Where Notifications Live
Notifications have their own home in the sidebar: the Pings group, which contains two pages:
- Notifications — your personal feed of everything that affects you
- Alerts — Impact Cascade Alerts for documents you own
There is no top-bar bell; head to Pings → Notifications. The page subtitle shows your unread count (or “All caught up!”) and a Live indicator confirming real-time updates are connected — new notifications appear without refreshing.
Notification Types
| Type | When You Receive It |
|---|---|
| Task Assigned | A task is assigned to you |
| Cascade Alert | A document linked to one you own was republished |
| Document Changed | A document linked to one of your tasks was republished |
| Re-ack Required | A document you acknowledged was republished — your version-scoped sign-off is now stale |
| Reading Assigned | You’ve been given a new Required Reading assignment |
| Time-Off | Your time-off request is approved or denied |
| Schedule / Coverage | Your time blocks change or coverage is assigned to you |
| Workflow Status | A workflow step you’re part of needs attention |
The three QMS types — Document Changed, Re-ack Required, and Reading Assigned — are how change control reaches you personally. See Completing Your Required Reading for what each one means for your reading list.
Managing Notifications
Filtering and Marking as Read
- Toggle between All and Unread with the filter pills
- Click a notification to mark it as read
- Use Mark All Read to clear everything at once
Quick Actions
Many notifications carry a shortcut straight to the right page:
| Notification | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Task Assigned | Schedule It → (opens the Schedule) |
| Cascade Alert | View Alert → (opens the Alerts page) |
| Reading Assigned / Document Changed | View Reading → (opens Required Reading) |
| Re-ack Required | Re-acknowledge → (opens Required Reading) |
Notifications vs. Alerts
The two Pings pages serve different roles:
- Notifications tell you something happened that affects you — a task, a reading assignment, a stale acknowledgement
- Alerts tell you a document you own needs review after a connected document changed, with acknowledge/resolve/dismiss handling (see Understanding Cascade Alerts and Severity Levels)
Tip: Don’t let Re-ack Required notifications sit. Until you re-sign the new version, your training record shows you as current only on the old one — and tasks governed by that document will flag the gap.