Oracle Alerts

…For the beginners only…

By Ratan Banerjee
 Contents
• What is Oracle Alert?
• What are the difference types of Alert?
• How to set up an Alert?
(Different components of Alert)
• How Alert Works?
• Limitations of Oracle Alert?
 What is Oracle Alert?
• Complete exception control solution
• Easy electronic emailing
• Execution of process
• Schedule in regular interval
• Replacement of Database Trigger
• Take predefined actions
• Take actions depends on user response.
 Alerts
• Periodic Alert • Event Alert
– Variable frequency – All possible events

• Customized Alert Frequency

• Customized Alert Actions
(Details / Summary action, No exception,
History, Duplicate Checking
• Action Escalation
• Response Processing
 Creating a Periodic Alert
• Set Frequency (On Demand, On day of …)
• Set time / interval
• Enter / import select statement
• Verify / Run select statement
Creating a Periodic Alert
 Creating an Event Alert
• Application & Table name
• After Insert / Update on Table
• Enter / import select statement
• Verify / Run select statement

Caution : No event alert on FND_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS

Creating an Event Alert
 Sample Select Statement
SELECT user_name, password_date, :THRESHOLD_DAYS
INTO &USER, &LASTDATE, &NUMDAYS
FROM fnd_user
WHERE sysdate = NVL(password_date,sysdate) +
:THRESHOLD_DAYS
ORDER BY user_name
 Specifying Alert Details (Input)

Reserved Inputs :- ROWID, MAILID, ORG_ID, DATE_LAST_CHECKED.

Specifying Alert Details (Output)
Specifying Alert Details
(Installation)
 Alert Actions
• Message actions
• Concurrent program actions
• Operating script actions
• SQL statement script actions
Create Alert Action
Create Action Detail (email)
Define a Distribution List
 Create Action Details
(submit a concurrent Program)
 Create Action Details
(Operating System Script)
 Create Action Details
(SQL Statement Script)
Create a Action Set
 Alert History & Escalation
• Keep No of days
• Check for Duplicates
• Tools  Escalation Group
• Include Escalation Group to Action Set
Review Alert History
 Response Processing Alert
• Define an alert
• Create an alert message action that solicits a
response
• Create response actions
• Define an action set
• Create a response set
• Define possible responses
• Attach the response set to the alert message action
Response Processing Alert
(Response Set)
Response Processing Alert
(Response Variables)
Response Processing Alert
(Valid Responses)
Response Processing Alert
(Invalid Responses)
Response Processing Alert
(No Responses)
 How Alert Checks
• Periodic Alert Scheduler
• Check Periodic Alert
• Check Event Alert
• Response Processor
Manually submit Periodic alert
Manually submit Event Alert
• Update your table with

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specific action.
Setting up Oracle Alert

Will be covered in
next session…