Tasks That Can Be Performed in the Home Workspace

Tasks That Can Be Performed in the Watch List Window

Tasks That Can Be Performed in the Alerts Window

Subscribe to the Type of Alert Notification

Tasks That Can Be Performed in the Recent Work Window

Tasks That Can Be Performed in the Watch List Window

In the Watch List window, you can manage the items that are on your list. ITRM Report Center objects are added to the watch list when you select those items and click the Add to Watch List icon (

) on the workspace bar.

To open or delete a watch list item or to show related reports, use the icons for those functions. The icons are shown on the right side of each watch list item row.
To delete all items from your watch list, click Clear All.

Note: If no watch list items appear, then the Clear All button is disabled.
To update all items on your watch list, click Refresh.

Note: Updating all watch list items includes the update of all gallery objects that were modified or deleted after they were added to the watch list. This action does not include removal of any report links that were deleted or removed from SAS Content Server after they were added to the watch list.
To filter the type of items on your list, perform the following steps:
1. Click the Filter icon () . Use the down arrow () to display the types of items that can be viewed on the watch list.
2. The following dialog box is displayed.
  
  Watch List Items Dialog Box
3. Check the box next to the type of item that you want to view on the watch list.
4. Click in the white space of the Watch List window to accept your selection and return to the watch list.
To search, enter into the Search field the item that you want to locate in the watch list.
To view reports that are related to a Watch List report item, select the report and click the Show Related Report icon (). (The Show Related Report icon appears for report items only. )

Note: If you signed in as a member of the SASUSERS group, you cannot show related reports of the watch list.
To view related reports in the Resource workspace, click the Show Related Items icon ().
To view the highlighted report, click the Open icon ().
Click the Delete icon () to delete the highlighted item.

Tasks That Can Be Performed in the Alerts Window

About the Alert Window

If you are signed in as a member of the SASUSERS group, the Alerts window is not available.

In the Alerts window, you can perform the following tasks:

Subscribe to the Type of Alert Notification
Update the List of Alert Notifications
Delete an Alert Notification

Alerts are not generated if any of the following conditions are true:

This system is not configured with a middle tier.
The user turned reporting off. In other words, the Generate exception reports parameter on the Report Parameters tab of the exception job is set to No.
The user turned alerts off. In other words, the Publish alerts box on the Report Notifications tab of the exception job is not checked.

Subscribe to the Type of Alert Notification

To be notified about an exception that has been detected, perform the following steps:

Click Alert Subscription. The following dialog box appears.

Alert Notification Dialog Box

Note: In the previous display, the user is alerted to any exceptions.
From the Available alerts list, select the type of alert that you want to be notified about. Click the arrow to move the selected exception to the Subscribed alerts list.
Click Save.

Tip

To view alerts in the Home workspace, you must first subscribe to the alert in the Manage Alert Subscriptions dialog box. Then run the job that contains the Exception transformation. If exceptions are found, they can be viewed in the Alerts pane of the Home workspace.

You can specify that an alert notification is generated when an exception is detected by using the Notifications tab of the Exception transformation. For more information, see Step 7 of “Specify the Properties of the Exception Transformation” in Chapter 10, “Exception Analysis Processing” in the SAS IT Resource Management 3.7: Administrator’s Guide.

If you receive an alert notification concerning a report that resides in a repository for which you do not have permission, you cannot open the report. A message is displayed indicating that you cannot access the report because you do not have the appropriate permission. Similarly, you might receive an alert notification concerning a report that resided in that repository, if the repository that contains the report is deleted by an ITRM Administrator. In that case, a message is displayed indicating that you cannot access the report because the repository does not exist.

Update the List of Alert Notifications

To update the list of alert notifications with the most recent information, click Refresh.

Delete an Alert Notification

To delete one alert notification from the window, select the alert notification and click the Delete icon (

To delete the list of alert notifications, click Clear All. This action removes the alert notifications from the view of the Home workspace. It does not change your alert subscription settings.

Note: If no alert notifications appear, then the Clear All button is disabled.

Tasks That Can Be Performed in the Recent Work Window

In the Recent Work window, you can remove an individual item from the list, or you can remove all your recent work from the list.

To remove an individual item from the list, click .
To remove all your recent work from the list, click Clear List.