Harvest sends various notifications and emails to teammates. Some of the notifications and emails are account-wide, while others can be enabled or disabled on a per-person basis. You can learn more about each type of notification below:

Notifications managed by Administrators and Managers for projects and people

Team-wide timesheet reminder emails

• What: Two automatic weekly reminders to fill out and submit timesheets for approval (if your plan supports timesheet approval): one before the Timesheet Deadline, and, if necessary, one after.
• Who manages these: Administrators.
• Who receives these: Everyone who has either tracked less than a certain percentage of their capacity, or anyone who hasn’t yet submitted their timesheet for approval, depending on the account’s settings.
• How to enable/disable: You can find detailed instructions in our article about timesheet reminders.

One-time timesheet reminder emails

• What: Reminders to fill out and submit timesheets for approval (if your plan supports timesheet approval) for that week.
• Who manages these: Administrators and Managers with assigned people and permission to edit time.
• Who receives these: Manually selected individuals on an as-needed basis.
• How to enable/disable: You can find detailed instructions in our article about timesheet reminders.

Project budget alert emails

• What: Alerts when a project has crossed a certain budget threshold (if your plan supports budgets). 
• Who manages these: Administrators and Managers set to manage a project.
• Who receives these: Team members determined by permission level and individual project settings. 
• How to enable/disable: Edit a project and, within the Budget section, check the box for Send email alerts if project exceeds __% of budget and enter a percentage. 
• Learn more in our article about project budget alerts.

Notifications managed by individual teammates

Personal timesheet reminder emails/desktop notifications

• What: Daily reminders to track time in Harvest.
• Who manages these: Individual teammates.
• Who receives these: Themselves.
• How to enable/disable: Click your name in the upper right corner and select Notifications. Select or deselect Help me track my time with daily reminders next to Timesheet reminders.
• Learn more in our article about timesheet reminders.

My Weekly Harvest emails

• What: Colorful weekly overviews of a person's time.
• Who manages these: Individual teammates.
• Who receives these: Themselves.
• How to enable/disable: Click your name in the upper right corner and select Notifications. Select or deselect Email me a weekly report of my time next to Your Weekly Harvest. 
• Learn more in our article about Your Weekly Harvest.

Timesheet submission emails 

• What: Alerts when someone submits time or expenses for approval (if your plan supports timesheet approval)
• Who manages these: Administrators and Managers who are set to manage a project and/or have assigned people.
• Who receives these: Administrators and Managers who are set to manage a project and/or have assigned people.
• How to enable/disable: Click your name in the upper right corner and select Notifications. Select or deselect Email me if timesheets are submitted for projects or people I manage next to Approval. 
• Learn more in our article about timesheet approval.

Timesheet approval emails

• What: Notifications when another Administrator or Manager approves a timesheet (if your plan supports timesheet approval)
• Who manages these: Administrators.
• Who receives these: Administrators.
• How to enable/disable: Click your name in the upper right corner and select Notifications. Select or deselect Email me when a timesheet is approved next to Approval. 
• Learn more in our article about timesheet approval.

Deleted project emails

• What: Alerts when someone deletes a project from your account.
• Who manages these: Administrators and Managers.
• Who receives these: Administrators and Managers who are set to manage a project.
• How to enable/disable: Click your name in the upper right corner and select Notifications. Select or deselect Email me if any project is deleted (Administrators) or Email me if a project I manage is deleted (Managers) next to Other notifications. 
• Learn more in our article about archiving and deleting projects.

Harvest newsletter

• What: Occasional messages and updates about Harvest. 
• Who manages these: Individual teammates.
• Who receives these: Themselves.
• How to enable/disable: Click your name in the upper right corner and select Notifications. Select or deselect Email me occasional updates, offers, tips, and interesting stories next to Other notifications. 

Other notifications sent by Harvest

While these notifications can’t be enabled or disabled, here’s a list of all the emails you may potentially receive from Harvest.

Note: Most emails from Harvest come from either  notifications@harvestapp.com or support@harvestapp.com To ensure you get our messages, please take a moment to add notifications@harvestapp.com and support@harvestapp.com to your list of trusted senders.

Onboarding emails

• Welcome messages
• Guides to getting started
• Check-ins and support
• Notification of upcoming trial expiration

Harvest account notifications

• Payment and refund confirmations for your Harvest account
• Notifications of payment failure for your Harvest account
• Notifications of account closure or deactivation
• Notifications of upcoming yearly payment (sent a month before annual renewal date)
• On-hold account reminders

Individual teammate notifications

• Invitations to join a team
• Notifications for timers running over 10 hours 

Invoice and estimate notifications

Only available to plans that have support for invoices and estimates. 

• Invoice delivery failure notifications
• Invoice and estimate acceptances and declines
• QuickBooks Online or Xero invoice copy failure notifications
• Online payment notifications for invoices

Import and export notifications

• Notifications that exported reports are ready for download
• Exported report failure notifications
• Notifications that imports have completed or failed
• Notifications that reverted imports have completed or failed

Report notifications

• Notifications that a report has been shared with you
• Notifications that a recurring report has been automatically generated