Alert Types

Use the Alert Types screen to select a specific alert type to create or enter into the desired field.

To open the Alert Types screen, click the Search icon on the Alerts screen.
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Click a location on the Location Selection screen when creating a new alert message.

Note:  For more information about each alert type, see Alert Type Overview.

Screen Description

The search fields on the Alert Types screen are:

Field Description
Select Audience Search for an alert type by selecting the intended audience.
Select Staging Search for an alert type by selecting when the alert has been configured to be sent.
Select Area Search for an alert type by selecting the business area that the alert applies to.
Select Alert Search for an alert type by entering an alert name.

The fields on the Alert Types screen are:

Field Description
Alert A brief description of the alert type.
Audience Indicates whether the selected alert type can be sent exclusively to dealership employees (Internal) or to customers as well (External).
Staging The manner in which the message associated to the alert type will be deployed to recipients; either immediately when the alert triggers (Immediate), or during a database or day end run (Batched).
Area The business area associated to the selected alert type.

Data Source: ALRTYP

Security: 999 - Configuration

Revision: 2025.12