From the Object Properties window you can access the Define Alert Command dialog. This dialog is used to assign alert commands allowing you to manage your alerts from within an Enterprise RTView display. If you execute an alert command from a Thin Client with Direct Data Connection or any Served Data deployment, the command will execute on the server.

To bring up the Define Alert Command dialog, right-click on the appropriate command property in the Object Properties window and select Define Command>ALERT. The Define Alert Command dialog provides a drop down menu with available commands. Argument fields vary based on the selected command type. See the Object Commands section for information on how to execute a command.
 

Command

Enter a Command Type

Data Server

Select to read data through your configured Data Server and not directly from alert data. Default - Select the default Data Server you configured in Application Options>Data Server. None - Bypass data being redirected through the specified data server(s) for this attachment and instead attach directly to the data source. Named Data Servers - Select a Named Data Server that you configured in Application Options>Data Server.

Command Types
 

Command Type	Description	Argument
		Name	Description
Acknowledge Alert	Specify the ID, or list of IDs, for the alerts to acknowledge. Once an alert is acknowledged, the AlertTable Acknowledged field updates and if the reNotificationTime is greater than zero, it does not re-execute.	ID	The ID of the alert to acknowledge. This can either be a single ID or a semi-colon (;) delimited list of IDs.
Add Alert Definition File	Adds an Alert Definition file to the data source. Alerts without names or with duplicate names are not added.	Alert Definition File	The name of the Alert Definition file.
		Substitution	Specify substitutions for this Alert Definition File. Substitutions are optional and must use the following syntax: $subname:subvalue $subname2:subvalue2 If a substitution value contains a single quote, it must be escaped using a / : $filter:Plant=/'Dallas/' If a substitution value contains a space, it must be enclosed in single quotes. Do not escape these single quotes: $subname:subvalue $subname2:'sub value 2' A substitution string cannot contain the following: : | . tab space , ; = < > ' " & / \ { } [ ] ( )
Enable Alert Definition	Enables/disables the specified alert definition object. NOTE: It is not recommended that you use this command on an alert that has the enabledFlag property attached to data.	Alert Name	The name of the alert definition object.
		Enable	Enter True to enable and False to disable.
Enable Alerts	Enables/disables all alerts in the active Alert Definition files.	Enable	Enter True to enable and False to disable.
Remove Alert Definition	Removes the Alert Definition file from the data source.	Alert Definition	The name of the Alert Definition file.
		Substitution	Specify substitutions for this Alert Definition file. This must match the substitution used when the Alert Definition file was added.

Substitutions
Substitutions allow you to build open-ended displays in which commands depend on values defined at the time the display is run. Generic names are used instead of arguments for specific commands. Later when the display is running, these generic values are defined by the actual arguments. In this way, a single display can be reused to issue a number of different commands. Substitutions are not applied to Drill Down or Set Substitution commands. For more information on creating displays using substitution values, see Substitutions.

Special Values
 

$value

When an actionCommand is executed $value is replaced with the value from the control. This value may be used in any field in the Define Alert Command dialog. NOTE: This value may only be used for Action Commands.

The following describes Define Alert Command dialog commands:
 

Command	Description
OK	Applies values and closes the dialog.
Apply	Applies values without closing the dialog.
Reset	Resets all fields to last values applied.
Clear	Clears all fields. Detaches object from assigned command (once Apply or OK is selected).
Cancel	Closes the dialog with last values applied.