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Accessing Oracle BI Alerts

The Oracle BI Alerts page shows your currently active alerts and information about when the content was delivered. Depending on the settings for the alert, links appear that allow you to view active alert content, clear all occurrences of the active alert, open the iBot that generated the alert, or check current conditions by reexecuting the iBot that generated the alert.

When Oracle BI Delivers is enabled, you can add an Alerts section to any dashboard page. When alerts are present, the Alerts! link appears at the top of each Oracle BI Answers, Oracle BI Delivers, and Oracle BI Interactive Dashboard page.

NOTE:  An Alerts section is automatically added to the first page of your My Dashboard if one is not manually placed there.

The RSS feed option allows you to receive your alerts via an RSS 2.0 compatible reader that supports HTTP basic authentication. However, if the Oracle BI Presentation Server uses the HTTPS protocol, the RSS reader that you use must also support the HTTPS protocol.

The XML button appears on the Alert's page. This button is used to find the Alerts page's URL. Users must have the proper privilege before the XML button appears on their Alerts page. The RSS Feeds privilege is granted by the Oracle BI Presentation Services Server administrator.

For more information about RSS requirements, see the Oracle BI Interactive Dashboard Help system, or the chapter about Using Oracle BI Interactive Dashboards in the Oracle Business Intelligence Answers, Delivers, and Interactive Dashboards User Guide.

To access alerts from Answers, Delivers, or interactive dashboards

1. Click the Alerts! link from Oracle BI Answers, Oracle BI Delivers, or Oracle BI Interactive Dashboards.

   The Oracle BI Alerts page opens, in a new window, showing the headline, delivery date and time, and number of occurrences for each active alert.

2. To work with an alert, click the appropriate link.

To add an RSS feed for alerts

1. Click the Alerts! link from Oracle BI Answers, Oracle BI Delivers, or Oracle BI Interactive Dashboards.

   The Oracle BI Alerts page opens, in a new window, showing the headline, delivery date and time, and number of occurrences for each active alert. The RSS button appears at the bottom of the page.

2. Right-mouse click the XML button and copy the link information.
3. Open an RSS reader and manually add the RSS URL to your alerts page. For more information about creating the RSS source for your alerts, see the RSS reader product documentation.