Personal Alerts give you control over your updates by allowing you to create custom collections of Topics that deliver precisely the information you need, on your terms and schedule.
Note: Available features depend on your organization’s license.
Create a New Personal Alert
To create a new Personal Alert:
Within the Library, navigate to the Topic that you’d like to include.
Click ‘Add to Alert’.
If you have existing Personal Alerts, select ‘Create Personal Alert’ to create a new one.
Enter a name for your Alert. Note: This will form the subject line of any connected email notifications.
Click ‘Create and Add’ to finalize.
Your new Personal Alert will automatically appear in My Alerts, with the Topic added to your My Topics list.
Read on to learn how to add more Topics into your Alert, and manage email subscription settings.
Add Topics to an Existing Personal Alert
🔎 Topics are collections of articles focused on a specific subject or theme. To better understand key terminology, visit the MyVable Glossary.
To add new Topics to an existing Personal Alert:
Navigate to a Topic you’d like to include.
Click ‘Add to Alert’.
Select from your list of Personal Alerts.
Click ‘Add’ to finalize.
Each Topic page will indicate the Personal Alert(s) it has already been added to.
Manage Email Subscription Settings
Subscribe to receive email notifications using the ‘Email’ toggle in the upper right corner of your Personal Alert.
Whilst Alerts in the Library have predefined settings and publish schedules, Personal Alerts give you the flexibility to manage these settings according to your needs.
To customize the email subscription settings:
Navigate to a Personal Alert.
Click the settings cog icon to open the Email Subscription Settings dialog.
Update the email settings as relevant.
Note: Advanced Subscription Settings can be accessed using the button at the bottom of the dialog.
Click ‘Save’ to apply your changes.
💡 Top Tip: You can set multiple publish times to receive content at a frequency that best suits your needs.
Remove a Topic from a Personal Alert
To remove Topics from a Personal Alert:
Navigate to the Personal Alert and locate the Topic you wish to remove.
Hover over the relevant Topic in the Alert’s Topics menu.
Click the kebab menu (three dots).
Select ‘Remove from Personal Alert’.
Confirm the action.
Note: If the Topic is connected only to this Personal Alert, removing it will also remove it from your My Topics list.