Using Gridline
Notifications and alerts
Your inbox and bell, the quota warnings at 80% and 100%, and what each message means.
Everyone has an inbox. Gridline writes to it when something happens that you would want to know about, and, for the one thing that is about money, also emails the billing address.
Read your inbox
The bell in the top bar shows how many notifications you have not read yet. Choose it, or choose Notifications in the sidebar, to read them.
Open Notifications
Newest first. Unread ones are marked New and have a yellow icon. Choose Unread above the list to see only those.
Read one
Each says what happened and links to the file or page it is about. Opening it marks it as read.
Mark as read
Choose Mark as read beside an entry, or Mark all as read at the top. The bell's number goes down at once.
New notifications appear at the top of the list, and the bell counts them, while you are working: there is no need to reload. Long lists load in pages: choose Load more at the bottom.
You only ever see your own notifications. Read notifications are removed after 90 days; unread ones stay until you read them.
What you can be told
| Notification | Who gets it | When |
|---|---|---|
| Report ready | The uploader | A report finished. |
| Report failed | The uploader | A report failed for good (not while it is still being retried). |
| Rules failed | The uploader and every admin | A file failed an error rule. It names the rules and the score, never a value. |
| Columns changed | The uploader and every admin | A new version removed or retyped a column its predecessor had. |
| Cleaned version ready | The person who asked | A cleaned version was made, with how many cells and rows changed. |
| Cleaning failed | The person who asked | A cleaned version could not be made, with the reason. |
| Rows changed | The uploader and every admin | A new version differs from the one before it: how many rows were added, removed and changed. Needs the file's key columns to be saved. |
| Personal data found | The uploader and every admin | A file the whole company can open holds personal or secret data. It names the columns and the kind, never a value. |
| File shared | The people added | A file was shared with you. |
| You were mentioned | The person tagged | Someone mentioned you in a comment. |
| Quota threshold | Every admin | The company reached 80% or 100% of its file allowance. |
| Invoice issued | Every admin | An invoice with something to pay was issued. |
A notification holds names, counts and links. It never holds a cell value from your files.
Quota alerts
When your company reaches 80% of its files for the billing period, and again at 100%, every admin gets an inbox entry and the billing address gets an email. Each fires once per period.
| At 100% on | The message says |
|---|---|
| Free or Basic | Uploads stop until the period resets, and names the plan that raises the limit. |
| Premium | Uploads keep going; each extra file is billed at the overage price. |
It is written with the change
A notification is saved in the same step as the thing that caused it. If an upload is rolled back, it announces nothing. The bell updates only after that step is complete.
From code
Your inbox is available over HTTP: see Team and collaboration API.