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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Steps: Configure System Notifications

Steps: Configure System Notifications

Security:
System Monitor Administrator
 and
Resource Scheduling Administrator
 domains in the
System
 and
System Health Dashboard
 functional areas.
You can access tasks on the
View System Notifications
 report to create monitors that notify you when a Workday metric reaches a specified criteria.
Task
Description
Create System Monitor Notification
You can configure Workday to monitor resource usage and traffic volume. Example: You configure Workday to notify you when the user count is greater than 100.
Create Schedule Notification
You can configure Workday to monitor scheduled future processes, such as recurring processes. Example: You want Workday to monitor a process scheduled to run at 14:00:00 every Thursday and to notify you when the process fails.
If you don’t see an expected object, it's because you can create alerts only for objects you have security access to.
Create BP Notification
You can configure Workday to monitor critical active processes and one-off tasks and to notify you if the job fails.
Workday automatically deletes the task when it completes.
  1. (Optional) As you complete the
    Create System Monitor Notification
     task, consider these options:
    Option
    Description
    Metric Type
    The resources that Workday monitors, including:
    • Active User Sessions
      .
    • Background Queue Length
      .
    • Background Task Throughput
      .
    • UI Queue Length
      .
    • UI Task Throughput
      .
    Filter
    Workday displays options in this prompt only for queue length and throughput metrics and enables you to create monitors for specific queue types, including:
    • Notifications Queue Length
      .
    • Read Queue Height
      .
    • Update Queue Length
      .
    Direction
    You can configure Workday to notify when a metric is below or greater than a specified threshold.
    Threshold
    Workday sends a notification when the metric exceeds the Threshold value.
    Notify When Recovered
    You can select this check box so Workday notifies you when the value of the metric returns to the threshold.
  2. (Optional) As you complete the
    Create Schedule Notification
     task, consider these options:
    Option
    Description
    Notifications
    • Recipient Group
      : sends notifications to multiple recipients in a predefined group.
    • Notification Receiver
      : sends notifications to an individual.
    Threshold Duration
    Workday alerts you when the process runtime exceeds this value. Enter zero when you want to receive only a success or failure alert.
    Background Process Status
    Select for which status Workday notifies you:
    Fail
     or
    Complete
    .
  3. (Optional) As you complete the
    Create BP Notification
     task, consider these options:
    Option
    Description
    Threshold Duration
    Workday sends you an alert if the process runtime exceeds the threshold value. Enter zero if you want to receive only a success or failure alert.
    Background Process Status
    Select for which status Workday notifies you:
    Fail
     or
    Complete
    .
Workday displays the active configured notifications on the
View System Notifications
 tab.