Create or Edit a Personal Indicator Alert

A personal alert is in addition to any alerts attached to an indicator that was created by a dashboard administrator. You create or edit a personal indicator alert when you personalize an indicator. For more information, see Personalize an Indicator.
Note: The alerts shown on this page are only your personal alerts. Alerts created by dashboard administrators are not shown.
Note: E-mail alerts for the two interactive display types usually do not properly show the image of the display in e-mail clients.
Edit User Indicator Alerts page
To create a personal indicator alert:
  1. Type the name of the alert.
  2. From the Gauge definition and Interval that will trigger the alert drop-down lists, select the gauge definition and the interval to trigger the alert.
  3. Select the delivery method for the alert: Alerts Portlet or E-mail Yourself.
  4. (Optional) If you selected E-mail Yourself:
    1. From the E-mail template drop-down list, select the e-mail template to use to format the e-mail.
    2. Type the subject line and additional message to include in the e-mail.
  5. To limit the number of alerts, select the Limit alerts on frequently changing indicators check box.
To edit a personal indicator alert:
  1. From the Alerts table, click the action menu Action menu next to an alert and select Edit.
    The properties of the alert appear on the left side of the window.
  2. Edit the properties.

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