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Configure Notifications for Your IT Teams
Configure notifications to deliver real-time updates to your teams and employees through Email, In-app, Slack, or Microsoft Teams when specific events occur. Use a simple guided setup to design notifications for different groups of people and types of objects with additional business logic.
Required Editions
| Available in: Lightning Experience |
| Available in: Enterprise, Performance, and Unlimited Editions with Agentforce IT Service. |
| User Permissions Needed | |
|---|---|
| To design notifications | Design Notifications |
Before you configure notifications, make sure that:
- Email templates you plan to use are created and available in your org. See Email Templates.
- Slack integration is set up and your Salesforce org is connected to a Slack workspace. See Slack for IT Services.
- Microsoft Teams integration is enabled and connected to your Salesforce org. See Set Up Microsoft Teams For IT Services
- Turn on the notifications feature and set up the channels you want to use.
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Create a custom notification.
- On the Notifications setup page, click New.
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Enter the basic information.
Basic Values Field Description Notification Name Enter a descriptive name, for example, High Priority Incident Created. Reference Object Select the object that triggers the notification. Supported objects are:
- Incident
- Problem
- Change Request
- Release
- Case
- Service Request
- Asset
- Work Order
- Product Request
- Compliance Policy Communication Response
- Risk Evaluation Survey Invitation
- Compliance Evidence Request
- Change Advisory Board Related Change Request
- Change Advisory Board Meeting Related Change Request
- Change Advisory Board Meeting
- Compliance Issue
Usage Type Select how to use the notification:
- Direct Notification: Sends notifications directly based on configured trigger conditions. You can invoke direct notifications from flows.
- SLA/OLA: Associates the notification with service-level agreement (SLA) or operational level agreement (OLA) milestone actions. Use these notifications to send updates when milestone actions occur. If you select SLA/OLA, see Configure SLA-based Notifications for IT Services.
- Click Next.
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Define trigger conditions.
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Choose when notifications are sent.
Here's an example:
Trigger Conditions Field Example input Event Type Create Condition All Conditions Are Met (AND) Resource Priority Operator Equals Value High - Click Next.
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Choose when notifications are sent.
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Configure notification content and channels.
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Activate Email notifications.
Email Field Description Activate Email notifications Turn on the option. Sender By default, the Sender field is no-reply@salesforce.com. Recipient Select users. public groups, or queues that receive notifications. Template Selection Select a prebuilt template or create a new Lightning Email template. Subject and Message Preview the email content. -
Activate In-app notifications.
In-App Field Description Activate In-app notifications Turn on the option. App Select where the notification appears, such as Employee Portal or Salesforce Console. Recipient Select users to receive notifications. Notification Title Enter a concise title, for example, Incident Created. Notification Body Enter the message. Merge fields are supported. -
Activate Slack notifications.
Slack Field Description Activate Slack notifications Turn on the option. App Select the Slack app. For example, Service for Slack. Workspace Select the workspace. Recipient Select users or user fields, such as Reported By ID, to receive notifications. Notification Body Enter the message. Merge fields are supported. Action Type Select View Record. Action Label Customize the button text. -
Activate Microsoft Teams notifications.
Teams Field Description Activate Microsoft Teams notifications Turn on the option. Select app Select the Teams app. For example, Salesforce IT Service or Salesforce IT Desk. Recipient Select users or user fields, such as Reported By ID, to receive notifications. Message Title Enter a concise title, for example, Incident Created. Merge fields are supported. Message Body Enter the message. Merge fields are supported. Action Type Select View Record. Action Label Customize the button text.
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Activate Email notifications.
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Review and activate the notification.
- On the Summary screen, review the basic information, trigger conditions, and configured channels.
- Turn on Activate notification preferences.
- Save your changes.
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Test a notification.
- On the All Notifications page, open the actions menu for a notification.
- Click Test Notification.
- Select a record from the reference object to preview the notification.
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Select one or more channels to test.
Channels disabled in Notifications Setup aren’t available for testing. To test a channel, first enable it in Notification Setup.
- In Delivery Destination, select users by name or email to receive the test notification.
- Click Send Test.
- Verify that the notification content and delivery appear correctly across the selected channels.
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