Buyers and planners can configure how frequently they receive SourceDay email notifications.
Notification settings help teams balance operational visibility with reduced email volume.
Available notification frequencies
Hourly digest
Sends grouped updates every hour.
Recommended for:
- Active PO management
- High-volume purchasing teams
- Users managing supplier exceptions
Daily digest
Sends one summary email each day.
Recommended for:
- Lower-volume operations
- Users who do not require real-time updates
Weekly digest
Sends a weekly summary of supplier activity.
Recommended for:
- Leadership visibility
- Reporting and operational reviews
Configure notification settings
- Open your user profile settings
- Navigate to Email Notifications
- Select the desired digest frequency
- Save changes
Important setup note
Buyers and planners must have their ERP buyer name assigned in SourceDay to receive PO-related notifications.
If no ERP buyer name is assigned; notifications are routed to the SourceDay Admin.
Please adjust this in API Integration on the left side navigation.
Email forwarding
Buyers and planners can add additional SourceDay users to the email with email forwarding or can add a non-SourceDay user email as a CC.
- Turn on email forwarding
- Select emails from the drop down list (only SourceDay users)
- Add Item to manually key in email addresses
Best practices
SourceDay recommends:
- Hourly digest notifications for active buyers and planners
- Daily digest notifications for lower-priority updates
- Weekly digest notifications for leadership