SAS Alert Notification Templates

Editing Alert Notification Templates

For information about editing notification templates and letterheads, see Managing Notification Templates and Letterheads in SAS Intelligence Platform: Middle-Tier Administration Guide.
Note: You should keep a backup copy of the alert notification templates.

Adding Fields to Alert Notification Templates

When you configure the alert notification templates to add a new field, you must also add a corresponding data object and notification variable to the parent workflow template. Note that these fields are case-sensitive.
Note: Fields that are represented as an array of objects are shown in the alert notification as a comma-separated string.
To add fields to an alert notification template, follow these steps:
  1. Open the alert notification template for editing.
  2. Determine the field or fields that you would like to add to the alert notification template.
For example, to add the issue priority (ISSUEPRI) field to the SAS_Email_Message notification template, do the following:
  1. Open the SAS_Email_Message.st notification template for editing.
  2. Update the contents to include the issue priority ($ISSUEPRI$) field. Be sure to add the relevant field in all three template areas: html, text, and SMS.
    You can add other business object fields to the templates. You must add the $ character as a prefix or suffix to these fields in the notification templates.
  3. In SAS Workflow Studio, open the corresponding workflow template, and add a new data object to reflect the field that you added to the notification templates.
    Note: The data objects are case-sensitive.
  4. Add the new data object to the Notification Variables list for the Send Workflow Notification policy.

Configuring the Subject for an Alert Notification

To configure an alert notification subject, follow these steps:
  1. Start SAS Management Console and connect as a SAS administrator.
  2. In the Configuration Manager plug-in, right-click SAS Application Infrastructure, and then select Properties.
    The SAS Application Infrastructure Properties dialog box appears.
  3. Click the Settings tab, and then select Notifications from the list on the left of the dialog box.
  4. Select Custom in the Alert prefix type field.
  5. Clear the value in the Alert prefix field and then enter the desired value.
  6. Select OK to save the notification settings.
See Policy Usage Examples for a detailed example that uses the SAS Template Service.
Last updated: March 5, 2020