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# Notifications

## Notifications in MLM-AI

MLM-AI supports email notifications of application events. Users can:

* Be notified when a review is ready for screening, or when its status changes (ex: from *In Progress* to *Completed*)
* Be notified of any assessment updates, when they are part of an assessment (per the article audit log)
* Send the details of an abstract and its assessments to a pre-configured list of recipients

## Notify on Assessment Updates

When an assessment is added to an abstract, users involved in the assessment - ie. the **interested parties** - can be notified of the update.

### How Automatic Notifications Work?

If a user is taking part in the assessment of an article (by saving a decision to the audit log) they can receive automatic notification of any further updates. 

See example scenarios below. Note that the user that creates the new decision does not get notified.

| Scenario                    | Users in Audit Log | New Decision | Who is Notified? |
| --------------------------- | ------------------ | ------------ | ---------------- |
| Assessment                  | -                  | User A       | -                |
| User Corrects Assessment    | User A             | User A       | -                |
| QC                          | User A             | User B       | User A           |
| User A corrections after QC | User A, User B     | User A       | User B           |
| 2nd level QC                | User A, User B     | User C       | User A, User B   |

### Configuration

When configuring a Monitor, select Notify on decision updates in the Notifications section of the Screening tab:

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## Email Article Details

Users can optionally send a summary of a citation and screening decisions to a pre-configured list of email recipients.

From the [Abstract Detail](/application/review-details.md#screening-abstracts) screen, the email widget allows users to select an email recipient to send to:

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{% hint style="info" %}
The **Interested Parties** option will send an email to all users present in the article audit log - ie. all users that previously saved a screening decision
{% endhint %}

### Configuration

In the [Settings](/configuration/settings.md) page, add the email recipients users are allowed to select:

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{% hint style="info" %}
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{% endhint %}

In the [Monitor configuration](/configuration/monitor-configuration.md#monitor-options), check the Enable Email articles feature to make the email widget visible:

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## Review Status Changes

Users can be notified when:

* A new Review submitted for processing is ready for screening
* A Review changes status (ex: from In Progress to Completed)

### Who is Notified

All users that are part of a [Reviewer or QC team in the Monitor](/configuration/monitor-configuration.md#team-assignment-special-situations-and-exclusions) for the review are notified of updates.

### Configuration

In the [Monitor configuration](/configuration/monitor-configuration.md#monitor-options) select the Notify on review status changes option:

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