You can receive automatic notifications generated by state changes of objects.
When you receive an automatic notification, a message appears in the lower right of the screen. You can receive a notification for a single file or for a group of files that changed state.
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Click the notification icon (
) in the taskbar.
The message appears.
- At the top of the message dialog box, choose from the following:
- Forward - Opens the Enterprise PDM mail editor, where you can choose another user to receive the notification.
- Reply - Opens the Enterprise PDM mail editor with the sender's name in the Send To field.
- Discard message - Closes the message without adding it to the Inbox.
- Inbox - Opens the Inbox.
- Show Next - When you have multiple unread messages, displays the next message.
- Links or buttons at the bottom of the message provide additional options. The buttons available depend on the kind of notification. The default buttons are:
- View - Opens SOLIDWORKS files in eDrawings. Other files are opened in the SOLIDWORKS Enterprise PDM File Viewer.
- Open folder - Opens the folder containing the file in a new Explorer window.
- Properties - Opens the Properties dialog for the file associated with the notification.
- History - Opens the History dialog box for the file associated with the notification.
If you are being notified that a file is being checked in, these links are included:
- Check out - Checks the file out to you.
- Get latest version - Copies the latest version of the file to your cache.
- Click Close.
The notification is stored in the Inbox.