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Caution Caution

SAP NetWeaver Administrator for PI and all monitoring tools it includes are not supported for use in production scenarios. We recommend to use Runtime Workbench for PI monitoring in production scenarios. The information provided below is only for reference.

For more information, see SAP notes 1446507 and 1247043.

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You use the alert configuration to have the system inform you of errors during message processing. You can receive the alert by e-mail, fax, or SMS. In each case you will also find the alert in your alert inbox.

More information: Alert Inbox

Prerequisites

You have fulfilled the prerequisites and performed the steps listed in Alert Notification Step-by-Step so that you can proceed with the alert configuration settings.

Procedure

To configure your alerts, proceed as follows:

  1. Create the alert rules in which you want to use your alert categories.

    More information: Creating, Changing, and Deleting Alert Rules

  2. Create the alert categories that you want to use in your alert rules.

    More information: Creating Alert Categories

The following options are also available:

  • Using various properties of the XPI Service: AF CORE, you can also control the connection of alerts from the Adapter Framework to the central monitoring server.

    More information: Properties for XPI Service: AF Core

  • You can configure a connection to CCMS and schedule the periodic transfer of alerts to CCMS.

    More information: Configuring the CCMS Alert Monitor

    After you have configured the connection to the CCMS, proceed as follows:

    1. Choose CCMS connection in the navigation frame of the alert configuration.

    2. Select a period and start the periodic transfer.

    A background job is scheduled that collects all unprocessed alerts and forwards the data to CCMS. You can also stop this job.

    The transferred data is displayed in a special CCMS Monitor.

    More information: Current Status of Alert Categories