# Notifications

Nimbata's Email Notifications send real-time alerts for inbound calls and SMS to you, your team, or your clients, including call details and recording links. The Slack integration sends real-time call notifications to your Slack workspace, so your team stays informed about inbound call activity.

The workflows that decide which calls send an email (missed calls, or specific call and SMS events) are on [Alerts](https://help.nimbata.com/workflows/alerts), under Workflows. Set up the recipients here first, then the workflow there.

## Email notifications

1. **Add recipients**

   - Go to [Integrations > Email Alerts](https://app.nimbata.com/integrations/service/email-alerts).
   - Enter the recipient email address(es).
   - Check **Send separate email to each recipient** if you want individual emails rather than a CC'd message.

2. **Select a workflow**

   - Choose the workflow that controls when notifications fire.
   - Click **See all workflows** to pick an existing one.
   - Alternatively, click **Create new workflow** to start from scratch.

   [Create a workflow](https://help.nimbata.com/workflows/workflows#create-a-workflow)

3. **Choose your trigger**

   - Click the trigger (shown in yellow) to set when notifications are sent, for example **when a call ends** or **when an SMS arrives**.

   The integration shows a status indicator at a glance:

   - 🟢 **Green**: running on all workflows it's been added to
   - 🟡 **Yellow**: running on some, but not all, workflows
   - 🔴 **Red**: not running on any workflow

4. **Set the email subject**

   - Enter the subject line for the notification email.
   - You can use dynamic variables to personalize it, for example `New call on %tracking_friendly_name% - %call_outcome%`.

   Available variables:

   - `%tracking_number%`
   - `%tracking_friendly_name%`
   - `%destination_number%`
   - `%destination_friendly_name%`
   - `%call_outcome%`
   - `%caller_id%`
   - `%caller_name%`

5. **Customize the message body**

   Set the greeting text, choose whether to include the recording link and logo, and select the call data fields to display. Drag fields to reorder them.

   All changes save automatically. If there's a validation error (for example, addresses not separated by commas), Nimbata displays an inline error message.

🎉 Done! Email notifications are sent for every call or SMS that matches your workflow conditions.

### Multiple configurations

To route different call types to different teams, you can create separate notification configurations.

- Go to **Integrations > Email Notifications**.
- Click **+ Add email notification**.
- Configure the new entry with different recipients, a different workflow trigger, or both.
- Name the configuration and click the green checkmark to save.
- Choose which configuration(s) to activate by adding the Email Notifications task to a workflow.

## Slack

> **Note:** For more information on using Nimbata and Slack, read our [privacy policy](https://www.nimbata.com/privacy-policy/).

1. **Connect your Slack workspace**

   - Go to [Integrations > Slack](https://app.nimbata.com/integrations/service/slack).
   - Click **Add to Slack**.
   - Click **Allow** to grant Nimbata access.
   - A confirmation message appears once connected.

2. **Select your trigger**

   - Choose **After Every Call** to notify for all calls.
   - Alternatively, click **Create Trigger** to filter, for example only calls tagged as "Sales" or only answered calls.

3. **Select a Slack channel**

   Choose the channel where call notifications should be sent.

4. **Choose your call data fields**

   - Select the fields to include in the message.
   - Remove a field with the **×** icon.
   - Rename labels inline, or add new fields with the **+** button.

   ![Which data should we include in the message? with Parameter Name and Value rows (tracking_num_name, caller_id, destination_num_name, call_outcome, UTM fields, rec_link), Add Row, and Send Test and Save.](https://help.nimbata.com/_astro/01-image3rjteu_t5gfeo.C5Ukcc5Z_1Ng5Fl.webp)

   > **Tip:** Adding the Rec Link field lets your team open call recordings directly from Slack with one click.

5. **Test and save**

   - Click **Send Test**.
   - Fill in the test fields to verify the notification looks correct in your Slack channel.
   - Then click **Save**.

🎉 Done! Nimbata posts a Slack notification for every call that matches your trigger.

> **Note:** To uninstall the integration, go to Integrations > Slack and click the bin icon at the top of the page.