Create a Desktop or Mobile Notification
Define the custom notification’s details.
Required Editions
| Available in: Lightning Experience |
| Available in: Essentials, Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions |
| User Permissions Needed | |
|---|---|
| To view notification types: | View Setup and Configuration |
| To create and edit notification types: | Customize Application |
- From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Notification Builder, and then select Custom Notifications.
- Click New, and then select Salesforce Desktop or Mobile.
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Add your Custom Notification Name and API Name, and notification channels.
Channel Description Desktop Sends a notification to the desktop notification tray. Mobile Sends an in-app and push notification to enabled supported apps.
Note.- Mobile in-app notifications require the Enable in-app notifications setting. Mobile push notifications depend on a user’s device-level and, if available, app-level push notification settings. Push notifications for the Salesforce mobile app require the Enable push notifications setting
- If you created a custom notification type with a mobile delivery channel before Winter ’20, your notification is automatically delivered to the Salesforce mobile app. If you create a custom notification type with a mobile delivery channel in Winter ’20 or later, you must manually enable the Salesforce mobile app and any other supported apps in Notification Delivery Settings.
- Add a mobile action group if you want to create notifications that include embedded actions. For example, you can create a notification that allows users to approve requests directly from their lock screen.
- Save your notification type.
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If you enable the mobile channel, you must enable the supported apps for your
notification type.
- From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Notification Builder, and then select Notification Delivery Settings.
- Select your custom notification type, and select Edit from the dropdown menu.
- Select the supported applications for your notification type, and save.
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