Watching categories
Keep track of document changes within categories in Cognidox
Want to stay informed when something changes in a specific part of your document hierarchy? Watching a category ensures you’re notified by email whenever key actions happen — such as updates, obsoletions, or new documents being added.
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How to Watch a Category
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Navigate to the Category you're interested in (e.g. Finance > Purchase Orders).
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Click the Watch Category button.
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In the dialog that appears:
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Tick the box to get notifications for changes in the category.
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(Optional) Tick Include Subcategories to cover any nested folders now or in the future.
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Tick Enable Analytics to view review/approval stats for this category.
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Click Set Category Watches to confirm.
You are now watching that category.
Viewing What You're Watching
To see which categories you're watching:
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Return to your User Page and check the Category Analytics portlet.
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If it’s not visible, enable it via the Manage Your Portlets option.
This portlet will list all watched categories and provide review and approval status bars. In the next article, we’ll explore how to use that visual data.
Want to stay informed when something changes in a specific part of your document hierarchy? Watching a category ensures you’re notified by email whenever key actions happen — such as updates, obsoletions, or new documents being added.
Further information
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