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Manage Open Assignment Alerts for Workforce Planning

 

Objective

To view alerts for workforce assignments in Workforce Planning.

Background

Workforce assignments allow you to manage your workforce by assigning resources to projects. You can create assignment alerts to notify the assignees and share key information about their assignment. See What is an assignment alert in Workforce Planning? 

This tutorial shows you how to manage open assignment alerts that have been sent to assignees.

Things to Consider

Steps

There are four (4) ways you can manage your open assignment alerts:

View Open Assignment Alerts

To view open assignment alerts, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to the Company level Workforce Planning tool.
  2. Click Communications and select Alerts.
  3. Select Open from the drop-down menu.
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  4. Optional: To search for an assignment alert, enter the recipient's alert in the Search Recipients box. Then click the magnifying glass icon or press the ENTER/RETURN key on your keyboard to initiate your search.
  5. Optional: To filter assignment alerts, click the Filter icon-filter-wfp.png icon. Select your filters, then click Apply.
    • Has Reply Option(s). Select the reply option for which you want to see assignment alerts.
    • Reply Counts. Select to see assignment alerts where All Recipients Replied, that were Only Partially Replied To, or Received No Replies.
    • For Projects. Select the project from the drop-down list to see assignment alerts sent for that project.
      Note: To clear filters, click the Filter icon-filter-wfp.png icon. Then select Clear All.
  6. Optional: To sort the list of assignment requests, click Sort By and select Sent At - Newest, Sent At - Oldest, or Most Recent Reply.
  7. This shows you an overview of the open assignment alerts that have been sent including the:
    • Assignee's Name. The assignee's first and last name.
    • Project Name. The project's name.
    • Assignment Start Date. The assignment's start date.
    • Assignment End Date. The assignment's end date.
    • Sender. The person who sent the assignment alert.
    • Date Sent. The date the assignment alert was sent.
    • Response. The response from the assignee.
      Note: Assignees can only respond to Default Assignment Alerts if response settings have been configured.

Resend an Assignment Alert

To resend an alert, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to the Company level Workforce Planning tool.
  2. Click Communications and select Alerts.
  3. Select Open from the drop-down menu.
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  4. Optional: To search for an assignment alert, enter the person's name who is receiving the alert in the Search Recipients box. Then click the magnifying glass icon or press the enter/return key on your keyboard to initiate your search.
  5. Optional: To filter assignment alerts, click the Filter icon-filter-wfp.png icon. Select your filters, then click Apply.
    • Has Reply Option(s). Select the reply option for which you want to see assignment alerts.
    • Reply Counts. Select to see assignment alerts where All Recipients Replied, that were Only Partially Replied To, or Received No Replies.
    • For Projects. Select the project from the drop-down list to see assignment alerts sent for that project.
      Note: To clear filters, click the Filter icon-filter-wfp.png icon. Then select Clear All.
  6. Locate the assignment alert for which you want to prompt for a reply.
  7. Click Prompt Unreplied to resend the alert.
    Note: This option appears even if replies are not configured for an assignment alert.

View Assignment Alert Details

To view the details that were sent in the assignment alert, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to the Company level Workforce Planning tool.
  2. Click Communications and select Alerts.
  3. Select Open from the drop-down menu.
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  4. Optional: To search for an assignment alert, enter the person's name who is receiving the alert in the Search Recipients box. Then click the magnifying glass icon or press the enter/return key on your keyboard to initiate your search.
  5. Optional: To filter assignment alerts, click the Filter icon-filter-wfp.png icon. Select your filters, then click Apply.
    • Has Reply Option(s). Select the reply option for which you want to see assignment alerts.
    • Reply Counts. Select to see assignment alerts where All Recipients Replied, that were Only Partially Replied To, or Received No Replies.
    • For Projects. Select the project from the drop-down list to see assignment alerts sent for that project.
      Note: To clear filters, click the Filter icon-filter-wfp.png icon. Then select Clear All.
  6. Locate the assignment alert for which you want to view the alert details. Then click View.
  7. Review the information that was sent to the recipient. Then click Close to close the modal.

Close an Assignment Alert

To close an assignment alert because you no longer need to manage it, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to the Company level Workforce Planning tool.
  2. Click Communications and select Alerts.
  3. Select Open from the drop-down menu.
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  4. Optional: To search for an assignment alert, enter the person's name in the Search Recipients box. Then click the magnifying glass icon or press the enter/return key on your keyboard to initiate your search.
  5. Optional: To filter assignment alerts, click the Filter icon-filter-wfp.png icon. Select your filters, then click Apply.
    • Has Reply Option(s). Select the reply option for which you want to see assignment alerts.
    • Reply Counts. Select to see assignment alerts where All Recipients Replied, that were Only Partially Replied To, or Received No Replies.
    • For Projects. Select the project from the drop-down list to see assignment alerts sent for that project.
      Note: To clear filters, click the Filter icon-filter-wfp.png icon. Then select Clear All.
  6. Locate the assignment alert that you want to close.
  7. Click Close.
    The assignment alert now appears under closed assignment alerts. See View Closed Assignment Alerts.