Enable an Alert List for an Agent

By granting users permission to add an alert list to an agent, users can monitor business events that are important to them. With this permission, users can add themselves to the alert list and be alerted by email as a Bcc recipient when the agent runs and the associated tasks are performed.

The permission to add an alert list to an agent does not extend to an agent view associated with the agent. You must grant permission for the agent view independently.

To grant permission for an alert list, you must have execute permission for the agent and traverse permission for the folder that contains the agent.

Steps

1. In Cognos Connection, click the set properties button next to the agent for which you want to enable an alert list.

2. Click the Agent tab, and select the Allow users to add themselves to the alert list check box.

Emails are sent whenever the agent is run interactively or in the background according to a schedule.