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

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