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Customize your notification preferences

Create custom notification preferences to have more control over which notifications you receive and when you receive them.

When you're on an Item's Team, you will automatically get updates about the Item in your Notifications window and your Digest email. Some updates that are more time sensitive will generate an additional email. The automatically-generated notifications are not customizable.

However, you can "opt-in" to additional notifications about Items for which you are not on the Team. This is a great way for Continuous Improvement Coaches and leaders to keep up-to-date on Items throughout their department or organization. Each of your Roles may have default notification preferences configured by your organization, but you can customize your notification preferences to make sure you get the notifications you want when you want them. 

You can also change the days on which you should receive your Digest or Subscription emails, and the time at which you should receive them.

Customize your notification preferences

To customize your notification preferences, log in to KaiNexus, then:

  • Click your profile picture in the navigation bar.

The navigation bar with the profile picture marked in red

  • Click User Profile in the resulting drop-down menu and your user profile will open.
    • Click Actions in the top right corner of your user profile.

The user profile page with an arrow pointing to the Actions button

    • Click Notification Preferences in the resulting drop-down menu and the Notification Preferences window will open.
      • Use the Opt-In tab to add, edit, or remove your current notification preferences. These are the additional notifications that you've "opted-in" to receive.
      • Use the Email Settings tab to update your Digest and Subscription email preferences or turn email on or off for your account.

The Opt-In tab

When the Notification Preferences window opens, you will be taken to the Opt-In tab directly. If you're not on the Opt-In tab, click it in the Notification Preferences window's header to open it.


Any existing notification preferences will be listed.

  • Click Restore to Role Preferences to return your notification preferences to the default as defined by your Roles' configuration. Any personal opt-in notifications you have configured for yourself will be replaced. If your notification preferences already match the default state, this option will not be available.
    • In the resulting confirmation window, click Restore.
    • If you have more than one System Role, you will receive the superset of all notification preferences for each of your System Roles. 
  • Click Remove All to clear your list of preferences. If you don't have any preferences configured, this option will not be available.
    • In the resulting confirmation window, click Delete.
  • Click the pencil icon next to any existing notification preference to edit it.
    • In the resulting Edit Notification Preference window, update the preference as necessary and then click Save.
  • Click the x icon next to any existing notification preference to delete it.
    • In the resulting confirmation window, click Delete.

Click New to create a new notification preference.

  • The New Notification Preference window will open.

    • You must specify either the Workflow or the Template about which you want to be notified. If you want to be notified about all Items, regardless of Workflow or Template, select All from the Workflow drop-down.
      • Workflow: Expand this drop-down to select the Workflow(s) about which you want to be notified.
      • Template: Expand this drop-down to select the Template(s) about which you want to be notified.
    • Item Filter: Select the filter icon to open the Item Filter. Use the Item Filter to set additional criteria for the types of Items you want to be notified about.
      • Items must meet the Template, Workflow, Item Filter, and Activity criteria to trigger notifications. You won’t receive notifications about an Item that meets your criteria in the Item Filter unless it also matches your Template/Workflow and Activity settings.
    • Activity: Expand this drop-down to select the type of activity about which you want to be notified. Once you've selected the type of activity, additional options will appear beneath the Activity header.
      • There are some activities that, if selected in the Activity drop-down, will trigger additional options. These include:
        • Completed: An additional drop-down will appear to the left of the Activity drop-down from which you can choose to be notified of all completed Items or only Items that resulted in specific outcomes.
          • If Specific Outcomes is selected, each of the possible outcomes will be listed alongside a checkbox. You will be notified about any selected outcomes. Click each checkbox to select or deselect it.
        • Escalated to, Escalated from, Deescalated to, and Deescalated from: An additional drop-down will appear beneath the Activity drop-down from which you can choose whether to be notified about all Escalation Tiers or only specific Tiers.
        • Milestone Ready, Milestone Approve, Milestone Un-Approve, Milestone Added, Milestone Removed, Milestone Ready Deadline Passed, and Milestone Approval Deadline Passed: An additional drop-down will appear beneath the Activity drop-down from which you can choose whether to be notified about all Milestones or only specific Milestones.
        • Attribute Changed: An additional drop-down will appear beneath the Activity drop-down. Use the drop-down to pick which Attribute(s) will trigger a notification when the Attribute is updated. 

Ofie Profile PicPro Tip: Do you want to be notified when an Attribute changes to a specific Value? Select Attribute Changed as the Activity and use the Item Filter to specify which Attribute Value the Item must have to trigger an alert.  

      • The Include Nested Items checkbox: When unchecked, you will only be notified about Items that aren't nested under another Item. When checked, you will also be notified about Items that are nested under another Item.
      • The Require Edit Permission checkbox: When checked, you will only be notified about Items that you have permission to edit.
    • Location: Expand this drop-down to select the Location parameters for this notification preference:
      • Anywhere: You will be notified about Items in every Location in the organization.

        This is best for Continuous Improvement coaches and other leaders who need to hear about all work being done in the organization, not just work in certain Locations.
      • User's Location Only: You will be notified about Items in your Locations only.
      • User's Location & Below: You will be notified about Items in your Locations and in any Locations nested under them.
      • Specific Location: You can choose to be notified about Items in any Location. When this option is selected, additional fields will appear beneath it
        • The Location search field: Use this field to search for and select the Location about which you want to be notified.
        • The Location parameters field: Use this field to select whether you should be notified about This Location & Below or This Location Only
    • When: Expand this drop-down to select when you will receive this notification. This option will only appear if "New," "Overdue," or "Resolution Submitted" were selected in the Activity field.
      • Select Immediately to receive the notification as soon as the selected activity is performed; select Delayed to receive the notification some number of days later.

        If Delayed is selected, a number field will appear beneath this drop-down. Enter the number of days (1-90) that this notification should be delayed.
      • The Remind each week checkbox: When enabled, you will receive a weekly notification about this event until it is addressed. This helps keep time-sensitive work from falling through the cracks.
    • How: Expand this drop-down to select how you would like to be notified.
      • Select Alert Only to receive only an in-app notification. This option will not be available if "Deleted" was selected in the Activity field.
      • Select Alert + Email to receive an in-app notification and a separate email.
    • Click Save.

The Email Settings tab

Click the Email Settings tab in the Notification Preferences window's header to open it. Your current email settings will be listed.

  • Which days do you want to receive a digest?: Each day of the week will be listed alongside a checkbox. You will receive your Digest on each of the selected days (if you have any notifications on that day). Click the checkbox next to a day to select or deselect it.
    • If you have not signed in to KaiNexus in the past 90 days, you will not receive the Digest. 
  • Which days do you want to receive your subscriptions?: Each day of the week will be listed alongside a checkbox. You will receive your Subscription email on each of the selected days (if you have subscribed to any Lists or Boards). Click the checkbox next to a day to select or deselect it.
  • What time (and time zone) do you want to receive your Digest/Subscriptions?:  Using the drop-down menus, select the time at which processing should begin on your Digest and Subscriptions emails and select your time zone. You will typically receive these emails within an hour of your processing start time.
    • Leave these fields blank to keep to your organization's default.
  • Email: To turn off all notification-based emails, click Off. Account support and password reset emails will still be sent as needed.
    • To turn notification-based emails back on, click On.
    • This option is only available for Global User Administrators or Local User Administrators with permission to edit their own accounts.

Pro Tip: If a User's email notifications are turned off, their email address will be crossed out when displayed in the User Details and Email columns on People Lists