What are Oracle Alerts?
Oracle Alerts are used to monitor unusual or critical activity within a designated database. The flexibility of ALERTS allows a database administrator the ability to monitor activities from table space sizing to activities associated with particular applications (i.e. AP, GL, FA). Alerts can be created to monitor a process in the database and to notify a specific individual of the status of the process.
There are 2 types of Alerts: Event Alerts and Periodic Alerts.
a) EVENT ALERTS are triggered when an event or change is made to a table in the database.
b) PERIODIC ALERTS are activated on a scheduled basis to monitor database activities or changes.
a) EVENT ALERTS are triggered when an event or change is made to a table in the database.
b) PERIODIC ALERTS are activated on a scheduled basis to monitor database activities or changes.
When an alert is executed, the alert can send an email message, run a concurrent program, run an operating system script, or run a
SQL statement script. Using response processing, Oracle Alerts can solicit a response from a specific individual and perform an action
based on the response that it receives.
SQL statement script. Using response processing, Oracle Alerts can solicit a response from a specific individual and perform an action
based on the response that it receives.
Event or Periodic Alerts can work with any custom application, as long as the application is properly registered within Oracle
Applications.
Applications.
Which Email packages work with Alerts?
Since 11i.RUP4, all email is routed through Workflow Mailer.
Can Alerts be triggered using other Tools? (i.e. other than Oracle Forms or concurrent programs)
Oracle Event Alerts can only be triggered from an application that has been registered in Oracle Applications. Alerts cannot
be triggered via SQL updates or deletes to a table.
be triggered via SQL updates or deletes to a table.
What is Response Processing?
Response processing is a component of Alerts which allows the recipients of an alert to reply with a message and have the
applications take some action based on the response.
applications take some action based on the response.
Do I need Oracle Applications to use Alerts?
Yes. Oracle Applications is required to create and run Alerts using Alert Manager Responsibility.
