# Report notifications

Users can get notified (on a [notification channel](https://olddocs.exivity.io/administration/notifications/..#channels)) whenever a report has been published. This way you can inform customers, departments, or project owners when their [Summary report](https://olddocs.exivity.io/reports/summary) is ready.\
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These are the steps to configure a Report notification:

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This tutorial teaches you how to create notifications for yourself, but you can also [create them for other users](https://olddocs.exivity.io/administration/notifications/..#creating-notifications-for-other-users) if you have admin rights.
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1\. [Create a Report](https://olddocs.exivity.io/data-pipelines/reports#creating-reports) or choose an existing one.

2\. Click on your username at the top right corner of the screen, then select **My Notifications.**

3\. Fill in the details (**Name**, **Title** and **Description**) and make sure the **Trigger** is set to *Report published*:

![Example of a notification for a published report](https://1141395848-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FPRZvuYYNyI3vz1mar1l4%2Fuploads%2FSjwqkuSzOSIZqzaQpKrU%2Freport-summary-notification.png?alt=media\&token=8c7853f2-0593-41c3-bedb-965584676cc5)

4\. Select your Report.

5\. Choose the **Account depth** of the report. The highest will be the default.

6\. Choose between a **Separate** (default) or a **Consolidated** view type for your report.

7\. If **Consolidated** is selected, **Accounts** can be included as well:

![Consolidated options](https://1141395848-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FPRZvuYYNyI3vz1mar1l4%2Fuploads%2F92Jz2ZQbbknCYCu2LV2r%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=607c40a1-25b0-48ae-ae4f-4e823cab3dd4)

8\. The **Group by** option allows you to choose between **Services** (default) and **Instances.**

9\. You can filter the **Account** if the **Report type** is set to **Separate.** By default, it is set to None. If None is selected, all accounts for the specified depth will be included in the report. If an account is selected, only the report for that account will be included.

10\. The Period section allows you to create the notification for the published report for the **Previous month** or the **Month to date.**

11\. Finally, click the **Create** button.