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Alert being fired twice

Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 10:17 -0600
From: Kelly J Hibbert
Subject: Oracle Alerts

One particular Periodic Alert is creating two email messages. When I 'Review Alert Checks/Action Set Checks' it shows the alert was checked once by user APPS and once by user APPLSYS. Does anyone know how or why this is happening to one particular periodic alert? And how can I get rid of one of the checks? There is only one Action Set Member defined.

Any help would be appreciated.

Kelly Hibbert
Applications Developer
Johnson Controls, Inc.
kelly.j.hibbert@jci.com


Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 09:33:00 -0800
From: Satish Reddy
Subject: RE: Oracle Alerts

hi Are u using a distribution list for sending e-mails,If so make sure that u are not copying the person also even after included in the that mailing list.Otherwise it could be because of the number of records returned by the alert query.For event alert the e-mail fires for record fetched. Hope it helps Thanks


Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 09:48:51 -0800
From: Nichole Lewis
Subject: RE: Oracle Alerts

The alert is creating multiple email messages because the application the alert is created for has multiple database users. Select the Alert Details pushbutton, select installation. There you will see the database users for that application. If you only one email to fire, enable the APPS Oracle ID and disable all others. Hope this helps.


Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 12:47:17 -0500
From: "Montag, Paul"
Subject: RE: Oracle Alerts

Hi Kelly. I had the same problem myself a while back. We are using 10.7SC so the steps maybe a little different depending on what version you are using. To fix this go into the Alert -> Define screen from the Alert Manager GUI responsibility. Query the Alert in question and hit the Alert Details button. Next click on the list box on the Alert Details screen. You should have 3 items in the list box to choose from: Inputs, Outputs, and Installations. Select Installations and you should now be at the screen where you can disable the Alert for APPLSYS. Please let me know if you have any questions! Paul Montag Labatt Breweries of Canada



Duplicate Actions

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 10:16:55 -0600
From: William.Gaston@infores.com (William Gaston)
Subject: Alerts

Good Morning...
We are having a recurring problem with alerts. We have alerts defined with the following:
Action Sets - suppress duplicates on
Outputs - check for duplicates on
Alert Detail -
Outputs - check for duplicates on
Despite the duplicate checks, we continually get duplicate alerts. What may we be missing in our setup? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Bill Gaston Information Resources, Inc. Chicago, Il william.gaston@infores.com


Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 16:56:02 PST
From: "Brian Hollowell"
Subject: Re: Alerts

It depends if you are using event or periodic alerts. In periodic alerts, duplicate supression is a misnomer, in that the only thing alert does is mark the repeated line with an asterisk. If this is the case, I can give you some ideas on how to truly make this duplicate supression, if not, I have no clue.


Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 07:03:12 -0600
From: William.Gaston@infores.com (William Gaston)
Subject: Re[2]: Alerts

Thanks for the note. Our duplicate messages are marked with an asterisk. We can use this to notify our users that this is a duplicated alert.



Alerts with various Communication Means

Alerts with Lotus Notes

Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 12:48:33 +0800
From: senjay_bist@sentosa.com.sg
Subject: Oracle Alert and Lotus Notes

I am facing a problem in configuring Lotus Notes with Oracle Alert On creation of a Purchase Order/ Purchase Requisition a mail has to be sent to the approver (without any attachments). This mail has to be sent thru Lotus Notes. I am unable to configure the Lotus Notes mail for Oracle Alert.
I have created a lotus noted client on the Application server.
WE have R11. Database and Application server are two separate NT servers. the Lotus Notes server is also a NT m/c. Presently the organisation is on Lotus Notes. Thanks and regards Sanjay Bist


Alerts with MS Exchange

Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 23:06:40 -0500
From: Larry
Subject: Alerts

Has anyone ever connected Oracle Alerts with MS-Exchange?

Can you offer suggestions, networking hints(how do we get teh UNIX server to "talk" to MS-Excahnge server), etc.

Platform: HP-UX
Financials: 10.7 character
Mail Program: MS-Exchange
Any help is much appreciated.


Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 14:32:45 +1030
From: "Selleck, James"
Subject: RE: Alerts

I haven't been involved in the implementation, but the basic principle is that you have whatever email address you want set-up on the exchange server, and in the home directory of the user that would normally receive the alert emails on the unix box, you edit a .forward file in that directory and tell it to email someone on the exchange server.

The HP-UX server talks to the Exchange server via SMTP. That means that you need to have the Internet Mail Connector setup on the Exchange Server.

James Selleck
Data Conversion and Interfacing
F2000 Implementation for WA,SA and NT
Boral Construction Materials Group
Phone 08 9333 3558 Fax 08 9333 3677


Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 10:21:37 -0500
From: "Kurylo, Mary"
Subject: RE: Alerts

First make sure Alert is sending mail via unix sendmail.
in the sendmail.cf (configuration) file you need to make sure that you are set up to talk to MSExchange and also define the location of an aliases file.

My sendmail.cf file contains the following:
# "Smart" relay host (may be null)
DSsmtp:cuexchange.consumer.org
# location of alias file
OA/usr/lib/aliases
(check your sendmail documentation, your system may be slightly different)
then you need to create/edit the aliases file and include all of your email addresses: i.e. if a users email address in exchange is jdoe@company.com, then your unix alias should look something like jdoe:jdoe@exchange ((unix username):(exchange address).(exchange servername)".

Once you have entered all of your aliases, you need to build the alias database. You do this by running newaliases.

Check you manuals for sendmail, newaliases & aliases
hope this helps



Alerts and Triggers

Date: 1 Apr 99 08:11:54 EST
From: Alok Chadda alok_chadda@usa.net
Subject: RE:Oracle Alerts Problem

Suraj - Event Alerts are stored as a triggers only. You can find them in ALL_TRIG GERS table. If you have created a trigger against RA_CUSTOMERS table then name of it would be ALR_RA_CUSTOMERS%. You need to customize your alerts to use o ld and new values.

HTH Alok


I am creating an event alert (after update) I need to tap the old value and new value of a column of the table which gets updated. Is there a way to tap the old and new value in Oracle Alert like we do in triggers. Thanks in advance Suraj


Alert Sheduler

From: steve_leslie@ninewest.com [mailto:steve_leslie@ninewest.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 1999 12:37 PM
Subject: Alert: Alert Sheduler Question

Hello Forum,
Currently, when the Alert Scheduler runs at midnight every business day, rather than scheduling my enabled alerts, it runs them at that time, ignoring the start time defined in the alerts themselves. Please help!


Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 14:17:57 -0400
From: "Cotten, Jim" Jim.Cotten@respironics.com
Subject: RE: Alert: Alert Sheduler Question

I believe that this is fixed by patch 451786. The problem is that the time fields are getting lost so everything is running at 00:00.


Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 13:46:47 -0500
From: Matt_Nebel@gallup.com
Subject: RE: Alert: Alert Scheduler Question

We have an open tar with support as well, but I was able to make the periodic alerts go at the correct time by going into the table alr_alerts and setting the check_once_daily_flag 'Y' on those periodic alerts. You will have to do this each time a new periodic alert is created. In my case that field is null upon creation.


Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 05:29:49 -0700
From: CFowler@littonapd.com
Subject: RE: Alert: Alert Scheduler Question

I left a message with WWS yesterday regarding the check_once_daily_flag. Their response was to run the following script:

update alr_alerts
set check_once_daily_flag'Y'
where check_once_daily_flag is NULL
and alert_condition_type'P'
and seconds_between_checks is NULL
and check_start_time is not NULL;

I ran the script yesterday and my Alerts ran at their actual scheduled times this morning.

WWS also said that this script just corrects those Alerts that have a null value for the check_once_daily_flag, but does stop the problem from happening in the future. They said to check the version for aleppe.lc and that is should be 50.38. If not, to request patch 327669 to bring aleppe.lc up to that version.

Once I have a final solution I will post an update as to what, if any, the final resolution is.

Candace



Event alert - error 01564

At 05:21 PM 5/11/99 -0400, Nirmal Kumar wrote:

I tried to create an event alert for custom appliction The custom appplication got entry in fnd_product_installations.Whenever i try to create the alert on my custom table,i got app error 01564 by saying oracle error 1 in create_event_db_trigger. Could any body help me on it


Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 17:14:08 -0400
From: "Jaswinder S. Saini" jaswinder.saini@yale.edu
Subject: Re: Doubt in alert

Hi Nirmal,
You need to create 2 packages APPS_DDL and APPS_ARRAY_DDL in your custom schema. If you need the scripts for these, let me know. I will mail them to u. Jas.


Integerating with local mail system

Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 10:19:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Nirmal Kumar appsdev_99@yahoo.com
Subject: Doubt on Oracle Alert.Integerating with local mail system

Hi folks,
Whenever i try to send a message from an event alert,it is always validating my email ids with oracle offcice id.But we don't have oracle office mail system. I wanna integrate oracle alerts with unix mail system. Could anyone help me in this problem. Thank You..


Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 13:46:56 -0400
From: "Jaswinder S. Saini" jaswinder.saini@yale.edu
Subject: Re: Doubt on Oracle Alert.Integerating with local mail system

In the Oracle Alert Options screen, make sure that the Mail systems has "Unix Sendmail" checked. In the menu you will find this screen under System : Options.


--- mwilburn@csc.com wrote:

From the Alert Manager Responsibility, navigate to System, Options. Verify that Unix sendmail is check IN USE and Oracle Office is not checked. Also verify that the Command is correct. (On Unix command line as applmgr, enter 'which sendmail'. This will give you the path of the sendmail executable.)

Marti Wilburn CSC Oracle Practice, DBA


Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 12:02:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: Nirmal Kumar appsdev_99@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Doubt on Oracle Alert.Integerating with local mail system

Thank you.It's working now



Alerts possible on Views

Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 15:34:35 EDT
From: Apps User apps_user@hotmail.com
Subject: ************* ALERTS *******************

Hello Friends,

My question is in Oracle Alters.

Can we build Alerts on Views. If yes, how??

thanks


Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 13:23:23 -0700
From: Satish Reddy SReddy@zilog.com
Subject: RE: ************* ALERTS *******************

The ANSWER IS NO.


Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 13:24:38 PDT
From: Brian Hollowell brian_hollowell@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: ************* ALERTS *******************

Yes, through SQL just like hitting a table.

Select column_name
from view_name
where condition

If exceptions are found, then you can use Alert to do whatever you are trying to do.


Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 13:28:30 -0700
From: Satish Reddy SReddy@zilog.com
Subject: RE: ************* ALERTS *******************

Will this work for EVENT ALERTS ???


Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 15:01:14 PDT
From: Brian Hollowell brian_hollowell@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: ************* ALERTS *******************

You can't create a trigger on a view, which is what an event alert is doing, but you could create the alert on a table, then use a view in the actual SQL. For example you could create an event alert that will fire on insert/update to AP_INVOICES, which has the select statement looking at MY_VIEW instead of AP_INVOICES. So, if you know which table gets inserted or updated for the event you want to track, but it is easier to get your data from a view, you can do this, as long as you can tie :ROW_ID back to the table.



Alert Actions with Oracle Quality

Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 14:24:25 -0400
From: Paul Mallon pmallon@oasys-grp.com
Subject: Alert Actions with Oracle Quality (10.7)

Has anyone used alert actions (email notification) with Oracle Quality collection?

Is it difficult to set up?


Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 11:16:30 -0700
From: CFowler@littonapd.com
Subject: RE: Alert Actions with Oracle Quality (10.7)

Hi Paul,

We have set up several periodic Alerts with email notification. The alerts I have set up involve qa_results (2 separate collection plans), mtl_system_items, po_venders and po_headers. It is not difficult to set up once you get the SQL query figured out. We use the users' internet email addresses in the "To", "CC" and "BCC" for the email distribution.


Event alert not firing

Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 10:37:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: Nirmal Kumar appsdev_99@yahoo.com
Subject: URGENT Help on Oracle Alert APPS 11.0.2

Hi folks

I am working on Oracle Alert (11.0.2 applications). I have created an event alert .It's very simple one. It's on so_headers_all table during update or insert event.I have one action set with two action members When i make changes in the database ,the event alert is not firing at all.Check Event Alert program is not identifying my exceptions.When i try this periodic alert ,it's doing well.Could any one help me in solving this problem.

Nirmal


Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 10:42:59 -0700
From: Satish Reddy SReddy@zilog.com
Subject: RE: URGENT Help on Oracle Alert APPS 11.0.2

In the alert definition there is a column called keep.That one will keep the history n number of days of the alert exceptions/actions. In the history form u can see whether the alert fired at all or not.If it fired what actions it has taken.

Just see this and u will get an idea what's the problem.

Thanks


Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 10:51:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: Nirmal Kumar appsdev_99@yahoo.com
Subject: RE: URGENT Help on Oracle Alert APPS 11.0.2

Hi ,

It's not finding out the exceptions.So it's not firing the actions(i don't know why it's not firing no exception too).So i don't have any history. Nirmal


Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:34:20 -0400
From: lfischer@ptd.wabco-rail.com (Linda Fischer)

I'm still learning to but make sure you are passing the row id in the alert. That could be why it works in the periodic but not the event.


Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 12:06:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: Nirmal Kumar appsdev_99@yahoo.com
Subject: RE: URGENT Help on Oracle Alert APPS 11.0.2

Hi

We can use rowid only with event alert.


Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 21:37:30 -0400
From: "Chadda, Alok" achadda@kpmg.com
To: "'appsdev_99@yahoo.com'" appsdev_99@yahoo.com
Subject: RE:URGENT Help on Oracle Alert APPS 11.0.2

Nirmal,

We had a similar problem till few days back and we found out that we need to assign a correct value to ORG_ID column in the INSTALLATION alternate region. I'll give you navigation path tomorrow as I don't have access to application now.

HTH Alok



Running shell scripts with Alerts AND steps to setup Alerts

Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 16:27:59 -0400
From: "Innamuri, Chakrapani" cinnamuri@btg.com
All,

Can somebody tell me the exact order in which ALERT needs to be created.

First Actions_sets , next alert_actions.......like this. I am new to ALERTs. Hence want to start with this.

Can I execute a shell script periodically with ALERT ? If so, how ? How "Running a shell script periodically from CRON " is different from "running the sae shell through ALERT" ? Does it impact performance ?

Your response is highly appreciated.
-chakrapani


Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 14:18:52 -0700
From: Barbara Douglass BDouglass@FairIsaac.com
Hi Innamuri,
To setup alerts:

1) \N, Definitions, Options - enable your mail server
2) \N, Definitions, Installations - setup your application (if not already there)
3) \N, Alert, Define - Define your alert sql select, timing, inputs, outputs, etc
4) \N, Actions, Define - your alert actions - subject, body, file attachments, to list, cc list etc
5) \N, Actions, Sets - setup the action set for the alert - the type of alert - "message"
6) \N, Schedule - schedule your Periodic Alert Scheduler - this drives the process that kicks-off your alerts.

Hope this helps,
Barbara
Barbara Douglass,
Financial Systems Designer
Mail Stop A13, Fair Isaac & Company
120 North Redwood Drive, San Rafael, CA 94309
Phone 415-492-5773 Fax 415-444-5033
email bdouglass@FairIsaac.com


Alert on JEs getting posted

Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 14:26:11 +0100
From: c073 c073.bbs@btinternet.com
Subject: ALR: Alert for journal entries posted

Hi everyone,

Can anybody out there tell me when the GL_CODE_COMBINATIONS table allocates the Code_Combination_ID.

I'm currently trying to write an Alert to track down when Journal entries are posted onto the SRS interface on Oracle Financials. I understand to do this I need to look at the the GL_JE_LINES table to get the info using the Code_Combination_ID before the journal is posted and after posting. Does this seem to be the correct approach to extract this type of info.

Regards,
Anthony Dow IS Developer (Britannia Building Society - UK)


Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 11:48:52 -0400
From: "Kurylo, Mary" Kuryma@consumer.org
Subject: RE: Alert for journal entries posted

If you write an alert on GL_JE_LINES, your alert will fire once for every single line of your journal entry (this includes batches that are imported from other systems i.e. Payables, etc.)

I'm not sure exactly what your trying to do (and what GL_CODE_COMBINATIONS has to do with this). If you just want to know when a batch of journal entries gets posted, then what I would do is write an alert to check when 'STATUS' of GL_JE_BATCHES has changed to 'P'. Mary Kurylo
Applications Development Analyst
Consumers Union of US Inc.
kuryma@consumer.org


Specifying a Mailing List for an Action

Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 13:48:41 -0400
From: steve_leslie@ninewest.com
Subject: Alert: Specifying a Mailing List for an Action

Hi All,

Has anyone ever specified a mailing list whether it be a private or public mailing list, as an action when using message as the action type. At the surface, it seems you can only specify individuals.

We have Lotus ccMail at our site and are running 10.7 NCA Oracle Receivables.

Greatly appreciate any insight into this...


Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 23:33:25 MYT-8
From: philip@aleytys.pc.my
To: steve_leslie@ninewest.com, oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: Re: Alert: Specifying a Mailing List for an Action

Don't know Lotus ccMail but most modern mail systems support mail processing rules. So set up a dummy mail account and set up a rule for that account to cc all incoming mail to that account to your list of final recepients. For example, most unix systems have procmail filters that you can set to process incoming mail (assuming unix mailbox). On Netware the Mercury mail transport has built in support for mailing lists.

Philip


Alert to show message on screen

Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 11:07:19 +0530
From: arindam.sarkar@in.pwcglobal.com
To: OraApps-L@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: Message using Oracle Alert

Hi,
We are using Oracle Apps release 11.01 on Sun OS. I am trying to setup Oracle Alert to give a message on the screen during Invoice payments in Oracle Payables for any prepayment outstanding for that particular vendor. But this is not working. I have installed Oracle Office on the same server as the Oracle Apps.

Can you apps gurus shed some light on this, so that a lazy consultant can spend more time in the pub?

Regards
Arindam Sarkar
arindam.sarkar@in.pwcglobal.com


Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 03:25:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Nilanjan=20Choudhury?= npclists@yahoo.com
To: oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: Re: Message using Oracle Alert

Hi there,

I'm not sure if you are expecting oracle alert to prompt messages of prepayments. If so, then I would like to clear a misconception.

Oracle alerts are not useful for prompting messages (as the name seems to suggest). Instead Oracle alerts can only be used to trigger one of the foll.:

- Send mail messages (on any internal mailing system so long as it is registered in Oracle alert)
- Run concurrent programs
- Run SQL scripts
- Run Operting system commands

Hope this helps


Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 18:12:08 +0530
From: arindam.sarkar@in.pwcglobal.com
To: oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: Re: Message using Oracle Alert

Nilanjan,

Hi. What you say is correct. But you can configure Oracle Alert to send message to the Ora Apps form. I have seen it work at one of our implementation site. I am not too sure whether I have to install some module or run some patch. If you come accross something please let me know. Thanks for the advice anyway.

regards. ari.


Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 08:24:31 -0400
From: "KPMG - Chadda, Alok" CHADA@naa.org
To: "'arindam.sarkar@in.pwcglobal.com'" arindam.sarkar@in.pwcglobal.com
Cc: "'oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca'" oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: Re: Message using Oracle Alert

Arindam-
The Oracle Forms Alert functionality and Oracle Alert functionality are two different things. If you are using Oracle Alert, you won't be able to show the messages on the screen, you can only send e-mail messages, run concurrent programs, SQL scrips and shell scripts. You have to use Oracle Forms Alert functionality to display message on the screen(Forms customization.)

HTH Alok


Alert using Lotus Notes - Query 2

Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 22:31:17 -0700
From: atuls@sysao.com (Atul Shah)
To: "Oraapps-l list" oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: Oracle Alert using Lotus Notes as E-mail engine

Hi all

Anyone out there configured Oracle Alert to use Lotus Notes as e-mail system ?

My platform is Win NT R11.0.2, all on one tier. NT server has no mail system installed, rather another server runs Lotus Notes. Both servers can see each other.

Any info would be appreciated.
Atul Shah


Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 04:23:54 +0200
From: "Jeroen van der Meulen" Jeroen.van.der.Meulen@geesink.nl
To: oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: Betreft: Oracle Alert using Lotus Notes as E-mail engine

Hi Atul,

Yes we did, you can see a message from our NT server coming in my Lotus Notes. You should install sendmail wich you can download for trial. A lincense is almost for free.

Greetings, Jeroen.

There is a MAJOR PROBLEM found for Sales Order listed below. Stop processing this Sales Order an call Support on 444.

Order: 29900073
SO-line: 2
Sales Item: MFG M GPM AL
User: NLJMEU01
Order created on: 23-JUL-99

Nice Greetings from Oracle Alert.


Alert using MS Exchange - Query 2

Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 14:48:11 +0530
From: Nukul Dinkar nsd18102@trishul.icil.co.in
To: oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: Linking of Oracle Alerts to Local Mailing system

We are trying to configure the Oracle Apps Alerts and as & when an alert is generated , the alert must notify the specified persons email account on Windwos NT platform.

In the alert manager\ system \ options\Oracle Alert options , three default options are set.
Oracle Inter Office
Unix send mail
VMS Mail

We wish to use our local mailing system ( MS-EXchange) for Oracle Alerts as a fourth option. Kindly let us know how to configure this so that event notification works for local e-mailing system

The configuration is as below

Oracle Application Server Release 11.0.2
Oracle 8.0.4
Platform Windows NT server 4.0

Regards Mahesh


Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 13:35:27 -0500
From: "Shockey, David" DShockey@jwrinc.com
To: "'oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca'" oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: RE: Linking of Oracle Alerts to Local Mailing system

You should choose UNIX sendmail. The mail will go from sendmail to the Exchange internet connector service then to an Exchange mail box.