Follow items

Receive notifications for items that you are following and whenever you are mentioned in a comment.

Follow an item

Follow items to receive notifications whenever the item is updated. You can follow a specific item or multiple items. These are the items that you can follow: Features, backlog items, tasks, tests, requirements.

Tip: Use the Followed by me filter option in any grid to see only items that you are following or not following.

To follow a specific item:

  1. Open an item to view its details.

  2. In the toolbar, click the Follow button, and select the notification options. For details, see Configure notifications.

  3. To make your notification selections the default for all followed items, click Save as default.

Tip: To follow multiple items, select items in a grid, right-click to display the context menu, and then click the Follow button .

To stop following an item:

Open the item, click the Following button, and then click Stop following.

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Configure notifications

You can configure the type of change notifications that you want to receive.

To configure notifications:

  1. Click the Follow button to follow an item. For details, see Follow an item.

  2. Click the Following button, and in the notification settings list:

    • Choose which actions should trigger a notification.

    • Choose how to be notified: either by email, in your My Work area, or both. If you choose to be notified by email, make sure to enable email notifications. For details, see User preferences.

  3. Click Save to make changes only for this individual item, or Save as default to make this the default notification selection for all new items that you follow in the future.

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View notifications

If you chose to be notified by email, you can see change notifications in your email inbox. Make sure that you enabled email notifications. For details, see User preferences.

If you chose to be notified in My Work, notifications are displayed in the My Work area under Notifications. For details, see My Work.

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