Set reminder
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A reminder can be just for you, or set to remind all or some of
your colleagues.
What happens when an alarm goes off?
Set the alarm to do any of the following when the time you gave for
the alarm arrives:
- email: a message is sent to you and/or your colleagues quoting the information that you provided
- flash alarm indicators:
- An alarm clock indicator
is shown to the recipients of the alarm
at the top of each page to show an alarm has gone off (this may take
up to ten minutes if they are not moving between pages).
Clicking this shows all the items whose alarms have gone off recently. - The indicator
showing an alarm was set on a particular document or folder starts
flashing orange 
for those looking at that item or parent or child of it.
Clicking this lets you snooze or cancel the alarm to say you've seen it.
- An alarm clock indicator
- pushover: a notification is sent to your iOS or Android device via the Pushover account that you identify. (This only applies to personal alarms).
What's the expiry time for?
An alarm is likely to be irrelevant if someone sees it a long time
after it has gone off.
Therefore you can allow the reminder to
expire. If someone only vists the item after that period, they will
not see the alarm.
How do I cancel an alarm?
When an alarm goes off, you go to that document and either snooze
for a while or cancel the alarm by clicking the flashing
indicator.
indicator.Where an alarm is for everyone, or you want to cancel the alarm
prematurely, you can cancel the alarm completely from
the form. This will also
stop any emails from being sent.
How do I know what reminders are set?
Locate all items with pending alarms using
on the menu.
What's Pushover?
Pushover is a
service for sending notifications to devices like phones and
tablets. You can create a Pushover account free, and this provides you
with a cryptic identifier you have to give to us in order for us to
send notifications to you. However, to receieve notifications you have
to purchase the Pushover app for your device.