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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-03-12 · Official documentation · View source

Add users to a watch list

Watch lists enable you and others to subscribe to notifications of a task.

Before you begin

Role required: none

Procedure

  1. Navigate to a record that you want to add watchers to.

    Note: Not all records have watch lists. If you’re unable to see a watch list, you may have to adjust your form view or ask your administrator to update the form to add a watch list.

  2. Expand the watch list by selecting the lock icon (

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lock icon\).
  1. Select users with the list controls (see table).

    IconFunction
Image omitted: NEIconAddMe.png
Add me icon|Add yourself to the watchlist|
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Remove selected item icon|Remove the highlighted user|
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Preview selected item icon|Open the highlighted user's record \(active only when a user record exists\)|
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Add/remove multiple icon|Open the Edit Members window to add or remove multiple users \(not available until a record has initially been saved\)|
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Image omitted: NEIconLockWatchlist.png
Lock Watch list icon|Indicates that the watch list is unlocked; select the icon to lock the watch list|
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Lookup using list icon|Open the Users list in a new window to select a single user|
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Add email address icon|Enter an email address for users who aren’t in the User \[sys\_user\] table or don’t have an email address defined in their user record|
  • Configure email notifications for watch lists
    Watch lists (glide_list field type) allow multiple users to subscribe to notifications of a task. You can specify conditions in an email notification to send email notifications to the members when the conditions are met.

Parent Topic:Forms in the classic environment