# Adding a notification
## How to add a task-based notification
### Before you begin
Before configuring a notification message, you must configure the SMTP protocol of your email server. For more information on how to configure the SMTP protocol, see [Setting up an SMTP protocol](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/administration-center-user-guide/8.0/setting-up-smtp-protocol).
### Procedure
1. On the Notifications page, click Add on the toolbar to create a new notification.
### Example
2. On the Notification panel to the right, set the following information:
| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Category | Select the Tasks category from the
dropdown list. |
| Event | Select the type of the event for which to send the
notification: |
| Tasks | Select On task failed from the dropdown
list to send an alert when the task monitored encounters an
error. |
| Enabled | Select this checkbox to activate the notification service. |
| Notification details | Select Include log files checkbox if you
want to attach the log files to the email sent.
Select Compress in a single file checkbox
to attach a .zip file including all log files. |
| Recipients | Click  to add a new recipient of the
notification messages. |
| Tasks | Click  to add one by one the tasks to
monitor, or click the Select All
button to send an email when any of the tasks fail. |
3. Click  to show the Mails Selection dialog box.
4. In the Mails selection tab, select the checkbox(es) corresponding to the users who want to receive notifications.
5. In the External Email Recipients tab, enter emails to notify stakeholders, partners, or distribution lists that do not have a Talend Administration Center account.
6. Click Apply to close the dialog box and return to the Notifications page.
7. If you click the  button, select the checkbox(es) corresponding to the tasks to be monitored on the Tasks Selection list that pops up.
### Example
If you click the Select All button, an email is sent when any of the tasks fail.
8. Click Apply to close the dialog box and go back to the Notifications page.
9. On the Notifications page, click Save to validate the changes or click Cancel to ignore them.
## How to add a user-based notification
### Before you begin
Before configuring a notification message, you must configure the SMTP protocol of your email server. For more information on how to configure the SMTP protocol, see [Setting up an SMTP protocol](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/administration-center-user-guide/8.0/setting-up-smtp-protocol).
### Procedure
1. On the Notifications page, click Add on the toolbar to create a new notification.
### Example
2. On the Notification panel to the right, set the following information:
| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Category | Select the Users category from the
dropdown list. |
| Event | Select the type of the event for which to send the
notification: |
| Users | Select On creation mailTo
itself to notify the user that its
Talend Administration Center account has been
created.
Select On user
creation to send an email notifying the
user who subscribes to this notification type when a new
account is created.
Select On user
deletion to send an email notifying the
user who subscribes to this notification type when a
user account is deleted. |
| Enabled | Select this checkbox to activate the notification service. |
| Recipients | Click the  button to add a new recipient of
the notification emails.
Information noteNote: This field is not available when you select
MailNewUserNotification. |
3. Click the  button to show the Mails Selection dialog box.
### Example
4. In the Mails selection tab, select the checkbox(es) corresponding to the users who want to receive notifications.
5. In the External Email Recipients tab, enter emails to notify stakeholders, partners, or distribution lists that do not have a Talend Administration Center account.
6. Click Apply to close the dialog box and go back to the Notifications page.
7. On the Notifications page, click Save to validate your changes or click Cancel to ignore them.
## How to add a server-based notification
### Before you begin
Before configuring a notification message, you must configure the SMTP protocol of your email server. For more information on how to configure the SMTP protocol, see [Setting up an SMTP protocol](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/administration-center-user-guide/8.0/setting-up-smtp-protocol).
### About this task
This email notification will alert specified users when the job server status changes from up to down or to up again. It will also alert the users when the job server is up and running but can not retrieve some monitoring information.
### Procedure
1. On the Notifications page, click Add on the toolbar to create a new notification.
### Example
2. On the Notification panel to the right, set the following information:
| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Category | Select the Servers category from the
dropdown list. |
| Event | Select the type of the event for which to send the
notification: |
| Servers | Select On change of server status from
the dropdown list to send an email alert each time the server is
down or back to up and running. |
| Enabled | Select this checkbox to activate the notification service. |
| Recipients | Click  to add a new recipient of the
notification messages. |
| Tasks | Click  to add the execution server to
monitor, or click the Select All
button to send an email when any of the servers is
down. |
3. Click  to show the Mails Selection dialog box.
### Example
4. In the Mails selection tab, select the checkbox(es) corresponding to the users who want to receive notifications.
5. In the External Email Recipients tab, enter emails to notify stakeholders, partners, or distribution lists that do not have a Talend Administration Center account.
6. Click Apply to close the dialog box.
The selected emails display in the Recipients list in the Notification panel.
7. Click  to show the Job server selection dialog box.
8. On the list, select the checkbox(es) corresponding to the servers to be monitored.
9. Click Apply to close the dialog box.
The selected servers display in the JobServers list in the Notification panel.
10. On the Notifications page, click Save to validate the changes or click Cancel to ignore them.
## How to add a license-based notification
### Before you begin
Before configuring a notification message, you must configure the SMTP protocol of your email server. For more information on how to configure the SMTP protocol, see [Setting up an SMTP protocol](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/administration-center-user-guide/8.0/setting-up-smtp-protocol).
### About this task
This email notification will alert specified users when their license or their token license is going to expire.
### Procedure
1. On the Notifications page, click Add on the toolbar to create a new notification.
### Example
2. On the Notification panel to the right, set the following information:
| Field | | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Category | Select the License category from the
dropdown list. | |
| Event | Select the type of the event for which to send the
notification: | |
| | License | Select On license
expiration to send an email notifying the
user who subscribes to this notification type when its
license is going to expire.
Select On token
expiration to send an email notifying the
user who subscribes to this notification type when its
license is going to expire. |
| Enabled | Select this checkbox to activate the notification service. | |
| Recipients | Click  to add a new recipient of the
notification messages. | |
3. Click  to show the Mails Selection dialog box.
### Example
4. In the Mails selection tab, select the checkbox(es) corresponding to the users who want to receive notifications.
5. In the External Email Recipients tab, enter emails to notify stakeholders, partners, or distribution lists that do not have a Talend Administration Center account.
6. Click Apply to close the dialog box.
The selected emails display in the Recipients list in the Notification panel.
## How to add an update-based notification
### Before you begin
Before configuring a notification message, you must configure the SMTP protocol of your email server. For more information on how to configure the SMTP protocol, see [Setting up an SMTP protocol](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/administration-center-user-guide/8.0/setting-up-smtp-protocol).
### About this task
This email notification will alert specified users when patches are available for download.
### Procedure
1. On the Notifications page, click Add on the toolbar to create a new notification.
### Example
2. On the Notification panel to the right, do the following:
| Field | | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Category | Select the SoftwareUpdate category from
the dropdown list. | |
| Event | Select the type of the event for which to send the
notification: | |
| | SoftwareUpdate | Select On new patch
available to send an email notifying the
user who subscribes to this notification type when a new
patch is available for download.
Select On new Studio Monthly Update
available to send an email notifying the user who
subscribes to this notification type when a new Talend Studio Monthly Update is available for download. |
| Enabled | Select this checkbox to activate the notification service. | |
| Recipients | Click  to add a new recipient of the
notification messages. | |
3. Click  to show the Mails Selection dialog box.
### Example
4. In the Mails selection tab, select the checkbox(es) corresponding to the users who want to receive notifications.
5. In the External Email Recipients tab, enter emails to notify stakeholders, partners, or distribution lists that do not have a Talend Administration Center account.
6. Click Apply to close the dialog box.
The selected emails display in the Recipients list in the Notification panel.