Operator Properties Dialog Box

To specify that a selected notification be sent to a specific user (operator), you must add operator information defining the user to the system. Sterling Gentran:Server® uses the operator properties to send the notification to the specified operator.

The Operator Properties dialog box allows you to add an operator to the system to receive notifications and to view and modify properties for existing operators. If operator information changes (such as e-mail address), you must use this dialog box to update the operator information that defines that user to the system.

The following table describes the parts of the Operator Properties dialog box:

Table 1. Operator Properties dialog box parts and functions
Part Function
NT User ID Specify the Microsoft Windows User ID of the operator.
Note: If your database is case sensitive, the User ID value in this field must use the exact case as the Microsoft Windows User ID. Otherwise, operators will not be able to view all notifications generated to them.
Name Specify the operator name.
Alert Test Sends a test Notification Log alert message to the specified operator.
Note: The specified operator must have logged on with a valid Windows User ID and have the Notification Log dialog box open to receive the test alert notification.
E-mail Address Specify the operator e-mail address.
E-mail Test Sends a test e-mail notification to the specified operator. This test will work with both SMTP and MAPI.
Numeric Pager (Phone Number) Specify the telephone pager number at which the operator will receive notifications. This number must include as many commas as necessary to handle the phone pauses between dialing out to the pager service, pausing until the pager service is ready to receive the numeric number, for example: 9,555-5555,,,,

The four commas after the number allow for the paging service voice message that plays until it is ready to receive the message.

Alpha Numeric Pager (E-mail Address) Specifies the e-mail address at which the operator will receive alphanumeric pager notifications.
Pager Test Sends a test pager notification to the specified operator. For alphanumeric pagers, this test will work with both SMTP and MAPI.