Overview of Oracle Alert

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Course Objectives
After completing this course, you should be able to do
the following:
Create, run, and test alerts
Plan for implementation of Oracle Alert

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Oracle Alert Process Overview

Alert!

Send e-mail message

Submit concurrent
program request
Run SQL statement
script
Run operating system
script

Server

Client
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What Is an Exception?

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An exception is a specified condition found during

an alert check.
For example, an alert checking for users who did
not change their passwords within the designated
time finds five users that meet the criteria. Each
user found is an exception.

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Examples of Event Alerts

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Requisition receipt: Informs requester that

Purchasing received/entered the request
Purchase approval: Informs manager that a
purchase order needs to be approved
Database monitoring: Informs DBA when database
tables need more space and allocates space if
response indicates to do so

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Examples of Periodic Alerts

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Personnel: Shows all employees that have

terminated in the last six months (monthly)
Payroll: Shows current balance and vacation
reported by month (monthly)
Purchasing: Detects creation or edit of vendor with
nonstandard payment terms (weekly)
Inventory: Shows when quantity on hand minus
quantity ordered is less than reorder quantity
(weekly)

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Action Types
An action is an event that occurs once a monitored
database event occurs or once a periodic checking of
the database has been performed. Oracle Alert can
perform these actions:
Send an e-mail message
Submit a concurrent program request
Run a SQL statement script
Run an operating system script

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Action Levels

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Detail: Perform the action for each occurrence of

the condition.
Summary: Perform the action for a group of
occurrences of the condition.
No Exception: Perform the action when nothing in
the database meets the search criteria.

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Seven Steps to Implementing

an Alert
Success!

7. Document
6. Review history/request log
5. Run and test
4. Define the action set
3. Define the actions
2. Define the alert
1. Research

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Seven Steps to Implementing

an Alert
Success!

7. Document
6. Review history/request log
5. Run and test
4. Define the action set
3. Define the actions
2. Define the alert
1. Research

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