Subscribing to email updates about assets and asset forums

Subscribe to assets or forums to receive an email when users update those assets or forums.

Subscribing to updates about assets

About this task

If you subscribe to an asset, you receive an email when the following events occur:
  • The asset is submitted or updated
  • The state of an asset changes throughout the review process
  • A relationship is added to the asset
  • A new version of the asset is created
  • The artifacts of the asset change

Procedure

  1. In the web client, find the asset to subscribe to. You can find assets in these locations:
    • On your My Dashboard page
    • In the feed on the Home page
    • In the filter on the Assets page
  2. In the sidebar, click Subscribe to this asset. The Subscribe to Asset window opens.
  3. In the Subscription Name field, type a name for the subscription.
  4. From the Frequency list, select how frequently to receive updates. You can receive an email immediately when an asset changes or at specified intervals. For example, if you select Weekly, you receive an email each week that summarizes the changes to the asset that occurred in the past week.
  5. Click OK.

What to do next

To change your subscription name or frequency, click Edit subscription to this asset and enter your changes. To unsubscribe, click Unsubscribe from this asset.

To manage all of your subscriptions instead of managing one asset subscription at a time, see Editing or deleting email subscriptions to assets and forums.

Subscribing to updates about asset forums

If you subscribe to an asset forum, you receive an email when other users update that forum.

Procedure

  1. In the web client, find the asset to create the subscription for. You can find assets in these locations:
    • On your My Dashboard page
    • In the feed on the Home page
    • In the filter on the Assets page
  2. In the sidebar, click Discussion.
  3. In the Forums section, click the forum name to subscribe to. If a forum has not been created yet, see Creating forums for more information about creating forums.
  4. In the sidebar, click Subscribe to this forum. The "Subscribe to forum" window opens.
    Tip: To subscribe to one topic in the forum instead of the entire forum, click a forum topic title and click Subscribe to this topic.
  5. In the Subscription Name field, type a name for the subscription.
  6. From the Frequency list, select how frequently to receive updates. You can receive an email immediately when an asset changes or at specified intervals. For example, if you select Weekly, you receive an email each week that summarizes the changes to the asset that occurred in the past week.
  7. Click OK.

What to do next

To change your subscription name or frequency, depending on the subscription type, click Edit subscription to this forum or Edit subscription to this topic. Then, enter your changes. To unsubscribe, click Unsubscribe from this forum or Unsubscribe from this topic.

To manage all of your subscriptions instead of managing one forum subscription at a time, see Editing or deleting email subscriptions to assets and forums.


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