Edit a notification

Edit a site-level notification

To edit a notification at the site level, follow these steps:

Go to Quick-access menu > Notifications.

Expand the feature (e.g. Seminar) and notification trigger for the notification you wish to edit.

Click the icon of three dots ( three_dots(1)

) next to the notification, then select Edit.

If the notification is a Custom notification then you can simply edit the notification settings as required. If the notification type is Factory or Inherited then you will need to click the override toggle (

) before editing each setting.

Click Save.

Changes to a notification at the site level will be inherited to the notification in lower contexts (where it has not been edited or overwritten).

Edit a notification at a lower context level

If you are editing a Custom notification created in the current context then you will have the same editing options as you would when creating the notification. If you are editing a Factory or Inherited notification, then you can override the inherited properties, except for the title. To change an inherited property, click the override toggle (

) next to the property. If a property is not overridden, then any change made in a higher context will automatically be applied in this context. If a property is overridden, then any change made in a higher context will have no effect.

It is possible to override a setting without making a change to the setting, in order to prevent any change from a higher context from affecting the setting in the current context. For example, the Status of a notification could be overridden and set to Enabled, in order to prevent the notification from being disabled if the notification is later disabled in a higher context. If you disable the override of a property, then the value of that property will immediately revert to the inherited value, and any changes subsequently made to the notification in a higher context will be reflected in the notification in the current context.

See the following pages for instructions on editing notifications for different features at lower context levels:

Next steps

C065 - Notifications in Totara

The Totara Academy has a whole course dedicated to Notifications in Totara. Here you can learn more about how to set up and use centralised notifications, see best practice, and give it a go yourself.

Edit a notification

Edit a site-level notification

Edit a notification at a lower context level

Next steps

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