You can set up query alerting on your Mashup Builder application. This enables end-users to save queries so they are alerted whenever new or modified documents that match the query are added to the index.
Query alerts can either be:
• Scheduled - the alert runs at a fixed time, at regular intervals.
• Real time - the alert runs as soon as a new matching document is indexed.
This section describes alerting for use with a Mashup Builder application. However, if you are using the Mashup API or Search API to build a custom application, you can configure alerting through the Management API’s (MAMI) AlertingManager. For more information, see "Customizing Alerting" in the Exalead CloudView Programmer's Guide.
Setting up alerting involves the following steps:
Step
What
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1
In the Administration Console, create a security source.
"Configuring security sources" in the Exalead CloudView Administration Guide.
2
In the Business Console and Administration Console, set up alerting.
This means defining whether the alerting is scheduled or real-time, which security source to use, the output, and the frequency (for scheduled alerting).
The steps to follow depend on the alert type: scheduled or real-time.