Custom Alerting

Ignition
1

I am looking for a way to script the creation of an alert and Generate custom emails.

Some items I would like to look into:

  1. Is there an ignition funtion availible to manually create an alert using a script?
    -system.alert.newAlert
    -system.alert.newAlert(system, path, stateName, minSeverity, maxSeverity, activeAndUnacked, activeAndAcked, clearAndUnacked, clearAndAcked, flatten, displayPath)

  2. Would it be best to create an Alert_RandomName_Status tag with type integer(for level) and update notes to hold alert info.
    -if so, how do I update the DBTags AlertNotes property from a client?

Info on both would be nice to have.

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2

I’m not sure about #1, but you can insert tags on custom email messages in regards #2.

3

Right now there is no function to create new alerts on tags. You have to set it up through the SQLTags browser in the designer. If you put tags into a database driving provider you can dynamically make changes to tags.

4

Can you show me how to create an alert using a script based on my made up function (system.alert.newAlert).

When I simply add an alert in the ALERT_LOG table manually, it doesn’t show in the Alert Summary Component.

5

The only way to make that function right now is through the Module SDK. With that you can make your own system function to create new alerts.