(DI-2308) Set up a notification for an Alert

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Aug 14, 2023
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For an existing alert, you can also set the recipient for the notification when the alert is triggered. This recipient can be then notified about each alert occurrence, for which is defined.

The notification setup for an alert can be maintained directly when setting up an alert, maintain it manually via the (DI-2308) Alert Definition or you can run the (DI-2308) Report to setup recipient(s) for alert notification.

When defining the recipients for the alert notification, the following fields should be filled:

  • Recipient address - the name of the recipient to whom is the notification sent. This field is dependent on the selected type of notification (for example, if type of notification is set to email, the value here is the full email address where will be send the notification of the alert occurrence)

  • Type of notification - specifies the method of transmitting the notification of the alert occurrence from the monitoring system. Currently, the following types (methods) are supported:

    • E-mail - notification will be transmitted to the specified email address over the internet

    • SAP Office message to user - notification will be transmitted to the specified recipient address by using SAPoffice

    • Private distribution list - notification will be transmitted to the all specified recipient addresses defined in the SAP Private distribution list created in the transaction SO15.

    • Shared distribution list - notification will be transmitted to the all specified recipient addresses defined in the SAP Public distribution list created in the transaction SO15.

    • BAdI processing - notification will be transmitted by the custom logic implemented as a custom BAdI implementation. This option should be used if you would like to implement your custom notification logic of the alert occurrence.

  • At First - select this flag if the recipient should be notified only when the alert occurred for the first time

  • At Next - select this flag if the recipient should be notified about all alert occurrences (expect the first occurrence)

  • At End - select this flag if the recipient should be notified only when the alert is closed (alert has ended)

  • BAdI ID (Optional)- this field is relevant only if the type of notification for “BAdI processing” is selected and you would like to use your own implementation for the alert notification. It defines the custom ID that is set in the filter value of the custom BAdI implementation (used for filtering and executing your custom BAdI implementation). Each custom BAdI implementation has to define the filter that is used for determining the explicit calls of your custom BAdI implementation. If this field has an initial value, default BAdI implementation is used for alert notification.

    • You can create your own BAdI implementation for the alert notification by using the predefined BAdI definition “/DVD/MON_BADI_DEF_EVT_NOTIFY”.