Quick Guide to Subscribing to an Alert |
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Throughout the day, many events occur within the One Network System. These events can trigger alerts that users may subscribe to, which keeps the user aware of certain things occurring or not occurring in the system. An event can be something such as a shipment being updated.
An alert can happen when a specific event occurs – these are referred to as event-based alerts. When a shipment is tendered would be an example of an event-based alert – the event is the tendering itself. An alert can also happen if an event does not occur within a specified time threshold - these are referred to as time-based alerts.
To subscribe to a new alert, press the Add Alert Subscription button.
Note: To view or edit the details for an existing alert subscription, select the Alert Subscription Name link on the Alert Subscriptions screen.
This screen is divided into 3 sections: Alert Information, Alert Type, and Alert Filters.
Note - the Alert Filters section will change depending on what type of alert is selected in the Alert Information section.
Note: Fields marked with an asterisk symbol are required.
Note – If you select the Email option from the drop down list, it will default to the email address specified for your username. The Alternate Email option from the drop down list will allow you to enter any email address.
This section allows you to specify certain filter criteria that needs to be met for this alert.
For example, the Alert Filters section may include a Ship From Site field (depending on which Alert Type you selected). You could then specify a Ship From Site which means you would only get that alert for Shipments that contain that Ship From Site.
You will receive a message on the screen that the alert was successfully created.
Note – this would be for the alerts that you checked the System Delivery checkbox.
This screen will list the date the alert was sent under the Date column as well as the name of your alert under the Subscription column.
You can filter and search for specific alerts by selecting the "Filters (edit)" link. Once that link is selected, you can enter filter information and then press the Search link.
The envelope symbol will change to an open envelope to signify to you that you have already read and acknowledged this alert.
This Alert Summary portlet lists the name of the alert and the count or number of each of this alert – the count is displayed under the New Alerts column and the Total Alerts column.
The New Alerts column will show you a count of the alerts you have not marked as "read" while the Total Alerts column will show you the total number of this alert (i.e. read and not read).
You can select the count link for any alert to see the specifics for that alert.