You create an alert category to use in alert rules.
You have started the Runtime Workbench and have chosen Alert Configuration on the initial screen.
To create an alert category, proceed as follows:
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1. Choose Create Alert Category.
You can also create the alert category directly by calling transaction ALRTCATDEF. In both cases you require the authorizations of the role SAP_XI_ADMINISTRATOR.
2. Enter the following values:
¡ The receiver of the alert
¡ The title of the alert
¡ The text of the alert, including container variables that are automatically created and filled at runtime.
Available Container Variables:
Container Variable |
ABAP Dictionary Data Type |
Description |
SXMS_MSG_GUID |
SXMSMGUIDC |
Message ID |
SXMS_RULE_NAME |
SXMSDESCR |
Description of the alert rule |
SXMS_ERROR_CAT |
SXMSERRCAT |
Error category |
SXMS_ERROR_CODE |
CHAR70 |
Error code |
SXMS_FROM_PARTY |
SXI_FROM_PARTY |
Sender party |
SXMS_FROM_SERVICE |
SXI_FROM_SERVICE |
Sender component |
SXMS_FROM_NAMESPACE |
SXI_FROM_ACTION_NS |
Sender namespace |
SXMS_FROM_INTERFACE |
SXI_FROM_ACTION |
Sender interface |
SXMS_TO_PARTY |
SXI_TO_PARTY |
Receiver party |
SXMS_TO_SERVICE |
SXI_TO_SERVICE |
Receiver component |
SXMS_TO_NAMESPACE |
SXI_TO_ACTION_NS |
Receiver namespace |
SXMS_TO_INTERFACE |
SXI_TO_ACTION |
Receiver interface |
You cannot use these container variables for alerts of the Business Process Engine (BPE).
Specific Error Information from the Adapter Engine:
Container Element |
ABAP Dictionary Data Type |
Description |
SXMS_TO_ADAPTER_TYPE |
CHAR70 |
Adapter type |
SXMS_TO_ADAPTER_ERRTXT |
CHAR70 |
Error text from the Adapter Engine |
The value of the variable SXMS_TO_ADAPTER_ERRTXT is restricted to 80 characters (truncation). In case an error text has more than 80 characters, you can use container variable SXMS_TO_ADAPTER_ERRLINES. For more information, see SAP Note 1294312.
Specific Error Information from the RNIF Adapter:
Container Element |
ABAP Dictionary Data Type |
Description |
SXMS_AF_ERRPAR1 … 15 |
CHAR32 |
Name of error parameters 1 to 15 |
SXMS_AF_ERRVAL1 … 15 |
CHAR70 |
Content of error parameters 1 to 15 |
¡ The follow-up activity
Specify the URL of the required follow-up activity. At runtime, the link address of message monitoring is always entered as the standard follow-up activity.
3. Once you have created a new alert category, choose Update Table to display the category in the alert category selection table. This table lists all existing alert categories.
For more information about creating alert categories, see Defining Alert Categories.