Understanding Push Notifications, Alerts, and Warnings in databaum

Dr. Saurabh Pandey -

Timely information is essential for field operations. Whether you are monitoring weather changes, protecting vineyards from frost, or staying informed about official hazard notices, databaum provides several ways to keep you updated.

In the databaum platform, these updates are grouped into three categories: push notifications, alerts, and warnings. While they may sound similar, each serves a different purpose.

This article explains the difference and when to use each one.

Why these features matter

Agricultural decision-making is highly time-sensitive. Missing a temperature drop, a storm warning, or an important platform update can directly affect field operations and crop health.

To support fast and informed action, databaum delivers information through different channels depending on the source and urgency of the message.

1. Push notifications

Push notifications are general updates sent by databaum to keep users informed.

These notifications can include:

  • useful broadcasts,
  • latest information from databaum,
  • daily weather updates,
  • and other relevant platform communications.

Push notifications are designed to keep users aware of important developments without requiring them to actively check the platform.

In simple terms, push notifications are databaum-to-user broadcasts.

2. Alerts

Alerts are user-defined notifications that are triggered when specific conditions are met.

For example, you may want to create an alert for:

  • frost risk,
  • a minimum or maximum temperature threshold,
  • humidity levels,
  • rainfall,
  • wind speed,
  • or other parameters measured by a weather station.

Unlike push notifications, alerts are not generic broadcasts. They are personalized and only activate when the selected threshold or condition is reached.

This makes alerts especially useful for operational risk management, where timing is critical and users want to react immediately to field-specific conditions.

In simple terms, alerts are custom triggers set by the user.

To learn how to configure alerts, users can follow the YouTube tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCwZ1jPrDr4

3. Warnings

Warnings are official notices published by government or public authorities and displayed within databaum in real time.

A typical example is official weather warnings from MeteoSwiss in Switzerland.

These warnings may include information about:

  • severe weather events,
  • storms,
  • strong wind,
  • frost,
  • heavy rainfall,
  • or other hazardous conditions.

databaum republishes these warnings on a real-time basis so that users can stay informed without needing to switch between multiple sources.

At present, these warnings are available only in English, because the warning feed is provided by a third-party source.

In simple terms, warnings are official public hazard notices integrated into databaum.

The key difference at a glance

The easiest way to distinguish the three is by their source and purpose:

  • Push notifications are sent by databaum to share useful updates and platform information.
  • Alerts are configured by the user and triggered automatically when selected weather or station conditions are met.
  • Warnings come from official external sources and inform users about public weather hazards in real time.

Where you can view them

All three types of updates can be accessed through the databaum ecosystem.

Users can view them on:

  • the databaum web app,
  • and the databaum mobile app.

This ensures that important updates remain accessible both in the office and in the field.

When to use each feature

Each feature supports a different workflow.

Use push notifications when you want to stay informed about general updates from databaum.

Use alerts when you want immediate notification for a specific risk or measurement threshold relevant to your own field conditions.

Use warnings when you want to monitor official external hazard notices, such as severe weather events issued by public authorities.

Together, these three information layers help users stay informed at both the operational and regional level.

Final note

databaum is designed to make decision-making easier by bringing critical updates into one place. Instead of checking multiple services separately, users can rely on a combination of platform notifications, custom alerts, and official warnings directly within the databaum app and web app.

This improves visibility, reduces response time, and helps users act with greater confidence in changing field conditions..