Subscribing to Alerts

Subscribing to an alert is usually the next step in alert creation. Subscription is a one-click process unless you have not specified these attributes when you created the alert to which you want to subscribe:

The business object (scorecard, initiative, and so on) to which you assigned the alert
The alert activation criteria which define the unacceptable range or status that will trigger the alert
The target against which alerting criteria are assessed
Re-alerting strategy you want to use if you want multiple alert notifications to be sent to subscribers
Subject of the alert notification

If you do not specify these attributes and try to subscribe to the alert, you are taken to the alert’s setup pages and prompted to enter the missing alert properties.

To subscribe to an alert:

Log on to Performance Scorecard.
In the Viewer, select Browser View .
Expand Alerts.
The list of alert types is displayed.
Under the alert type, select the type of alert to which you want to subscribe, such as Scorecard in Status under Scorecard Alerts.
The Alert List for the selected alert type is displayed.
Select the alert to which you want to subscribe.

Click Subscribe To.

If you do not select a subscription and click Subscribe To, you are taken to the Alert Setup page where you can create an alert and then subscribe to it.

Note:

If you did not specify all of the alert properties required by subscription, the alert’s Setup page is displayed on which you must define all remaining required alert properties before attempting to re-subscribe.

The alert to which you subscribed is displayed in the Subscription List. When the conditions specified for the alert occur, and the business object is in an alert state, an alert notification E-mail is sent to notify you.