Alert Recipient Setup allows a notification schedule to be setup for specific Alert recipients.

For example, it may be that an Alert is scheduled to be sent Immediately however, the department manager should only receive alert notification summaries once a week.

  1. Open the Alert Recipient Setup page
  2. Create a new record for the Alert Recipient
  3. Edit the Summary Setup for the Alert Recipient

Alert Recipient Type

Recipient TypeDescription
Salesperson/PurchaserSelect No. from the Salespeople/Purchaser list. The Name and Email fields will be filled in with details from the selected record.
TeamSelect No. from the Teams list.
UserSelect No. from the Business Central User list. The Name and Email fields will be filled in with details from the selected record.
CustomerSelect No. from the Customer list. The Name and Email fields will be filled in with details from the selected record.
VendorSelect No. from the Customer list. The Name and Email fields will be filled in with details from the selected record.
ContactSelect No. from the Contact list. The Name and Email fields will be filled in with details from the selected record.
EmailSelect this to enter a specific email address in the Email field. 

Summary Setup

FieldDescription
Summary TypeThe recurrence pattern in which the recipient will receive emails.
Daily: enter a Time, if required. Select Frequency (Daily or Weekday)
Weekly: enter a Time, if required. Select the day/s on which the emails should be sent (Monday – Sunday)
Monthly: enter a Time, if required. Select a Monthly Date.
TimeSpecify a time to send the emails, if required.
FrequencyUsed if Summary Type = Daily
Weekday: emails will be sent Monday – Friday
Daily: emails will be sent every day
Monthly DateUsed if Summary Type = Monthly
Select First Workday, Last Workday or Custom (a specific date in the month)
Day of MonthUsed if Monthly Date = Custom
Enter the day in the month, that emails should be sent.
Monday – SundayIf Summary Type = Weekly
Select which days in the week an email should be sent.