Configure Notifications

This procedures steps through configuring notifications for domains or metrics.

A mail server must be configured before you can successfully use a notification from within Data Stewardship Settings.
  1. In Management Console, click Resources > Data Stewardship Settings.
  2. Click either Domains or Metrics.
  3. Select the check box next a domain or metric, and click the Edit item button .
  4. In the Send notification to box, select user names from the drop-down list or enter new email addresses to which notifications should be sent.
    Users are configured in Management Console.
  5. In the Number of exceptions to trigger notification box, select the number of exception records that should trigger a notification.
  6. In the Subject box, enter the text that should be sent as the subject of the notification.
  7. In the Message box, enter the message that should appear in the body of the notification.

    You can use the following variables in the message to relay important information about the exceptions:

    • ${jobID}—The ID number of the job that produced the exception records.
    • ${jobName}—The name of the job that generated the exception records.
    • ${userName}—The name of the user whose job that generated the exception records.
    • ${stageLabel}—The name of the dataflow stage that produced the exception records.
    • ${link}—A link to the Editor page in the Data Stewardship Portal, showing records for a particular dataflow.
  8. Check the Send reminder check box if you want to send a reminder notification, and select the number of days that should pass before the reminder is sent.
  9. In the Send reminder to box, select user names or enter an email addresses.
  10. In Reminder Subject, enter the text that should be sent as the subject of the reminder notification.
  11. In Reminder Message, enter the message that should appear in the body of the reminder notification.
    The reminder uses an additional variable:
    • ${Count}—The number of exceptions for the specified dataflow or stage that have yet to be resolved.
  12. Check the Remind daily check box if you want a reminder notification to be sent every day until the exceptions are resolved.