---
title: "Subscribe to an event monitoring rule"
slug: "subscribe-to-an-event-monitoring-rule"
tags: ["Totara Platform", "Content Creator", "How-to"]
updated: 2026-08-13T16:01:37Z
published: 2026-08-13T16:01:37Z
canonical: "totara.help/subscribe-to-an-event-monitoring-rule"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://totara.help/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Subscribe to an event monitoring rule

Once one or more [event monitoring rules have been created](/totara-20/docs/create-an-event-monitoring-rule) by either yourself or someone else, you can subscribe to those rules to be automatically notified when they are triggered.

1. Click your name in the top-right corner.
2. Go to *Preferences > Event monitoring.*
3. Select the course or context for which you wish to subscribe to a rule from the **Select a course** dropdown menu.
4. Select the instance(s) you want to subscribe to from the dropdown menu next to the desired rule in the **Rules you can subscribe to** table.

You will now see that rule, for those instances (and that course or context) listed in the current subscriptions table. In this table you can click the cross icon (![](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/thin_cross.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-06T05%3A59%3A14Z&se=2026-11-06T06%3A59%3A14Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=zKYJ8ulGoMJkvtJ7s3LHu3K2o%2BAem1tqmZlZj1GJT%2BE%3D)) to unsubscribe from a rule.

As a Site Administrator you can also subscribe to rules by going to *Quick-access menu > Server > Event monitoring rules* and clicking the **Event monitoring** link*.* From this page follow steps 3 onwards as described above.

## Next steps

- [Enable event monitoring](/totara-20/docs/enable-event-monitoring)
- [Create an event monitoring rule](/totara-20/docs/create-an-event-monitoring-rule)
- [Event monitoring notification placeholders](/totara-20/docs/event-monitoring-notification-placeholders)

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