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View and manage My Alerts

View and manage My Alerts

Follow these steps to view and manage your alerts.

View My Alerts

  1. On the title bar of the portal site, click My Site.

    Note  You can see the most recent alert results in the My Alerts Summary section of the page.

  2. In the Actions list, click Manage Alerts.
  3. In the list of alerts, click the alert whose results you want to view.

Edit an alert

  1. On the title bar of the portal site, click My Site.
  2. In the Actions list, click Manage Alerts.
  3. In the list of alerts, click the alert you want to edit.
  4. In the Actions list, click Edit Alert.
  5. Change the settings.
  6. Click OK.

Activate an alert

If you activate this alert, you will receive alert results again.

  1. On the title bar of the portal site, click My Site.
  2. In the Actions list, click Manage Alerts.
  3. In the list of alerts, click the alert you want to activate.
  4. In the Actions list, click Activate Alert.
  5. Click OK.

Note  If your alert was automatically deactivated by the portal site, you can activate the alert to begin receiving results again. If the alert is automatically deactivated again, edit the alert to reduce the number of alert results you receive. For example, under Alert Results on the Edit Alert page, you can narrow the scope of your alert results by specifying that the results contain a specific word or phrase.

Deactivate an alert

If you deactivate this alert, you will not receive alert results until you activate it.

  1. On the title bar of the portal site, click My Site.
  2. In the Actions list, click Manage Alerts.
  3. In the list of alerts, click the alert you want to deactivate.
  4. In the Actions list, click Deactivate Alert.
  5. Click OK.

Note   If your alert generates an excessive number of results, the portal site may automatically deactivate it to conserve resources. Activate the alert to begin receiving results again. If you activate this alert and then your alert is automatically deactivated again, edit the alert to reduce the number of alert results you receive. For example, under Alert Results on the Edit Alert page, you can narrow the scope of your alert results by specifying that the results contain a specific word or phrase.

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