Notifications (web panel)

EFA Projection keeps you on top of what’s happening in your organization with a notification system that’s delivered through several channels: the in-app bell in the web panel, email, mobile push, and optionally Telegram.

The bell

In the top bar of the web panel, next to your avatar, there’s a bell icon. When you have new notifications, a red badge with the number of unread items appears.

Clicking the bell opens a panel with:

• List of recent notifications (last 50).
• Filter by read / unread / all.
• “Mark all as read” button.
• “View all” link that opens the full notifications screen.

Full notifications screen

For a longer history, go to Notifications in the main menu (or click “View all” from the bell). You see every notification from the last 90 days, with search and filters.

Notification types

Calendar

• You were assigned a role on an event.
• Automatic reminders before an event (configurable — see Calendar).
• Change to an event where you have a role.
• Cancellation of an event.
• Someone declined/accepted a role you assigned.

Content

• Comment on a program, song, or event you participate in.
• Presentation processed (when you uploaded a PDF/PPTX and the conversion finished).
• Mention (@name) in a comment.

Uploads

• New file pending approval on an Upload Link (admins only).
• Purge notice for an Upload Link (7 days before deletion).

Organization

• A member accepted an invitation.
• Member suspended or removed.
• Role change.
• Subscription activated / canceled / payment failed.
• Plan limit-approaching notice.

Sync

• Sync error on a desktop computer (admins only).

Configure preferences by channel

From Settings → Profile → Notifications you can control which channels to enable for each notification type:

Channel	What for
In-app (bell)	Appears in the web panel and the mobile app
Email	Arrives in your inbox
Mobile push	If you have the mobile app installed with permissions
Telegram	If you linked the bot (Integrations)

For each category you can enable / disable each channel separately.

Some notifications are always on

For safety, certain critical notifications cannot be disabled:

• Payment failed.
• 1h reminder before an event where you are the preacher or leader.

This prevents someone from forgetting a critical commitment by silencing all notifications.

Mark as read

• Clicking a notification marks it as read automatically and opens the related content (the event, the program, etc.).
• “Mark all as read” button in the bell or on the full screen.

Search the history

On the full notifications screen:

• Search by text in the title or description.
• Filters by type and by date.
• Notifications are kept for 90 days, then archived and no longer shown in the regular list (but they remain in the database for auditing).

In real time

Notifications arrive in real time via WebSocket. You don’t have to refresh the page — the bell updates itself when something new appears.

Mass notifications (admin)

If you’re an admin and need to notify the whole organization (e.g. “Sunday’s service is canceled due to a holiday”), you can send a manual notification:

1. Notifications → Send notification.
2. Pick the recipients: all / by role / specific.
3. Write the message.
4. Pick the channels.

It arrives like any other notification but marked as “Admin message”.

No notifications — what to check

If you were expecting a notification and it didn’t arrive:

1. Email — check spam. EFA Projection notifications come from [email protected].
2. Mobile push — check system permissions (see Mobile notifications → I’m not getting push notifications).
3. Preferences — check that the channel is enabled for that category in Settings → Profile → Notifications.
4. Telegram — check that your account is linked (Settings → Integrations → Telegram).

If the issue persists, reach out from FAQ and support.

Next step

To configure who receives what notifications at the organization level, see Administration.