#Configure Job Status Notification Settings

To better monitor job statuses in Cloud Backup for Google Workspace, you can configure Notification settings to define which job statuses will trigger email notifications and specify recipients who will receive the emails.

*Note: If you are a customer of a managed service provider and your account manager has configured the job notification profiles in the Elements platform, you will not be able to edit the Notification settings. If you are a managed service provider, refer to the section in the Elements User Guide for guidance.

Follow the steps below to configure Notification settings:

1. Click Settings on the left navigation and click Notification from the drop-down menu.

2. On the Notification page, you can create, edit, or delete notification profiles:

   • Create – To create a notification profile, click Create on the top menu.

   • Edit – To edit a profile, you can select the profile and click Edit on the top menu, or you can also click the more actions button and click Edit from the drop-down menu.

   • Delete – To delete profiles, select the profiles that you want to delete, and click Delete on the top menu. To delete one profile, you can also click that profile’s more actions button and click Delete from the drop-down menu.

3. When you create or edit a profile, refer to the instructions below to configure the profile settings:

   • Profile name – Enter a name for this profile.

   • Description – If necessary, you can enter your comments in the Description field for this profile.

   • Type – Follow the instructions below to configure notification profile settings of a specific type:

     • Job – Select the Job option and configure the following settings:

       • Send email notifications to the following email addresses – To specify recipients who will receive the notification emails for all jobs of specific statuses, enter email addresses in this text box.

       • Send the email notifications for the jobs in the following statuses – To specify the job statuses which will trigger the job notification emails, select the checkbox next to Finished, Finished withexception, or Failed.

       • Customize the notification for the restore and export jobs – If you want to send notification emails to recipients who manage the export and restore jobs, turn on this toggle to configure the specific recipients and job statuses.

       Click Save at the bottom of the pane to apply the configured settings.

     • Unusual activities notification – Select the Unusual activities option and configure the following settings:

       • Send email notifications to the following email addresses – To specify recipients who will receive the notification emails for the detection of specific unusual activities, enter email addresses in this text box.

       • Send the email notifications for the jobs in the following statuses – To send notification emails to notify recipients about the potential ransomware attack or unusual activities detected in Cloud Backup for Google Workspace, select the corresponding options.

       Click Save at the bottom of the pane to apply the configured settings.