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menu/navigation.json

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"slug": "add-payment-method"
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"label": "Add billing contact",
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"label": "Set up billing notifications",
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"slug": "add-billing-contact"
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pages/account/how-to/manage-notifications.mdx

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The **notification manager** allows you to configure different types of notifications about your Organization. It also provides shortcuts to your [Budget alerts](/billing/how-to/use-billing-alerts/), [Cockpit alerts](/cockpit/how-to/enable-alert-manager/), and the Scaleway [status page](https://status.scaleway.com/).
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The **notification manager** allows you to configure different types of notifications for the users in your Organization about Organization events. These events include incidents, technical issues or maintenance, security alerts and billing. The notification manager also provides shortcuts to your [Budget alerts](/billing/how-to/use-billing-alerts/), [Cockpit alerts](/cockpit/how-to/enable-alert-manager/), and the Scaleway [status page](https://status.scaleway.com/).
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<Macro id="requirements" />
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- A Scaleway account logged into the [console](https://console.scaleway.com)
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## Accessing the notification manager
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## How to notify users in your Organization
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To access the notification manager:
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1. Log in to the [Scaleway console](https://console.scaleway.com).
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2. Click on your Organization name in the top-right corner of the console.
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3. Select **notification manager** from the drop-down menu.
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1. Click the bell icon, or **notification manager** icon, in the top-right menu of the Scaleway console. You are directed to the Notification Manager page.
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2. Scroll to the **User notifications** section.
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3. Check the box(es) next to the email of the user for who you want to set up the notifications. Four [types of notifications](#types-of-notifications) are available: **Incident**, **Technical**, **Security** and **Billing**.
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<Message type="important">
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The emails displayed in the list belong to users in your Organization. To see them in the list, first you must have either [invited them as a Guest](/iam/how-to/invite-user-to-orga/), or [created a new Member](/iam/how-to/manage-members/#how-to-create-a-member).
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</Message>
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When you check the box, the user is automatically subscribed to the notifications.
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## Types of notifications
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You can uncheck the box(es) to unsubscribe a user from receiving notifications.
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### Types of notifications
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The notification manager lets you decide who receives each type of notification. Here are some examples of the different types of notifications:
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## How to notify users outside of your Organization
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You can set external contacts to receive notifications related to your Organization.
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You can set external contacts, ones that are not users in your Organization, to receive notifications.
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1. Navigate to the **External notifications** section.
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2. Click **Add Contact**.
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3. Enter the contact’s **name** and select a **delivery method**.
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title: How to add a billing contact
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description: Learn how to add a billing contact in the Scaleway console.
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title: How to set up billing notifications
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description: Learn how to set up a billing billing notifications for users in your Organization. They will receive your Organization's monthly invoices, budget alerts and be informed if your payment method expires, for example.
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h1: How to add a billing contact
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paragraph: Learn how to add a billing contact in the Scaleway console.
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h1: How to set up billing notifications
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paragraph: Learn how to set up a billing billing notifications for users in your Organization. They will receive your Organization's monthly invoices, budget alerts and be informed if your payment method expires, for example.
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**Billing contact** is an additional contact linked to your account who will receive your monthly invoices. This can be useful if invoices in your Organization are handled by another department.
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You can set up notifications about your Organization's billing either for existing user of your Organization, or an external user who will only receive the information via email, but not be able to log in to your Organization.
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When you enable billing notifications for a user they will receive your Organization's monthly invoices, budget alerts and be informed if your payment method expires, for example.
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- A Scaleway account logged into the [console](https://console.scaleway.com)
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1. Click **Billing** in the Organization drop-down menu to go to the **Billing Overview** page.
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<Message type="tip">
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Alternatively, you can reach the [billing page](https://console.scaleway.com/billing/overview) from your [Organization Dashboard](https://console.scaleway.com/organization) by clicking **Go to Billing** above the **Current consumption** area.
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2. Click **Payment and billing** and scroll down to find **Billing contact**.
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The billing contact is only an administrative contact and cannot connect to the Scaleway console.
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## How to set up notifications for internal users
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1. Add the intended billing contact as an IAM user. You can:
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- [Invite them as a Guest](/iam/how-to/invite-user-to-orga/), or
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- [Create a new Member](/iam/how-to/manage-members/#how-to-create-a-member).
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2. Follow the steps described in the "How to notify users in your Organization" section of the [How to manage notifications](/account/how-to/manage-notifications/#how-to-notify-users-in-your-organization) documentation page.
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## How to set up notifications for external users
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Follow the steps described in the "How to notify users outside of your Organization" section of the [How to manage notifications](/account/how-to/manage-notifications/#how-to-notify-users-outside-of-your-organization) documentation page.
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