> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://beebole.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Journal: Team Activity Feed & Messaging

> Use the Journal in Beebole as your team's activity feed — view updates, exchange messages, and stay informed about what's happening across your account.

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.

The feed is also context-aware: opened from a timesheet, it shows that timesheet's approval events and its own time and expense changes by default — with the option to widen to the person's full history — and changes to a time record appear as a trail, so an approver can see what was edited, when, and by whom.

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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.

<Info>
  You can reply to journal messages directly from email. Beebole processes incoming replies and adds them to the correct thread automatically.
</Info>

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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](/help/documentation/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

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Notifications" href="/help/documentation/notifications">
    Configure which events trigger notifications in the Journal feed.
  </Card>

  <Card title="People" href="/help/documentation/people">
    Journal activity is scoped to the people you manage or work with.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Projects" href="/help/documentation/projects">
    Associate Journal messages with specific projects for context.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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## Frequently asked questions

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Can I use the Journal for project-specific discussions?">
    Yes. Messages can be associated with specific projects or other records, keeping discussions contextual and easy to find.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Who can see Journal messages?">
    Visibility follows Beebole's [permission system](/help/documentation/roles-authorisations). People see messages relevant to their projects and teams based on their role.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Can I reply to Journal messages from email?">
    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.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Does the Journal show approval activity?">
    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](/help/documentation/approval) for details.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>