Creating a New Alert Profile

To create a new alert profile,

• Click on "Alerts" option in the left pane.

• Click on "Create New Alert Profile" option.

• Enter a name and description for the alert.

• Select the severity of the alert from the drop down menu options - Critical, Trouble, and Attention.

• Click on the plus icon to add the reports for which the alert should be created.
  • In the dialog box, select the category under which the report falls from the drop down menu.

  • Select the reports for which alerts are required.

  • Click on OK.

• Construct an alert message with the macros available like User name, Mailbox, Time Stamp and so on.

• For example, consider this sample alert message: ٪USER_NAME٪ logged into ٪MAILBOX٪. The alert message will be Xchange\administator logged into adam@xchange.com.

• Select the "Severity" level for the alert – Critical, Trouble and Attention based on the alert seriousness.

• Click the Email Notification check box to receive email alerts.

• List the email ID. If multiple IDs exist, separate them with commas.

• Enter the subject of the email message.

• Select "Create" to successfully create the alert profile.