How To Subscribe to Workflows or Workflow Runs

If you find yourself wanting to know every detail about what’s happening with a particular process, you can subscribe to workflows and workflow runs.

This means that you will receive extra email notifications for every update or activity that happens during that process.

This is useful when

• You have time-sensitive workflow runs and want minute-by-minute updates of what’s happening
• You want to see when a particular process has been updated so that you can check the revisions
• You are waiting for an update from a client, and want to know exactly when they check off tasks and attach an important file

Users: Administrators and Members can subscribe to Workflows. All users (except Guests (Anonymous) can subscribe to Workflow Runs. 

Subscribing to a workflow will notify you when:

• The workflow is archived or unarchived
• Anyone edits the workflow
• Any workflow runs from that workflow are updated to a newer version
• Any workflow runs created from the workflow are completed, created, archived or unarchived

Subscribing to a workflow run will notify you when:

• Tasks are checked or unchecked
• Anyone comments on the workflow run
• Any comment attachments are added
• A workflow run is completed or reactivated
• A workflow run is archived or unarchived

Note: If your process is very active and you do not want numerous email notifications, subscribing may not be the best option for you. See Task Assignments & Due Dates instead.

If you complete tasks or runs in workflows or runs to which you have subscribed, you will not be notified of your own activity. You will only be notified of activities by other users.

Subscribe to a workflow

Start by clicking your workflow’s name in your Library.

Next, click the “three dots” in the top-right corner and finish by clicking the “Subscribe” button, as shown below.

A green tick will now be displayed next to the Subscribe button. This is also how to tell if you’re already subscribed to a workflow.

To unsubscribe, click the Subscribe button again.

Subscribe to a workflow run

Open the workflow run you would like to subscribe to by clicking its name in your Reports dashboard. Expand the right-hand menu and click the subscribe button, as shown below.

A green tick will be displayed next to the Subscribe button. This is also how to tell if you’re already subscribed to a workflow run.

To unsubscribe, click the Subscribe button again.

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