is an option that specifies how notifications should be sent from background tasks.
NotificationFunction
is an option that specifies how notifications should be sent from background tasks.
Details
- Possible settings for NotificationFunction include:
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None send no notificationsAutomatic send email notification to the owner on failureAll send email notification to the owner on success or failure{user1,user2,…} send email on failure to the specified users{{user1,…}cond,…} send email to the specified users on condition condf apply an arbitrary function
- With NotificationFunction->f, the function f is applied to an association containing the following elements:
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"Recipients" users to be notified"Result" result from the task"TaskLink" link to the task object"TaskCloudObject" cloud object for the task"TaskFilename" file name for the task (None if unnamed)"LogLink" link to the log from running the task"StartTime" start time of the task"EndTime" end time of the task"Timing" CPU time used for the task"AbsoluteTiming" wall-clock time used for the task"NextRunTime" time of the next scheduled run"RemainingRuns" number of remaining runs specified
Examples
Basic Examples (1)
Deploy a task that notifies multiple parties on any outcome:
Trigger the task to run asynchronously:
Redeploy the task to notify on failure only:
Trigger the task to run again:
Redeploy the task with a custom notification function:
Trigger the task to run again:
Delete the task:
Related Guides
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2015), NotificationFunction, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotificationFunction.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2015. "NotificationFunction." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotificationFunction.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2015). NotificationFunction. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotificationFunction.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_notificationfunction, author="Wolfram Research", title="{NotificationFunction}", year="2015", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotificationFunction.html}", note=[Accessed: 17-November-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_notificationfunction, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={NotificationFunction}, year={2015}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotificationFunction.html}, note=[Accessed: 17-November-2025]}