What is the Activity Stream?
Users can stay updated on the latest engagements and developments through the Activity Stream. The Activity Stream can be accessed by clicking on Followed Activities from the main user drop down menu on the Universal Header. Users can subscribe for such updates by pressing Follow on various things throughout the community. Currently, users can follow any primary tag pages, individual questions, blogs, and other users in the Community.
How can I find Activities that are of interest to me?
Once subscribed, users will then be shown relevant updates in the Activities tab of their Activity Stream. The activities displayed can be filtered by clicking on the desired Filter option:
- All Activity Type: Shows all activities in a reverse chronological order
- Blogs: Recently published blogs, comments, and content updates from the user’s blog subscriptions
- Questions and Answers: Recently published questions, answers, comments, and content updates from the users subscriptions
- Profile Updates: Profile updates from other users that the user is following
- Social Activities: Shows social activities and feedback such as Likes, Up Votes and Follows
We will be further developing the Activity Stream with more filter options such as the ability to filter activities based on followed Primary Tags and People.
What are Notifications?
Notifications are a way for users to stay on top of their own engagements and actions that require direct attention of the user. The main user dropdown menu with the user’s avatar will show the number of unread Notifications for the user. Users can then view all their notifications by clicking on the user drop down menu on the Universal Header and clicking Notifications. Users receive a Notification for the following reasons regardless of whether they are following the relevant content or not:
- Receiving a new message
- Gaining a new follower
- Receiving a new editorial comment
- Blog permission increased from Blog Contributor to Blog Author
- Blog permission decreased from Blog Author to Blog Contributor
- Receiving an answer to own published questions
- Receiving a comment on any past engagement (blog, question, answer, discussion, comment)
- Getting content submitted for review
- Getting a previously submitted “Alert Moderator” confirmed
- Getting a previously submitted “Alert Moderator” rejected
- Receiving a moderation alert on own content and getting it confirmed by a moderator
- Getting own content published by a moderator
- Receiving “Needs more work” alert from a moderator
- (Only moderators) “Alert Moderator” is submitted for any content in their respective tag
For each notification the user receives, they can flag them with “Mark as Read” by hovering the mouse over that specific notification and clicking the Mark as Read option. Clicking on any link in a Notification will also automatically mark that notification as read. This is a reversible action so users can also revert the Notification status to “Unread." The Mark all Read option at the top-right of the notifications page will set the status of all Notifications for the user to “Read."
Can I receive Email Notifications?
Users can receive email notifications from SAP Community about categories of their choosing. To subscribe, visit your Account Settings page from the universal avatar dropdown. You can read more about email notifications in this blog post, Email Notifications from SAP Community.