Email Notifications
Lightfeed's email notification system keeps you informed about extraction updates, ensuring you're always aware of new or changed data without having to manually check your dashboard.
Overview
Email notifications deliver extraction results directly to your inbox, alerting you when:
- New data is added to your database
- Existing data is updated
This feature helps you stay on top of important changes, enabling timely decision-making based on the latest data.
note
Email notifications are only available for scheduled extractions. One-time manual extractions do not trigger email updates.
Setting Up Email Notifications
To configure email notifications for a database:
- Navigate to your database
- Click the "Integrate" button
- Choose "Receive in Email"
- Check "Enable email updates for this database view"
- Select your notification option
Notification Options
Lightfeed offers flexible notification options to match your needs:
New Entries Only
- Receive an email only when new data is added to your database (new data: records with unique ID values that appear for the first time)
- No notifications for unchanged data or updates to existing entries
- Ideal for monitoring new listings, products, or publications
New and Updated Entries
- Get notified when new data is added or existing data is updated
- No notifications for unchanged data
- Perfect for tracking changes in pricing, availability, or content
Complete Extraction Results
- Receive a full dataset every time an extraction runs
- Includes all data found, even if nothing has changed
- Useful for reviewing comprehensive results after each extraction