Alert Data Service 
An alert data service is a data service that displays all SAP alerts available in the Universal Worklist on the portal. You can build an alert data service into your model to display alerts in an analytical application. You display the alerts in a table, using the Select Display Fields dialog box to select which alert attributes are displayed.
All SAP and SAP BI systems that are configured as alert connectors on the portal are capable of broadcasting alerts. See prerequisites in Add an Alert Data Service in the SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer Modeler's Guide, and Configuring Universal Worklist Connectivity in the SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer Installation & Configuration Guide for more information.
Within an iView, choose 
Tools 
Alert Data Service, 
then click Generate to place an alert data service on your storyboard.
Configure a start point on the data service's Input port, then drag from the data service's Output port and select Add Table View to display the alerts in a table. The Select Display Fields dialog box appears, which allows you to select which alert attributes to display.
Structure
The following table lists the available alert attributes you can display using the Select Display Fields dialog box:
Attribute |
Description |
|---|---|
ACTIVITYLINK1 |
URL link to an activity you need to complete. There can be up to three activities for each alert. This could also display the URL link to an associated an SAP BI system query view, if relevant. |
ACTIVITYLINK2 |
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ACTIVITYLINK3 |
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ACTIVITYTEXT1 |
Description of the associated activity you need to complete. |
ACTIVITYTEXT2 |
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ACTIVITYTEXT3 |
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ALERTCATEGORY |
Category of alert. For example: Sales Performance; Max. vacation time exceeded; Book sold out. |
ALERTID |
Back-end alert ID. |
ATTRIBUTES |
List of all attributes for alert, delivered in one string. For design-time usage only. Not recommended to deploy this into a table for end-users. |
DESCRIPTION |
Description of alert (long text). Compare with SUBJECT (short text). |
DUEDATE |
Date by which the task described in the alert needs to be completed, in the current portal user's time zone. |
DUETIME |
Time by which the task described in the alert needs to be completed, in the current portal user's time zone. |
ESCALATED |
Boolean value indicating whether the alert has been escalated. |
EXPIREDATE |
Date when the alert is scheduled to be removed from the list, in the current portal user's time zone. |
EXPIRETIME |
Time when the alert is scheduled to be removed from the list, in the current portal user's time zone. |
PRIORITY |
Priority of alert. For example: High; Very High. |
RECIPIENTS |
List of people who received the alert. There can be multiple people in this list. |
STATUS |
Status of alert. For example: New; In Progress. |
SUBJECT |
Description of alert (short text). Compare with DESCRIPTION (long text). |
Example
See Add an Alert Data Service in the SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer Modeler's Guide.
See also:
Universal Worklist Configuration in the SAP NetWeaver Technology Consultant's Guide.