Enabling and configuring actionable notifications
Actionable notifications enable editors to take an action on an asset directly from a notification. You enable this feature and configure associated settings at the global level.
Globally configuring actionable notifications
To enable, disable, and configure actionable notifications:
- Click > Admin > Sites & Settings > Sites > Global.
- Expand CMS > Notifications.
- Under Action Settings, do the following:
- To enable or disable actionable notifications, from the Enable Actions list, select Enabled or Disabled.
- To open a corresponding content edit page in the same browser tab as the notification or in a different tab, from the Result URL Target list, select Same Window or New Tab.
- To add a delay before opening the associated content edit page, in the Result URL Auto Redirect Delay, enter a value up to 30 seconds.
- Click Save.
Configuring actions in email notifications
You can add actions to notifications editors receive via email.
To configure actions for email notifications:
- Click > Admin > Sites & Settings > Sites > Global.
- Expand CMS > Notifications.
Under Email Settings, do the following:
- In the Default From Email field, enter the address appearing as the sender in the email notifications.
- In the Mail Provider Settings Key field, enter a key as required by the email provider.
- In the Additional Notification Emails field, enter email addresses for those users who should receive notifications (beyond the editors already subscribed for email notifications).
- To enable or disable actionable email notifications, from the Enable Actions list, select Enabled or Disabled. (In addition, ensure actions are enabled as described in "Globally configuring actionable notifications," above.)
- From the Message Formatters list, select one or more of the available message formatters. The standard formatter includes links for preview, watch, comment and workflow transition.
- Click Save.
The following image is an example of an actionable email notification.
Configuring actions in Slack notifications
To configure actions for Slack notifications:
- In your Slack API Console, do the following:
Under Interactivity & Shortcuts, toggle on Interactivity, and enter a Request URL. The URL is your CMS’s URL and must end in
/cms/slack-notification-response
(see example in following screen shot). For details, see .- Under Basic Information > App Credentials, copy your workspace's signing secret into a text editor. (For details, see .) You'll paste the secret into Brightspot in the following step.
- In Brightspot, do the following:
- Click > Admin > Sites & Settings > Sites > Global.
- Expand Integrations > Slack.
- Under Workspaces, click for an existing workspace.
In the Signing Secret field, paste the Slack signing secret from step 1b.
- Click Save.
The following image is an example of an actionable Slack notification.
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