To manage custom alerting settings for an alert source

Right-click the alert source and select Manage Alerting Settings.

In the "Manage Alerting Settings" dialog box, select the Enable My Alerts check box to choose BI launch pad as a destination.

Alert notifications will be sent to the subscriber's BI launch pad accounts. In BI launch pad, subscribers can view alerts in My Alerts on the Documents tab.

To choose email as a destination, select the Enable Email check box.

Select Use default email settings to use the default alerting settings for email, or select Use custom email settings and perform the following actions as needed:

a. In the From box, type a return email address, or select variables for the email address from the Add placeholder list.

b. In the To box, type each email address that you want to send alert notifications to, or select variables for the email address from the Add placeholder list.

c. In the Cc box, type each email address that you want to send alert notifications to, or select variables for the email address from the Add placeholder list.

d. In the Bcc box, type the email address of each undisclosed recipient that you want to send alert notifications to, or select variables for the email address from the Add placeholder list.

e. In the Subject box, type the subject of the alert notification, or select variables for the subject from the Add placeholder list.

f. In the Message box, type the message for the body of the alert notification, or select variables for the message from the Add placeholder list.

g. Select the Add Attachment check box to add an attachment to the alert notification.

h. Under File Name, select Use Automatically Generated Name or Use Specific Name. If you select Use Specific Name, type a file name or select a placeholder in the list.

i. Select the Add File Extension check box to automatically a file extension to file names.

Caution: If you do not add a file extension to a file name, the document cannot be opened.

Click Save & Close.