Add Yourself to or Remove Yourself from an Alert List for an Agent

Because an agent monitors important business events, you may want to add yourself to the alert list for the agent. When you subscribe to an alert list, you receive an email notification when the agent is run. You can also view and manage the alert list for the agent as a watch item.

Adding yourself to the alert list of an agent does not automatically add you to the alert list for any agent views associated with the agent. If you want to receive alerts for an agent view, you must add yourself to the alert list for the agent view.

The agent author must include an email task with the agent and enable an alert list for the agent .

To add yourself to the alert list of an agent, you must have read and traverse permissions for the agent. You must also have an email address defined in your LDAP security profile or in the My Preferences, Personal tab.

Steps for One Alert List

1. In IBM Cognos Connection, locate the agent.

2. In the Actions column, click More.

3. Click Add me to the alert list . or Remove me from the alert list  .

4. Click OK.

Note the change for the alert list in the watch item list. To view your watch items, from the My Area menu, click My Watch Items.

Steps to Remove Yourself from Multiple Alert Lists

1. In IBM Cognos Connection, click the my area icon and then click My Watch Items.

2. On the Alerts tab, select the alerts to delete from the alert list.

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