Running the Alerts Process

This section discusses how to set up the Alerts process page to query the PeopleSoft tables on a regular schedule and generate any necessary alert messages.

Page Used to Run the Alerts Process

Page Name	Definition Name	Navigation	Usage
Alerts	RUN_EOEN_ALERT	select Enterprise Components, then select Events & notifications, then select Alerts, then select Run Alerts	Enter the run control parameters for the EOEN_ALERT process. This process generates the alert messages from the PeopleSoft queries.

Alerts Page

Use the Alerts page (RUN_EOEN_ALERT) to enter the run control parameters for the EOEN_ALERT process.

This process generates the alert messages from the PeopleSoft queries.

Navigation

select Enterprise Components, then select Events & notifications, then select Alerts, then select Run Alerts

Image: Alerts page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Alerts page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Use the EOEN_ALERT process to run the PeopleSoft queries and generate the alert messages based on these queries.

Query Option

Select the PeopleSoft queries to be run. The options are:

Run All Queries: Select to run all PeopleSoft queries defined for the alert notification. When you select this button, the PeopleSoft Product ID field and the Selected Queries group box are disabled.
Run Queries for One Product: Select to run the PeopleSoft queries defined for one PeopleSoft application. Selecting this button, enables a PeopleSoft Product ID field to the right where you can select the PeopleSoft applications defined on the Alert Setup component on the Frequency & Product tab.
Run Selected Queries: Select to run the PeopleSoft queries defined in the Selected Queries group box at the bottom of this page.

Query Name

Identifies one or more PeopleSoft queries linked to the alert notification. This column is used by the Alerts process if the Run Selected Queries button is selected.

Process Name

Enter the process defined for the PeopleSoft query on the Alert Setup component.

Process Category

Enter the category defined for the PeopleSoft query on the Alert Setup component. The category is a logical partition of the Process Name.

You can view alerts on the Notification Dashboard page (select select Enterprise Components, then select Events & Notifications, then select Notification Framework, then select Notification Dashboard).

Image: Notification Dashboard showing Alerts

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Notification Dashboard showing Alerts. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.