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@mentioning a user in a post - where are they notified

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Hi all

I am hoping that this is a pretty easy question to answer...

Where/how are users notified if they have been @ mentioned in a Timeline post.

User 1 has opened a Lead and added a post to the records timeline. In the post User 1 has @mentioned User 2.

My questions:

  • Does User 2 get notified with default out-of-the box settings?
    • If yes, where would I see the notification?
    • If no, is there a setting to enable this?

Thanks for your help

  • Suggested answer
    Arjan ter Heegde Profile Picture
    Arjan ter Heegde 37 on at
    RE: @mentioning a user in a post - where are they notified

    Hi,

    I've created a simple plug-in to achieve this https://arjanterheegde.com/2023/05/09/notify-users-if-they-are-mentioned-in-a-post/.

    Hopefully this will help you.

    Kind regards,

    Arjan

  • Luca Gabrielli Profile Picture
    Luca Gabrielli 5 on at
    RE: @mentioning a user in a post - where are they notified

    Hi Ron - any update on this functionality?

  • icimasa Profile Picture
    icimasa 390 on at
    RE: @mentioning a user in a post - where are they notified

    Hi All,

    does anyone know if this feature has been enabled yet? I seem not to get the OOTB notification working to Teams

    regards

    Martin

  • Suggested answer
    ScheumanRJ Profile Picture
    ScheumanRJ 76 on at
    RE: @mentioning a user in a post - where are they notified

    Microsoft will be adding functionality in 2021 Release Wave 2 to notify the @mentioned user via Teams chat:

    "Use @mentions in the timeline of a record and be assured that the user will be notified automatically in their Teams chat through the Dynamics 365 Sales bot."

    docs.microsoft.com/.../send-automated-chat-notifications-dynamics-365-teams

    But this feature won't be in Public Preview until Feb 2022.

  • Verified answer
    RakeshJ Profile Picture
    RakeshJ on at
    RE: @mentioning a user in a post - where are they notified

    Hi,

    When a User1 tags User2 in a post within Timeline. Then User2 will see in the Timeline of his user record. However, OOTB he will not be notified. One of the quickest way would be to automate this via worklow/plugin/flow i.e. whenever User2 is tagged, send email to notify.

    You can use the below given feature of Sales Insights to configure notifications using Flow:

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/ai/sales/action-cards-reference 

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/ai/sales/assistant 

    Also please refer to below referenced article which talk about similar scenario.

    https://community.dynamics.com/crm/f/microsoft-dynamics-crm-forum/287879/tag-or-mention-other-user-in-notes-posts 
    https://crmtipoftheday.com/1272/a-better-way-to-notify/

    If this is helpful, kindly mark it as verified. 

    Thanks,

    Rakesh

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