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    Notification Triggers

    A Notification Trigger is an e-mail notification for selected groups of agents on an interval basis. A single trigger can be created for an entire group of agents. The notification will be an e-mail sent to the e-mail addresses specified in the trigger configuration. The current triggers are shown in the "Notification > Triggers" page.

    Notification Triggers

    When creating a New Trigger , you are asked some questions including the agents and groups that will be included in the notification. The " Notification Interval " choices are Daily, Weekly, Monthly and Immediate. You can set a custom subject, message text, etc. When done configuring click the Add button.

    Add Notification Trigger

    Once a New Trigger is added you can "View" or "Delete" the existing trigger by clicking on the buttons on the right-side of the screen in the Action column. To Edit you can click the View button.

    The following custom email substitution variables can be used in the subject and body of the notification email.

    Variable Description Examples
    $notificationIntervalType The notification interval type name. Daily
    Weekly
    Monthly
    Immediate
    $notificationTime The notification time in the format hh:mm:ss tt as specified for a Daily interval. 07:34:55 PM
    $dayOfTheMonth The notification day of the month as specified for a Monthly interval. 15
    $dayOfTheWeek The notification day of the week as specified for a Weekly interval. Sunday
    $agentName The agent friendly name for which the job was run on. agent1
    $groupName The group name of the agent for which the job was run on. group1
    $jobName The name of the job that ran. job1
    $jobStatus The status of the job at the time of the notification. Started
    Successful
    Failed
    Stopped
    Warning
    $jobType The type of the job. Backup
    Restore
    Copy
    Import
    Image Backup
    Virtual Machine File Level Backup
    Virtual Machine Replication Backup
    Virtual Machine File Level Restore
    $startDateTime The time the job started. 6/15/2016 7:47:34 PM
    $endDateTime The time the job finished. If the job has not finished yet, the value will be empty. 6/15/2016 7:54:13 PM
    $backupClientVersionNumber The backup client version number. 18.0.1813.1

    Example:

    Edit Notification Trigger

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