Creating Alert Categories

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:

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.

     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

     Note

     You cannot use these container variables for alerts of the Business Process Engine (BPE).

     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

     Caution

     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 .

     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 .