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Version 10.3.00P13
Report-Based Alerts
When a tabular report has been populated with data, you can set an alert to notify you. For example, you can save a Job Summary Report for Failed Events and then configure an alert for this report. The Portal will check for a report that contains data according to the schedule you select. You can configure alerting for any report that contains a single table. A report must be saved before you can set an alert. See Setting Up Alerts for Tabular Reports.
For convenience, your reports with an alert configured are displayed in this section of the Alerts tab. These report-based alerts are not system wide and only belong to the logged in user.
• Editing the Notifications for Report-Based Alerts.
• Running a Report-Based Alert On-Demand
• Deleting a Report-Based Alert
Editing the Notifications for Report-Based Alerts
For convenience, your reports with an alert configured are displayed in this section of the Alerts tab and you can edit how you are notified of the alert.
1. Select Alerts>Alert Configuration>Report-Based Alerts. A list of tabular reports with an alert configured are displayed.
2. Select a report and click Edit.
3. Modify the schedule and notification method using the following fields:
 
Check for alerts/Schedule
The following options are displayed in the drop-down list:
• On a defined schedule - Master schedules can be configured and then applied to reports. Modifications to a master schedule will automatically be applied to all the reports associated with that master schedule. See Configuring Master Schedules.
• Frequency in Minutes - Select from every 5, 15, or 30 minutes.
• Hourly - Select 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, or 12 hours.
• Daily - At: hour/minute. Select a specific time.
• Weekly
• On every. The day(s) on which the report will be checked.
• At: hour/minute. Select a specific time.
• Monthly
• On the. The day on which the report will be checked.
• At: hour/minute. Select a specific time.
The Portal can check the same report multiple times in a single day.
• Cron Expression - Enter a CRON expression to fine tune the alert schedule. See CRON Expressions and Probe Schedules for details about working with CRON expressions.
Run Status
Select Enabled or Disabled. This selection enables or disables the schedule for the report to be checked for alerts.
Email
Check the box and provide a comma-separated list of email addresses.
Subject
Enter the subject. The report name is used if the field is left blank.
Script
The user-created script needs to reside in:
/opt/aptare/portal/user_scripts
Check the box and enter a shell script name (Linux). If a path name is included, it will be appended to the above path.
For example, filter a report to include only the columns of information that you need. When the alert is triggered, a .csv file of the report is generated and the path to that file is made available to the script to take whatever actions you want with this report data.
Administrators: To enable Script delivery, see Adding/Configuring a Domain.
SNMP
When you check this box, the Port, Community string, and Management servers fields will be populated from the configured defaults. To override the defaults, overwrite any or all of the three SNMP fields.
Administrators: To enable SNMP delivery and to configure SNMP default values, see Adding/Configuring a Domain.
Native Log
When this box is checked, a log entry is written to the OS-specific log: either the Windows event log or the Linux syslog.
Administrators: To enable Native Log delivery, see Adding/Configuring a Domain.
Running a Report-Based Alert On-Demand
Run report-based alerts from the Alerts tab to:
• Validate the alert is working as defined
• Launch an immediate run of the alert without waiting for the scheduled run
1. Navigate to Alerts>Alert Configuration>Report-Based Alerts.
2. Select the Report Name.
3. Click Run Alert.
Deleting a Report-Based Alert
Delete report-based alerts from the Alerts tab. This action removes the report from the Report-Based Alerts list and deletes the alert from the report. The action does not delete the report.
1. Navigate to Alerts>Report-Based Alerts.
2. Select the Report Name.
3. Click Delete.