This article provides an overview of the Notifications window of Zscaler Client Connector.

• Windows

  This section covers the following topics:

  • Viewing Notifications on Windows

    In the Notifications window, you can view the following information:

    • Application: Displays the name of the application relevant to the action that triggered the notification. In the following example, Zscaler Client Connector is listed in the Application column when the notification is relevant only to Zscaler Client Connector. For example, you received a notification after the app required you to reauthenticate into the Zscaler Private Access (ZPA) service, in order to access internal applications. As another example, if you attempted to upload content to Dropbox.com in violation of one of your organization's cloud app control policies in the Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA) service, you would receive a notification and see Dropbox.com in the Application column.
    • Time: Displays the time when the notification was received.
    • Message: Displays the notification message.

    Click Clear All to clear all notifications from this page.

    

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  • Enabling Notifications in the System Tray

    To display notifications from the system tray icon:

    1. Click More.
    2. In the Settings section, you can:

    • Manually enable or disable pop-up notifications. The default setting is set by the admin. If notifications are enabled, notifications appear in the tray icon. This setting doesn’t affect ZPA reauthentication notifications.
    • Override the default setting that was configured in the Zscaler Client Connector Portal to show ZPA reauthentication notifications.
    • Pause notifications by enabling Do Not Disturb (DND) Mode. You can pause notifications in 30-minute, 1-hour, or 2-hour increments.

    

    For Zscaler Client Connector version 3.8 and later for Windows, you can instead use Zscaler's Notification Framework. You cannot disable notifications in Windows settings. To learn more, see About the Zscaler Notification Framework.

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• macOS

  This section covers the following topics:

  • Viewing Notifications on macOS

    In the Notifications window, you can view the following information:

    • Application: Displays the name of the application relevant to the action that triggered the notification.

      In the following example, Zscaler Client Connector is listed in the Application column because the notification was relevant only to Zscaler Client Connector. For example, you received the notification after disabling the app's Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA) service. As another example, if you attempted to upload content to Dropbox.com in violation of one of your organization's cloud app control policies, you would receive a notification and see Dropbox.com in the Application column.

    • Time: Displays the time when the notification was received.
    • Message: Displays the notification message.

    Click Clear All to clear all notifications from this page.

    

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  • Enabling Notifications on the Menu Bar

    To display notifications from the menu bar icon:

    1. Click More.
    2. In the Settings section, you can:
       • Manually enable or disable menu bar notifications. The default setting is set by the admin. If notifications are enabled, you see notifications on the app icon.
       • Override the default setting that was configured in the Zscaler Client Connector Portal to show ZPA reauthentication notifications.

    

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• Linux

  This section covers the following topics:

  • Viewing Notifications on Linux

    In the Notifications window, you can view the following information:

    • Application: Displays the name of the application relevant to the action that triggered the notification.

      Zscaler is listed in the Application column because the notification was relevant only to Zscaler Client Connector. For example, you received the notification after disabling the app's Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA) service. As another example, if you attempted to upload content to Dropbox.com in violation of one of your organization's cloud app control policies, you would receive a notification and see Dropbox.com in the Application column.

    • Time: Displays the time when the notification was received.
    • Message: Displays the notification message.

    Click Clear All to clear all notifications from this page.

    

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  • Enabling Notifications in the System Tray

    To display notifications in the system tray:

    1. Click More.
    2. In the Settings section, you can:
       • Manually enable or disable system tray notifications. The default setting is set by the admin. If notifications are enabled, you see notifications on the app icon. This setting doesn't affect ZPA reauthentication notifications.
       • Override the default setting that was configured in the Zscaler Client Connector Portal to show ZPA reauthentication notifications.

    

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• Android

  This section covers the following topics:

  • Viewing Notifications on Android

    In the Notifications screen, you can view the following information:

    • The name of the application and the action that triggered it. For example, the following image shows a notification you’d receive after the app’s Zscaler Private Access (ZPA) service started. As another example, if you attempted to upload content to Dropbox.com in violation of one of your organization’s cloud app control policies, you'd receive a notification with Dropbox.com listed.
    • The notification message and the time when it was received.

    Tap the Delete icon in the top-right corner to clear all notifications from this screen.

    Use the drop-down menu to filter the notifications by the predefined time frames. You can view notifications from Today, the Last 7 Days, the Last 10 Days, or view All notifications.

    

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  • Enabling Notifications on the App Icon

    To display notifications on the app icon:

    1. Tap More.
    2. In the Settings section, you can:
       • Manually enable or disable pop-up notifications. The default setting is set by the admin. If notifications are enabled, notifications appear on the app icon. This setting doesn’t affect ZPA reauthentication notifications.
       • Override the default setting that was configured in the Zscaler Client Connector Portal to enable or disable ZPA reauthentication notifications.

    

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• Android on ChromeOS

  This section covers the following topics:

  • Viewing Notifications on Android on ChromeOS

    In the Notifications screen, you can view the following information:

    • The name of the application and the action that triggered it. For example, the following image shows a notification you’d receive after the app’s Zscaler Private Access (ZPA) service started. As another example, if you attempted to upload content to Dropbox.com in violation of one of your organization’s cloud app control policies, you'd receive a notification with Dropbox.com listed.
    • The notification message and the time when it was received.

    Tap the Delete icon in the top-right corner to clear all notifications from this screen.

    Use the drop-down menu to filter the notifications by the predefined time frames. You can view notifications from Today, the Last 7 Days, the Last 10 Days, or view All notifications.

    

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  • Enabling Notifications on the App Icon

    To display notifications on the app icon:

    1. Tap More.
    2. In the Settings section, you can:
       • Manually enable or disable menu bar notifications. The default setting is set by the admin. If notifications are enabled, you see notifications on the app icon.
       • Override the default setting that was configured in the Zscaler Client Connector Portal to enable or disable ZPA reauthentication notifications.

    

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• iOS

  This section covers the following topics:

  • Viewing Notifications on iOS

    In the Notifications screen, you can view the following information:

    • The name of the application relevant to the action that triggered it. In the following example, Zscaler Client Connector Private Access is listed because the notification was relevant only to Zscaler Client Connector. For example, you received the notification after the app’s Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA) service was turned on. For example, if you attempted to upload content to Dropbox.com in violation of one of your organization’s cloud app control policies, you would receive a notification and see Dropbox.com listed.
    • The notification message and the time when it was received.

    Tap the Delete icon in the top-right corner to clear all notifications from this screen.

    

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  • Enabling Notifications on the App Icon

    To display notifications on the app icon:

    1. Tap More.
    2. In the Settings section, you can enable or disable app icon notifications.

    

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For information about other Zscaler Client Connector features, see Using Zscaler Client Connector.