Oracle Alert FAQ’s

 

1. What are the event alerts?

Triggered off when a particular event occurs in the Database.

Event can be Insert or Update.

     

2. What are Alert Action Level?

There are two levels of actions that can be performed

            Detail Action and Summary Action.

3. What is a Summary Threshold?

Oracle Alerts automatically determine whether to perform a detail action or Summary action based on the number of exceptions in the database.

4. What are the different actions that can be performed in Alerts?
• Message Actions
• Concurrent Program Actions
• Operating Script Actions
• SQL Statement Script Actions

5. What are the steps involved in Creating Periodic alerts?

·         Write a select statement

·         Verify and Run the SQL

·         Specify Alert Inputs

·         Define Alert Outputs

·         Create Periodic alert actions

·         Define Periodic alert message actions

·         Create a periodic alert action set

·         Check your periodic alert.

6. What is the Distribution List in Alerts?

A Pre-defined set of electronic mail ids and printer Instructions that you can use on message actions instead of re-entering all the recipient names each time.

7. What are the Advance features available in alerts?

·         Distribution List

·         Periodic sets

·         Summary Thresholds

·         Action Set Checks

8. What are the four implicit Inputs in Alerts?

Mailid, rowid, org_id, date_last_checked