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Notification Channel Groups

Notification Channel Groups define how Yarken distributes platform notifications, Insights alerts, and operational updates to users and teams.

Use Notification Channel Groups to organize recipients, standardize communication flows, and manage notification delivery across email, Slack, and Microsoft Teams channels.

These groups help administrators maintain consistent alert routing and improve governance across operational and financial workflows.

Access Notification Channel Groups

To open Notification Channel Groups:

  1. Navigate to Admin

  2. Select Settings

  3. Open Notification Channel Groups

The page displays all configured notification groups available in the environment.

Administrators can:

  • Create notification groups

  • Configure delivery channels

  • Enable or disable groups

  • Manage recipient routing

  • Support operational alerting workflows

Understand Notification Channel Groups

A Notification Channel Group controls how notifications are routed to users, teams, or external communication platforms.

Each group contains:

  • Group name

  • Description

  • Channel type

  • Associated delivery destination

  • Enabled status

  • Ownership information

Groups are commonly used for:

  • Insights distribution

  • Executive reporting alerts

  • Operational notifications

  • Workflow communication

  • Governance notifications

  • Cross-functional reporting updates

Supported channel types

Notification Channel Groups support multiple communication methods depending on platform configuration.

Email

Email groups distribute notifications directly to configured email recipients.

Use email groups for:

  • Executive summaries

  • Scheduled reporting

  • Financial alerts

  • Governance communication

  • Operational notifications

Slack

Slack groups route notifications to configured Slack channels.

Slack integrations help teams:

  • Monitor operational updates

  • Receive Insights alerts

  • Improve collaboration workflows

  • Track platform activity

  • Respond to governance events faster

Slack destinations must first be configured under Notification Channels.

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams groups distribute notifications to configured Teams channels.

Teams integrations support:

  • Cross-functional collaboration

  • Reporting distribution

  • Operational communication

  • Financial governance workflows

  • Shared Insights visibility

Microsoft Teams destinations must first be configured under Notification Channels.

Create a Notification Channel Group

To create a new group:

  1. Open Settings → Notification Channel Groups

  2. Select Add New

  3. Enter the required information:

    • Name

    • Description

    • Channel Type

    • Recipients or Destination

    • Enabled status

  4. Save the group

Once created, the group becomes available for supported notification and Insights workflows.

Manage Notification Channel Groups

Administrators can update existing groups to maintain alignment with operational or reporting requirements.

Typical updates include:

  • Adding or removing recipients

  • Updating communication channels

  • Changing group ownership

  • Enabling or disabling delivery

  • Aligning notification routing with organizational changes

Maintaining clean and well-structured groups improves communication governance and operational consistency.

Notification governance considerations

Well-managed notification groups improve:

  • Alert consistency

  • Operational responsiveness

  • Reporting visibility

  • Communication governance

  • Cross-functional coordination

  • Executive awareness

Recommended practices:

  • Use clear naming conventions

  • Align groups with business functions

  • Standardize delivery structures

  • Review ownership regularly

  • Remove inactive or duplicate groups

  • Keep channel destinations current

Relationship with Notification Channels

Notification Channels and Notification Channel Groups work together.

  • Notification Channels define the actual communication integration or destination.

  • Notification Channel Groups define how recipients and workflows use those channels.

For Slack and Microsoft Teams workflows, channel destinations must be configured before they can be assigned to groups.

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