Stay Informed

View notifications relating to your app project and choose apps or APIs to follow.

Table of Contents

1. How do notifications work?
2. What information is displayed on my Dashboard?
3. How do I filter information on the Dashboard?
4. How do I obtain a consolidated view of activity about APIs that I am interested in?
5. How do I follow an API?
6. How do I unfollow an API?
7. How do I follow an app?
8. How do I unfollow an app?

How do notifications work?

Notifications are displayed at the top of the Dashboard.

• You can view notifications by clicking the number indicator next to the Dashboard label.
• Each notification is presented in a summary view.
• Five notification entries are displayed by default, and the bottom of the notification window displays the total number of notifications.
• All notifications can be viewed by clicking the View all # notifications link. If you expand the notifications list, you can reselect the number indicator to collapse the display to the default number of notification entries.
• You can view notification detail by clicking on the notification title. The Close button (x) removes the notification from the listing.

See What information is displayed on my Dashboard?

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What information is displayed on my Dashboard?

The Dashboard supports discussions, ticket, alert, API Access Request and App Team Membership Request newsfeed types. The following table illustrates the relationship of each newsfeed type to each platform Board, and shows which newsfeed types that display in the Dashboard.

	Discussion	Ticket	Alert	API Access Request	App Team Membership Requests
API Board	X	X	X	X	--
App Board	X	X	X	X	X
Dashboard	X	X	X	X	X

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How do I filter information on the Dashboard?

The newsfeed on a user's Dashboard can be filtered using sort controls the following sort controls:

Newsfeed Sort Controls

Sort Control Name	Options
Type	All, Discussions, Tickets, Alerts, Requests
Sort By	Most Popular, Most Marked, Most Recent
Search	Tag or Keyword

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How do I obtain a consolidated view of activity about APIs that I am interested in?

The platform allows you to monitor activity about an API and view the API’s Board items in your own Dashboard along with the Board items from your apps’ Board and any other API’s you are monitoring. This enables you to customize your Dashboard to give you a single view of all the news that you are most interested in. There are several options you can use in the platform to keep up-to-date with discussions and tickets for an API.

You monitor API activity when you:

• Select Follow on the API Board or API Details page. Notifications pertaining to the API display in your Dashboard and API Board. See How do I follow an API?
• Add an API to your app using the Access function in API Details page. Notifications pertaining to the API display in your Dashboard and App Board.
• Become a member of an app team. Notifications pertaining to APIs that are licensed with the app display in your Dashboard and App Board.

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How do I follow an API?

The API Details and API Board include a Follow function that allows you to add the API newsfeed for the selected API to your Dashboard.

To add the API newsfeed to your Dashboard:

1. Navigate to My APIs > API Name > Details or My APIs > API Name > Board.
2. Click Follow. Newsfeed activity associated with the current API will now be added to your Dashboard. The option changes to Unfollow.
3. See What information is displayed on my Dashboard? for a list of supported newsfeed types for the API Board.

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How do I unfollow an API?

If you have previously used the Follow function and would like to remove the API newsfeed for the selected API from your Dashboard, you can use the Unfollow function on the API Details or API Board page.

To remove the API newsfeed from your Dashboard:

1. Navigate to My APIs > API Name > Details or My APIs > API Name > Board.
2. Click Unfollow. Newsfeed activity associated with the current API will be removed from your Dashboard. The function name changes to Unfollow.

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How do I follow an app?

The App Details and App Board include a Follow function that allows you to add the app newsfeed for the selected app to your Dashboard.

To add the app newsfeed to your Dashboard:

1. Navigate to My Apps > App Name > Details or My Apps > App Name > Board.
2. Click Follow. Newsfeed activity associated with the current app will now be added to your Dashboard. The option changes to Unfollow.
3. See What information is displayed on my Dashboard? for a list of supported newsfeed types for the App Board.

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How do I unfollow an app?

If you have previously used the Follow function and would like to remove the app newsfeed for the selected app from your Dashboard, you can use the Unfollow function on the App Details or App Board page.

To remove the app newsfeed from your Dashboard:

1. Navigate to My Apps > App Name > Details or My Apps > App Name > Board.
2. Click Unfollow. Newsfeed activity associated with the current app will be removed from your Dashboard. The function name changes to Unfollow.

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