ATG Portal includes alerts, which are notifications that originate from a gear event, are filtered and targeted by ATG Scenario Personalization, and are presented to their target audience. Alerts can be presented through different channels, including the Alert Gear, which can be included in portal pages, or by e-mail sent to the portal member.

Most alerts in ATG Portal are gear alerts, which are generated by particular gears in the portal application. The Adding Gear Alerts chapter of the ATG Portal Development Guide describes how to create a new gear alert. The Alerts tab in the Portal Administration does not affect gear alerts.

In addition, ATG Portal includes administrative alerts and framework alerts. Administrative alerts are messages that are generated from the Portal Administration Pages, while framework alerts are generated by the PAF. You can use the Alerts tab in the Portal Administration to manage and create administrative and framework alerts. You should not need to create new administrative or framework alerts unless you have extended the Portal Administration or the PAF.