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The Journal is Beebole’s built-in activity feed and communication hub. It shows a chronological log of what’s happening in your account — messages, approval actions, mentions, and team updates — all in one place. To open it, click Journal in the sidebar.

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Activity feed

The Journal displays a timeline of events across your account:
  • Approval actions — When timesheets are submitted, approved, or rejected.
  • Team updates — New members added, schedule changes, and other organizational events.
  • Notifications — Mentions, reminders, and alerts appear inline in the feed.
Beebole marks new items with a “new” separator so you can quickly see what happened since your last visit. Unread counts appear as badge indicators.

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Messages and threads

The Journal supports threaded conversations:
  • Post messages — Share updates, ask questions, or communicate with your team.
  • Reply to threads — Keep conversations organized with threaded replies.
  • Rich text — Format messages with bold, italic, links, and lists.
  • File attachments — Upload and share documents directly in messages.
  • @Mentions — Reference people, projects, and other records to notify them and link to relevant context.
  • Pin messages — Highlight important messages so they stay visible.
You can reply to journal messages directly from email. Beebole processes incoming replies and adds them to the correct thread automatically.

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Filtering the feed

The Journal lets you narrow the feed to focus on what matters:
  • Timesheet entries only — On a person, project, or tag, you can switch to Showing timesheet entries only to see just that timesheet activity, then click to show all events again.
  • Hide similar entries — Choose Hide similar entries on a repetitive automatic event to collapse that group of audit entries and keep the feed readable.

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Notifications in the Journal

The Journal is also where your notifications appear. Approval alerts, mention notifications, and reminder messages all show up in the feed alongside regular messages, giving you a single place to stay informed.

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Related content

Notifications

Configure which events trigger notifications in the Journal feed.

People

Journal activity is scoped to the people you manage or work with.

Projects

Associate Journal messages with specific projects for context.

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Frequently asked questions

Yes. Messages can be associated with specific projects or other records, keeping discussions contextual and easy to find.
Visibility follows Beebole’s permission system. People see messages relevant to their projects and teams based on their role.
Yes. When you receive an email notification about a Journal message, you can reply directly from your email client. Beebole processes the reply and adds it to the thread.
Yes. When timesheets are submitted, approved, or rejected, these actions appear in the Journal feed. This gives managers and administrators visibility into approval progress without leaving the Journal. See Approvals for details.