Managing Alert Subscriptions

This topic discusses methods to administer and maintain ser alert subscriptions.

Page Name	Definition Name	Usage
User Alerts Page	EPPAN_MY_ALERTS	Manage user alert subscriptions.
Update Alerts Subscription	EPPAN_ALERTS	Portal administrators can update alert subscription preferences for users.

Use the User Alerts page (EPPAN_MY_ALERTS) to manage user alert subscriptions.

Navigation:

Portal Administration > Alerts > User Subscriptions

A user ID description displays if you access this page for a user other than the current user.

Use the drop-down list to filter the alerts that appear by feature.

Field or Control	Description
Title	Displays the title of the item to which the user has subscribed to email alerts. When used with the Collaborative Workspaces Discussions module and calendars, these are the titles of the forums and topics to which a user has subscribed to email alerts.
Delivery	Displays the frequency at which the user selected to receive email alerts.
Edit	Click to access the Update Alerts Subscription page, where you can update alert subscription preferences.
Delete	Click to delete the alert subscription. You will be prompted to confirm the deletion.
Delete All Subscriptions	Click to delete all alert subscriptions displayed in the Alert Subscriptions group box. You will be prompted to confirm your deletion. If you do not want to complete the deletion, do not click Save.

Field or Control	Description
Email Address	Displays the email address to which the email alerts are being sent. This email address is defined on the General Profile Information page. See the product documentation for PeopleTools: Applications User's Guide, “Setting User Preferences,” Setting User Personalizations, Setting Up Your System Profile.
Email Format	Select the format in which email alerts should be sent to the user. Text Only. Select to indicate that text-based email alerts should be sent to the user. The contents of the email will use any text header and footer definitions you have entered on the Define Alerts Email page. HTML. Select to indicate that HTML-based email alerts should be sent to the user. To use this option, the Allow HTML Email option must be selected on the Define Alerts Email page. The contents of the email will use any HTML header and footer definitions you have entered on the Define Alerts Email page.
Content	Links Only. Select to indicate that the email alert should contain only links to the items about which the user is being notified. Links with Summaries. Select to indicate that the email alert should contain links to and summaries about the items about which the user is being notified.
Include Overview/Outline	Select to have email alerts sent with an overview at the beginning of the email. The overview contains an outline of email contents.

Pages Used to Manage Alert Subscriptions