Notifications

Workflows tell you things: a menu vote closing, an invoice past due, a run that needs your approval, a run that failed. Those messages arrive as notifications — in the bell in the top-right, on the Notifications page, and, depending on the category, by email or push.

Where notifications appear

The bell shows a count of unread notifications and opens a panel of the most recent ones. It is a peek: each body is shortened to a couple of lines so you can scan several at once.

The Notifications page (/notifications, or See all notifications at the bottom of the panel) is the reading surface. Bodies render in full at full width, grouped by day, with an Unread filter and Mark all as read. The filter you chose is still set when you open a notification and come back. A workflow that writes a weekly digest or a standings report is worth reading here rather than in the panel.

Reading one

In the panel, a long or formatted body is shortened to a plain-text reading. Select See more to render it properly — headings, lists, tables, and links become live, and links inside the body are clickable. On the Notifications page bodies are already rendered.

Selecting a notification anywhere else on the row opens its destination. Selecting a link inside the body follows that link instead, so the two never fight.

Acting without leaving

When a workflow pauses for approval — a manual Wait, or a Code step that needs sign-off — everyone it asks gets a notification carrying Approve and Decline, and so does everyone it escalates to. Choosing one settles the run immediately; you do not need to open it. Approve lets the run carry on, and Decline stops it there.

When the approval says what goes out, the notification shows its title and the start of it, such as who an email is to and its subject; the run's page has the rest. If you can change the automation, … beside the buttons holds Approve and stop asking, and once you've approved its last 3 as drafted, the notification offers to Let it run on its own. See Ask me first.

Once anyone answers, the other people asked see who did and what happened — "Approved by Alice — it's carrying on" — instead of buttons. If someone beat you to it, yours says Already answered elsewhere. If your answer couldn't be sent, the notification says why and keeps the buttons so you can try again. See Approvals.

Repeats from one run

When one workflow run notifies several people, or notifies you more than once, those notifications collapse into a single row marked with how many others it stands for. The event is shown once instead of filling the list.

Push to your desktop

Push notifications reach your browser even when no Cheqq tab is open. Turn on Push for a category in Settings → Notifications — the first time, your browser asks permission to show notifications from Cheqq. Permission is per browser, so a laptop and a desktop each ask once; revoking it in the browser's site settings turns push off for that machine without touching your Cheqq preferences.

Choosing what reaches you

Settings → Notifications controls delivery per category and channel.

The categories are Workflow Alerts, Data Changes, Calendar Reminders, System Updates, Billing Updates, Security Alerts, Integration Alerts, Shared With You, Artifact Comments, and Mentions. The channels are In-App, Email, and Push. Each category shows its channels as toggles, and the scope selector at the top lets you set this globally or override it for one of your installed Wapps — a Wapp-level setting beats the global one for notifications from that Wapp, and Reset on a Wapp scope returns it to the global defaults.

In-app delivery always happens — a notification is always recorded so you can read it later. The channel switches govern whether it also leaves the app.

Artifacts shared with you, and comments on them

Shared With You tells you when someone gives you access to an artifact. Artifact Comments tells you when someone comments on an artifact you own or are part of. Both arrive in the app and by email unless you turn them off, so you hear about them even on a day you're not in Cheqq.

Mentions

Mentions tells you when someone mentions you in a document, or when Cheqq does for someone, which reads like Cheqq mentioned you in "Plan" for Sam. It shows the line you were mentioned in and opens the document right there. Several mentions in the same document within an hour arrive as one notification with a count. It reaches you in the app, by email and by push unless you turn them off. See Mention someone.

Delivery

Each category has one Delivery control: Instant sends every notification as it happens; Daily, Twice Daily, or Weekly batches the category into a digest instead. The individual notifications still appear in-app as they arrive; the digest governs email and push.

Do Not Disturb

Do Not Disturb pauses email and push for 30 minutes, 1, 2, 4, or 8 hours, or until you turn it off. Notifications keep arriving in-app while it is on, so nothing is lost — they just stop interrupting.

Sending your own

Any workflow can send a notification with a Notification step — choose the message, the recipients, and where it should open. Leave the channels unconfigured and delivery follows each recipient's own preferences; pin specific channels only when the workflow genuinely requires them. A notification sent from a Wapp's workflow arrives under that Wapp's name and icon and opens inside it.