When you edit an alert, you see that there are contributing objects on the Alert Activity tab. After you save the alert, the four-digit object IDs for the contributing objects are incorrectly converted by the Alerts service into a date and time format. 

As a result, when you save an alert that includes contributing objects, you see a pop-up error message that states the following:

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note for a link to instructions about accessing and applying the software update.

Operating System and Release Information

An update for this issue is available for SAS Visual Investigator 10.4. For instructions on how to access and apply software updates, see the Updating Your SAS Viya software section in the SAS Viya 3.4 for Linux Deployment Guide at