Create a Watch Rule for a Specific Condition

You can set up a watch rule to send an alert when a specific condition in a saved report is satisfied.

For example, you could set up a watch rule that sends an alert when sales figures for a product fall below a specific level.

Note: You can only create watch rules for reports saved in HTML format.

Before you begin

You must have read and traverse permissions to the report output to create watch rules.

Procedure

  1. Run the required report and save the output in HTML format.

    For more information, see Set Report Options for the Current Run.

  2. In the IBM® Cognos® Connection portal, open the saved HTML report in IBM Cognos Viewer.
  3. In the report, right-click a numeric data item and then click Alert Using New Watch Rule.
  4. In the Specify the rule - Alert Using New Watch Rule page, select Send an alert when the report contains.
  5. In the conditional expression, from the drop-down list, select the expression to use for the watch rule, for example, >= (greater than or equal), and specify a value in the box.
  6. Under For the selected context, select the report items to which the rule applies.
  7. Click Next.

Results

You must now set up the alert details for the watch rule. For more information, see Define the Alert Details for the Watch Rule.
Parent topic: Watch Rules in Saved Reports