 Email Notifications section, toggle the status for Summary of Pending Approvals by clicking on .
  • The button turns green 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.

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