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  • October 3, 2016 at 9:04 pm #55221
    Gary Holodnick
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      I know a tcl-alert can invoke a tcl script but I would like to go the other way around.

      I want to pass a string to the alert mechanism, have the alert send an email but more importantly, have the alert string appear on Global Monitor.

      Is this possible? We are running version 6.1.1 on AIX.

      Thanks,

      Gary

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      • October 4, 2016 at 12:40 pm #84611
        Mark Thompson
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          Gary,

          I have not used this with Global Monitor, but if you can write a Tcl alert you should have everything you need.  One approach would be to use an alert_note directory.  Every time you want to trigger an alert, create a file in the alert_note directory.  Your Tcl alert checks for files in the directory.  If found, it returns the contents as the alert message and deletes the file.

          You could accomplish the same thing using rows in a database if you prefer that approach.

          - Mark Thompson
          HealthPartners

        • October 4, 2016 at 1:11 pm #84612
          Gary Holodnick
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            Thank you for your reply.

            I have been considering file/alert option. But in any programming, I try not to create dependencies between disparate parts of a process.

            The goal is to trigger the event based on specific data in a message. The file/alert option was the only way that I had come up with; my original question was merely a grasp at a better approach.

            Thanks again,

            Gary Holodnick

          • October 5, 2016 at 2:23 pm #84613
            Eric Fortenberry
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              I’ve never used this command or seen it used, but it sounds like it may be related to what you’re trying to accomplish:

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              hcialertnotify

              The Global Monitor Alert Notify feature requires command-line support to trigger GM to pop-up the alert notification.

              hcialertnotify [-M ] [-f ] [-S ]

              Where:

            • October 5, 2016 at 2:35 pm #84614
              Gary Holodnick
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                Excellent!  I will play with this and see if it will work for us.

                Thank you,

                Gary Holodnick

              • February 23, 2017 at 8:38 pm #84615
                Kevin Scantlan
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                  Where did you find the documentation about hcialertnotify?  I’ve been trying to find how cause a pop-up notification window on Global Monitor when using the notify action with an alert.

                • February 23, 2017 at 9:32 pm #84616
                  Eric Fortenberry
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                    Kevin Scantlan wrote:

                    Where did you find the documentation about hcialertnotify?

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