Oracle Alerts

Oracle Alerts:

Alerts in EBS allows you to monitor your Business information's to keep

•Be informed of database exceptions as and when they happen
•Sending Notifications to business user
•Performing routine database tasks automatically
•Calling Concurrent Programs, Shell Scripts and Operating System Scripts

There are two type of Alerts, Event and Periodic.

Event Based Alert: 

These Alerts are fired/triggered based on some change in data in the database.

Ex: If u want to notify your manager when you create an item in the inventory you can use event based alerts. When you create an item in the inventory it will create a new record in mtl_system_items_b, here inserting a record in the table is an event so whenever a new record is inserted it will send the alert. In same alert you can also send the information related to that particular item.

Periodic Alert: 

These Alerts are triggered hourly, daily, weekly, monthly or yearly based on your input.

Ex: If you want to know list of items created on that day at the end of day you can use periodic alerts repeating periodically by single day. This alert is not based on any changes to database. This alert will notify you every day regardless of data exists or not that means even if no items are created you will get a blank notification.

Creating an Event Alert:

Defining an Alert:

1.  Responsibility –> Alert Manager.

2.  Navigate to the Alerts Window.

Alert –> Define 

3.  Define a Period Alert:

Application = Human Resources

Name = xxscc_test1

Enable = Selected.

4.    Event

Application = Human Resources

Table = PER_ALL_PEOPLE_F

5.   Enter the following SQL statement.

Select employee_number

into&emp_num from

Per_all_people_f where rowid=:rowid

6. Verify, to check whether the syntax written is correct.
7. Save
8. Define Alert Actions:
Action Name:  send_email_notification

8. Define Action Details:
Click on Action Details Button
TO :   Give you email ID here.    
Note : You can also put here also bind variable with &email if that taken in select statement.
Subject:  Give Subject of your Email.
Text:  hello, this is test email &emp_num

9- Define Action Sets
Click on Action Sets Button.
Action Set Name = Send Email Test
Go to Action Set Details –> Members.
Action = send_email_notification as shown below.

10- Define Operating Unit

Click on Alert Details Button from first Alert Window.

Navigate to Installation Tab.

Operating Unit = <Your Operating Unit> for me it is US Federal Government.

11- Save.

Now if you update or Create New Employee you will received notification in given email id.

Follow the below navigation to check the Alert history:

N->Alert Manager ->Alert -> History

Stored in: ALR_ACTION_HISTORY table

Run Periodic Alerts Forcefully:

N-> Alert Manager-> Request ->Check