Creating Alerts Based on Other Alerts

  To create alerts based on an existing alert:

1. Log on to Performance Scorecard.

2. In the Viewer, select Browser View.

3. Expand Alerts.

   The list of available Alerts is displayed.

   The alert types you can create are grouped by business object, such as scorecard and measure, in the Browser View pane. Click to expand each section to view the types of alerts you can define.

   Clicking each alert type, such as Variance in Range or Result in Range, displays the Alert List that identifies all the alerts of this type that have been created.

4. Click to expand the type of alert you want to create.

5. Click the type of measure to be created, such as Measure in Status or Score in Range.

   The Alert List for the selected alert type is displayed.

6. To create the new alert based on the copy of a personal alert, perform these steps:

   1. From Alert List, select the alert to be copied.

   2. Click Copy.

   3. Select the copied alert and click Edit.

      The Alert Setup page is displayed.

   4. Build the alert as described in Creating Alerts.

      Note:

      If you select this option, you can only specify attributes that were not given to the alert upon which yours is based.

7. To create an alert directly based upon an existing personal alert, perform these steps:

   1. Click Add.

      The Alert Setup page is displayed.

   2. In Alert Inheritance, select Inherit Attribute Values From.

      Note:

      If you select this option, you can only specify attributes that were not given to the alert upon which yours is based.

   3. Select the alert you want to use.

   4. Click Next.

   5. Define the alert as described Creating Alerts.