In addition to actively monitoring tasks on the Runtime
tasks panel, you can have email notifications sent to
specified users when runtime tasks occur.
Before you begin
When security is enabled, some fields are not available
without proper authorization.You require configurator administrative
permission to define email notification.
About this task
By defining email notification, you can specify a set of
email addresses to be notified when runtime tasks are generated. The
sender user ID is preset to wasxd. Register the sender
user ID in your Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) registry before
the cell can successfully send email notifications.
Procedure
- Optional: Set the user ID from which the emails
are sent.
By default, the value is preset to wasxd.
To change this default, perform the following steps:
- In the administrative console, click .
- Enter the name of the custom property as task.email.global.sender.id,
and set the value to the specific email user ID that you want to use.
- Click Apply. The change becomes
effective when you save the configuration.
- Configure email notification in the administrative console.
Select . Select Enable notifications.
When runtime tasks are generated, an email notification is sent to
each of the specified email addresses.
- Verify that email is sent for a particular task.
When
all of the changes are made, click Test email to
verify that the email is sent for a particular task. If the email
server uses spam-blocking software, this test can fail and prevent
the email from being displayed in the test inbox. To save your changes,
click Apply or OK.
Results
When notification is enabled, an email is sent to each
of the specified addresses when a task is generated. When notification
is enabled and no email addresses are specified, no emails are sent.
What to do next
- You can configure custom properties to get more detailed task
information in the emails, or to customize the subject line in the
emails.
- Manage the runtime tasks in the administrative console.