Using Alerts

Alerts help to keep track of the activities with triggered alarms and unconfirmed activities. The Alerts user options determine how you are alerted for alarms and new unconfirmed activities.

You can snooze or dismiss selected activity alarms. You can also view Activity details and accept, tentatively accept or decline unconfirmed activities.

On this page you can:

  • View Alerts: If the Alerts notification is displayed in the menu bar, click the notification to display the Alerts details.
    Note:  If the Alerts notification is not displayed in the menu bar, you have no current alerts or the Alerts options for you need to be modified.
  • Minimize alerts: If you want to hide the active Alerts, click Close to snooze all triggered alarms for the default snooze interval set in the Alerts user options.

Alarms

The Alarms tab in the Alerts window displays the activities with active alarms.

On the Alarms tab, you can:

  • Snooze alarms:
    1. Select the check box for each activity alarm to be snoozed.

      To select all the check boxes, click Select All.

    2. Click Snooze to snooze the selected activity alarms.

      All triggered alarms are snoozed for the default snooze interval set in the Alerts user options.

      Click Snooze All to snooze all alarms.

  • Dismiss one or more alarms:
    1. Select the check box for each alarm to be dismissed.
    2. Click Dismiss.

      Click Dismiss All to dismiss all alarms.

  • Go to the Activity details page and click the subject information that is displayed in blue.

Unconfirmed

An unconfirmed activity is an activity notification that you need to confirm or decline.

You can perform these tasks on the unconfirmed activities:

  • View unconfirmed activity details: Click the subject information that is displayed in blue.

    The Activity details page is displayed.

  • Accept or decline an unconfirmed activity: Do one of the following:
    • Click Accept to confirm that you are going attend.
    • Click Tentative to confirm that you are going to tentatively attend.
    • Click Decline to confirm that you are not going to attend.
  • Click View Calendar at the bottom of the page, to view the Calendar.
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