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Creating alerts

When creating an alert, you specify the alert condition and the e-mail notification. Alert condition allows you to define the event that triggers the alert. The e-mail notification allows you to define the notification message, the sender and the recipient of this message. You can also define the Notification Interval for the alert (for details, see Alert [Alert Name ] window).

NOTE: The alerts can not be sent if the outgoing e-mail was not configured (for details, see Configuring outgoing e-mail).

To create an alert:

  1. In the Settings App, navigate to Services > Alerts.

  2. Choose one of the following:

  3. Alloy Discovery i shipped with a set of pre-defined alerts which must be customized before use. If you want to use one of them, double-click the alert and make your changes in the Alert [Alert Name ] window.

  4. If you want to create a new alert from scratch, click New on the Module menu. The New Alert Wizard starts. Follow the on-screen instructions and complete the wizard. Follow the on-screen instructions and complete the wizard.

All alerts are listed in the Alerts section. You can double-click an alert to bring up the Alert [Alert Name ] window, where you can view or modify the alert definition.