Notification data fields

Notification data fields are required to define a notification template.

Notification Data Fields
Data Field Description
Template name A template unique name.
Description A description of the template.
Action service type Notification types: alert, e-mail, pager, cell phone. Only one type can be chosen.
To (LDAP Query) A query to retrieve one or more users who are intended to receive the alert.

Example: "select users.user_id from users where (&(objectClass=top)(uid=%userid%))"

where userid is the field in the common base event that is being replaced.
Subject The notification subject text with variables that will be substituted with Common Base Events extended-data-element values.

Example: "Situation occurred: %BusinessSituationName%"

Body The notification body text with variables that will be substituted with Common Base Events extended-data-element values.

Example: "Gold customer order response time %avergaeResponseTimeGold% has exceeded the threshold %threshold%"

LDAP Root The distinguished name for the root of an LDAP query.

Example: "cn=root"

Leave this field blank if you want to make the top-level distinguished name the default distinguished name.

Related concepts
Notification handlers
Related tasks
Creating a new notification template
Updating a notification template

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