SAP ABAP IMG Activity SIMG_ALERTCATDEF (Define Alert Categories)
Hierarchy
☛ SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
   ⤷ BC-SRV-GBT-ALM (Application Component) Alert Framework
     ⤷ SALERT_CORE (Package) Central Alert Server
IMG Activity
ID SIMG_ALERTCATDEF Define Alert Categories  
Transaction Code S_BCE_68001818   (empty) 
Created on 20011012    
Customizing Attributes ALERTCATDEF   Alert Categories 
Customizing Activity ALERTCATDEF   Define Alert Categories 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name ALERTCATDEF    

Use

In this IMG activity, you define the alert categories you want. Only carry out this activity if you want to use the central Alert Framework.

Once a new alert category has been defined, you have to specify how the recipients of an alert are to be determined, and implement the creation/triggering of an alert from an application.

Requirements

Standard settings

SAP applications supply a set of alert categories.

Activities

  1. Maintain the key and the properties of the alert category.
  2. (Optional) Define a container that can hold application-specific attributes.
  3. Maintain the texts for the alert category.
  4. (Optional) Define subsequent activities as hyperlinks/URLs.

Example

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 203   Establish Master Data 
Mandatory / Optional 2   Optional activity 
Critical / Non-Critical 2   Non-critical 
Country-Dependency A   Valid for all countries 
Assigned Application Components
Documentation Object Class Documentation Object Name Current line number Application Component Application Component Name
SIMG ALERTCATDEF 0 B200001338 Alert Framework 
Maintenance Objects
Maintenance object type C   Customizing Object 
Assigned objects
Customizing Object Object Type Transaction Code Sub-object Do not Summarize Skip Subset Dialog Box Description for multiple selections
IMGDUMMY D - Dummy object ALRTCATDEF  
History
Last changed by/on SAP  20011107 
SAP Release Created in 620