My Watch Items

Use the My Watch Items area of the portal to view and manage watch items from a single location. Watch items include alert lists and watch rules that help you monitor business events that are important to you.

The Alerts tab shows the alert lists to which you belong. Use this tab to remove yourself from the alert list for a report or agent.

The Rules tab shows the watch rules you created in saved HTML report output. Use this tab to

• edit a watch rule

• enable or disable a watch rule. For information, see Disable an Entry.

• organize watch rules in folders. For information, see Create a Folder.

• delete a watch rule. For information, see Delete an Entry.

• edit the My Watch Items page properties. For information, see Edit a Page.

You can also add yourself to the alert list for a report , add yourself to the alert list for an agent , and create a watch rule for a report .

The report owner must allow report users to receive alerts and create watch rules for the report.

View Watch Items

To view the alerts lists to which you belong and the watch rules you created, use the My Watch Items area of the portal.

You can also remove yourself from an alert list , and edit a watch rule .

Steps

1. In Cognos Connection, in the upper-right corner, click My Area , My Watch Items.

2. To view your alerts lists, click Alerts.

3. To view your watch rules, click Rules.

Remove Yourself from an Alert List

To remove yourself from an alert list for a report or agent, use the My Watch Items area of the portal.

When you are added to an alert list, you receive an email notification when the report, or report associated with the agent task, is saved. After removing yourself from an alert list, you are no longer alerted.

Tip: You can also add or remove yourself from an alert list for a report using the Report tab of the Set Properties page . For an agent, you can use the Agents tab of the Set Properties page .

Steps

1. In Cognos Connection, in the upper-right corner, click My Area , My Watch Items.

2. Click the Alerts tab, and in the Source column, click the alert list to remove.

   You can select multiple alert lists.

3. Click the remove me from the alert list button.

4. Click the refresh button.

   Note that the alert list is removed from the Source column.

Edit a Watch Rule

After creating watch rules in saved HTML report output, you can edit them from the My Watch Items area of the portal. For example, you can change the general properties, such as name, language, and description. You can also change the properties, such as rule condition, context, and alert type.

For information about creating a watch rule, see Create a Watch Rule for a Report.

To edit a watch rule in Cognos Connection, you must have read and write permission to the My Watch Items page.

Steps

1. In Cognos Connection, in the upper-right corner, click the my area button , and click My Watch Items.

2. Click the Rules tab, and in the Actions column, click the set properties button for the watch rule you want to edit.

3. Use the Set properties page, General tab, to change the properties, such as name, language, or description for the watch rule.

4. Use the Set properties page, Rule tab, to change the properties, such as rule, context, and alert type for the watch rule.

   • To change a rule, in the Rule section, click the condition that appears, for example, > (greater than), click a new condition in the list, and specify a value for the condition in the box.

   • To change the context, under For the selected context, select the check box next to the report items you want to include.

   • To edit the alert type, under Alert type, select the alert type, if it is not already selected. Next to the alert type, click Edit the options.