Notifications in TallyPrime
TallyPrime’s Notifications report ensures you never miss a time-sensitive or mandatory business activity. It provides a consolidated view of critical alerts, helping you take timely action and avoid business downtime.
Starting with TallyPrime 5.0, you receive notifications for activities like uploading and downloading GST vouchers, and managing your TSS and license. In TallyPrime Release 7.0, this is expanded to include alerts for company data backup, TallyDrive storage, and the TallyScheduler. Additionally, you can receive notifications from any configured add-ons.
The new bell icon, with a red dot, instantly alerts you to new notifications. You can also customize the appearance and behavior of red dot.
View Notifications
A red dot on the bell icon, located at the top of the TallyPrime screen, indicates a new notification. You can access the Notifications report from any screen by clicking the icon or directly from the Gateway of Tally.
The report displays the notification’s date, time, activity type, and description, specifying if it is for a company or the TallyPrime application. From here, you can take immediate action. Simply drill down on a notification to be taken directly to the relevant module, where you can perform the required activity.
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View Notifications based on Activity Type and Notification Status
Set Up Notification Preferences
View Notifications
You can view the Notifications report from any screen in TallyPrime.
- Gateway of Tally > Ctrl+Alt+N (Notifications).
Alternatively, click the Bell icon.
The Notifications report appears with the details about all the notifications:
Types of Notifications
Tally Software Services (TSS) Notifications
These notifications alert you when your TSS subscription is nearing its expiration or has already expired.
Licensing Notifications
These alerts inform you of issues with your TallyPrime license, such as reaching a usage limit, a rental license expiring, or a loss of internet connectivity that prevents license access.
TallyPrime Upgrade Notifications
This type of notification informs you whenever a new version of TallyPrime is available for download.
GST Notifications
These notifications are related to the status of your GST returns, particularly if you need to refresh the status of an upload or download activity.
Backup Notifications
TallyPrime provides notifications about the status of your data backups, but only when a backup fails. These alerts can specify if a backup failed because a company was inaccessible, or for other reasons. Another type of backup notification appears if TallyPrime has to repair corrupted data, which may result in data loss. This is applicable from Release 7.0.
TallyScheduler Notifications
These notifications alert you if the TallyScheduler is not running, which could interrupt your scheduled tasks and backups. This is applicable from Release 7.0.
TallyDrive Notifications
TallyPrime issues these notifications to help you manage your TallyDrive storage. They alert you when your storage is nearing its capacity, is about to expire, or has already expired. This is applicable from Release 7.0.
Notifications from Add-Ons
If you use TallyPrime with add-ons that include notification features, you can receive alerts related to those add-ons in the Notifications report. This is applicable from Release 7.0.
View Notifications based on Activity Type and Notification Status
You can configure the Notifications report based on the type of Activity and Notification status. This is applicable from Release 7.0.
To configure the report based on the Activity type,
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Press F4 (Activity) and select the Activity from the List of Activities.
To configure the report based on the Notifications Status,
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Press Ctrl+B (Basis of Values) and select the Notifications Status as Read, Unread, or All (Unread & Read)
Set Up Notification Preferences
You can also configure the type of notifications you want to appear on the Notifications report, and whether you want any notifications or not. This is applicable from Release 7.0.
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Press F1 (Help) > Settings > Display > Show Notifications for Activity.
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Configure the options as required.
You can configure whether or not to show notifications in the report for Backup, GST, and TallyDrive storage. You can also manage notifications for Tally Scheduler, Profile, and even for customized notifications from add-ons.
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Press Ctrl+A to save the configuration.
View Add-On Notifications
If you have deployed add-ons in TallyPrime and customized it with notifications, you will receive notifications from the add-ons as well on the Notifications report. This is applicable from Release 7.0.
To view allow notifications from the add-ons,
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Press F1 (Help) > Settings > Display > enable the option Allow AddOns to send Notifications.
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Select Manage Notifications from AddOns and press Enter.
Under Particulars, you can view the Notifications available in the Add-Ons along with their Description.
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Enable the required Notifications and press Ctrl+A to save the report.
Once enabled, you can view the Notifications as per the configuration.
Dismiss Notification
To dismiss notification, press Spacebar to select the notification or multiple notifications, and press Alt+D (Dismiss). This is applicable to Release 7.0.
Note that this action will permanently delete the selected notifications.
Act on Notifications
Notifications in TallyPrime require you to take action. You can press the Enter key on any notification to open the relevant module or screen to address the issue.
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TSS Notification: If you receive a notification about an expired TSS subscription, pressing Enter takes you to the TSS renewal screen.
Notification as it appears: Your TSS subscription has expired or is about to expire -
TallyPrime Upgrade Notification: When a notification for a new TallyPrime release appears, pressing Enter directs you to the TallyPrime upgrade screen.
Notification as it appears: TallyPrime Release x.y (latest release) is available. -
GST Status Notification: For a notification about GST return activity, pressing Enter opens the Refresh GST Status screen, allowing you to refresh or cancel the activity.
Notification as it appears: GST Returns activity is in progress. You can drill down and refresh or cancel the Return activity. -
Backup Notification: If a backup fails, you can press Enter on the notification to go to the Backup Log report and find out the reason for the failure.
Examples of backup failed notification: Backup failed as company was not accessible at <pathcmp_number> or Backup failed for <company name> (<number>). -
Tally Scheduler Notification: A notification that the TallyScheduler is not running allows you to press Enter to start it.
Notification as it appears: Tally Scheduler is not running. Press Enter to start it to ensure uninterrupted scheduled tasks and view related notifications. -
TallyDrive Notification: If you get a notification that your TallyDrive storage is almost full, pressing Enter takes you to the TallyDrive Management report, where you can extend your storage. For expired storage, pressing Enter redirects you to the Tally Solutions customer portal to renew your subscription.
Examples of a TallyDrive notification: Your extended TallyDrive storage will expire on <DD/MM/YY> or Your extended TallyDrive storage has expired on <DD/MM/YY>. Renew now to avoid permanent loss of your backup data. -
Notifications from Add-Ons: These notifications will vary depending on the specific add-on you are using. The content and format are determined by the add-on developer.
Unread notifications, whether they’re new or unaddressed, will be highlighted in bold. Once you’ve acknowledged a notification by hitting Enter but decide to act on it later, it will revert to the regular text format. Nonetheless, it will continue to appear in the report, for you to take action later.
Customise Notifications Indicator | Red Dot
You can configure the appearance of the red dot on the Bell icon as per your preference. By default, the red dot appears only in case of New Notifications. You can configure the red dot on the Bell icon to appear for any, new or unread notifications. This feature is useful when you have viewed a notification but intend to act on it later. The red dot will serve as a reminder to read and act on the notifications awaiting attention.
To configure the appearance of the red dot,
- Press F1 (Help) > Dsiplay > type or select Show Red Dot for.
- Select your preferred option from the List of Options.
Any Notifications: The red Dot appears when notifications are present in the report. They can be read or unread.
New Notifications: The red Dot appears only when there are new notifications in the report.
Unread Notifications: The red Dot appears when there are unread notifications in the report.
Once configured, the red dot on the Bell icon will appear as per your preferred option.
