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Enabling monitors for order and shipment alerts

For Order alert rules and Shipment alert rules to trigger and display alerts in Order Hub, you need to enable an Order monitor and a Shipment monitor.

System administrators with access to Applications Manager and Self Service can configure and enable the monitors. If the monitors are not running, a message is displayed in Order Hub on the Alert rules page.

Order and shipment alerts will not be triggered because the order and shipment monitors are not enabled. Contact your administrator to enable the monitors.

Procedure

  1. Log in to Applications Manager and select Applications > Application Platform.
  2. In Application Platform (DEFAULT), right-click Process Modeling and select Details.
  3. If an order monitor does not exist, create an order monitor.
    1. In the Process Types swimlane, right-click Order Fulfillment and select Model Process.
    2. Click the Transactions tab from the Order Fulfillment left panel.
    3. Right-click Transactions > Enhanced Order Monitor and select Details.
    4. Click the Time triggered tab.
      In Agent Criteria Definitions, Sterling™ Order Management System provides a sample definition (ORDER_MONITOR_EX) that you can use as a starting point for creating a monitor.
    5. Select ORDER_MONITOR_EX and then click Save as to create a monitor from the sample.
    6. Update the Criteria ID and Runtime Properties as needed.
      • Ensure that you choose an appropriate Agent server or create another server. Do not use DefaultAgent.
      • Ensure that you select the Schedule Trigger Message checkbox and specify a Schedule Trigger Message Interval. This interval determines how often the system checks for alerts.
      • For more information about each option, see Defining the transaction information.
    7. Click Save.
  4. If a shipment monitor does not exist, create a shipment monitor.
    1. In the Process Types swimlane, right-click Outbound Shipment and select Model Process.
    2. Click the Transactions tab from the Outbound Shipment left panel.
    3. Right-click Transactions > Shipment Monitor and select Details.
    4. Click the Time triggered tab.
      In Agent Criteria Definitions, Sterling Order Management System provides a sample definition (SHIPMENT_MONITOR) that you can use as a starting point for creating a monitor.
    5. Select SHIPMENT_MONITOR and then click Save as to create a monitor from the sample.
    6. Update the Criteria ID and Runtime Properties as needed.
      • Ensure that you choose an appropriate Agent server or create another server. Do not use DefaultAgent.
      • Ensure that you select the Schedule Trigger Message checkbox and specify a Schedule Trigger Message Interval. This interval determines how often the system checks for alerts.
      • For more information about each option, see Defining the transaction information.
    7. Click Save.
  5. Configure and start the agent servers. For more information, see Starting an agent server.
    Note: It might take up to two hours for the Alert rules page in Order Hub to stop showing a message that a monitor is not enabled.