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Figure 4-24.
Short-format notifications
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Tip
we suggest you start with the short format and expand it, rather than removing from the long format.
Customization is a relatively simple process, consisting of configuring a mix of plain text and placeholders that are
substituted at runtime with attributes from the alert (for example, target name or alert timestamp). Comments can be
prefixed with the
--
character combination in the same way that SQL statements can. In addition, conditional logic can be
applied in order to include relevant details, perhaps if this is a repeat notification. There is as yet no capability for creating
new alert templates, so you are stuck with the two mail formats. This limitation can, however, be effectively worked
around by careful use of the conditional logic feature together with appropriate attributes. For example, it is possible to
define different short-response templates for Production and QA based on target deployment type. Figure
4-25
shows an
example defining all alert types, including repeats for Production but only one regular mail for QA.
