Basic Email Notification

You can use the System_Mail_Send Process Definition to create a basic email-based notification setup. This topic explains the concept with an example.

Note: Basic email notification is useful for one-off use cases, such as checking the output of a single Process. For more comprehensive email notification, consider using the Active Monitoring Module.

Creating a Basic Email Alerting Scenario

  1. Navigate to Definitions > Chains.
  2. Click .
  3. On the Chain tab, enter the name BasicAlert for the Chain.
  4. On the Chain tab, choose Add Step from the context menu of the Chain.
  5. Select the default Chain Process and choose System_Info from the Process Definition dropdown list.
  6. Add a second step after the first.
  7. Select the second Chain Process and choose System_Mail_Send from the Process Definition dropdown list.
  8. To display the Default status handlers section, select the Chain icon, then deselect Request restart by default if it is selected.
  9. For the statuses Error, Canceled and Killed, select Goto> Go to Step 2.
  10. For the status Completed, select Go to > Go to End of Chain > Mark chain Completed.
  11. Select Step 2.
  12. For the status Completed, select Go to > Go to End of Chain > Mark chain Error.
  13. Enter An error occurred in the chain in the Message field, and 123 into the Exit Code field.
  14. Click Save & Close.

Testing the Scenario

To test the scenario:

  1. Navigate to Definitions > Chains.
  2. Submit the Chain Definition BasicAlert.
  3. On the Times and Dates page of the Submit Wizard, add 3 minutes to the Requested Start Time field value.
  4. Click Next.
  5. On the Scheduling page, choose System from the Queue dropdown list.
  6. Click Submit.
  7. Navigate to Monitoring > Processes and click .
  8. Expand the Chain.
  9. Right-click Step 1 and choose Scheduling > Cancel.
  10. Wait until the Chain completes. An email should be sent to the email address you specified.