My Watch Items

Use the My Watch Items area of the portal to view and manage watch items from a single location. Watch items include alert lists and watch rules that help you monitor business events that are important to you.

The Alerts tab shows the alert lists to which you belong. Use this tab to remove yourself from the alert list for a report or agent.

The Rules tab shows the watch rules you created in saved HTML report output. Use this tab to

• edit a watch rule

• enable or disable a watch rule. For information, see Disable an Entry.

• organize watch rules in folders. For information, see Create a Folder.

• delete a watch rule. For information, see Delete an Entry.

• edit the My Watch Items page properties. For information, see Edit a Page.

You can also add yourself to the alert list for a report , add yourself to the alert list for an agent , and create a watch rule for a report .

The report owner must allow report users to receive alerts and create watch rules for the report.

View Watch Items

To view the alerts lists to which you belong and the watch rules you created, use the My Watch Items area of the portal.

You can also remove yourself from an alert list , and edit a watch rule .

Steps

1. In IBM^® Cognos^® Connection, in the upper-right corner, click My Area Options , My Watch Items.

2. To view your alerts lists, click Alerts.

3. To view your watch rules, click Rules.

Remove Yourself from an Alert List

To remove yourself from an alert list for a report or agent, use the My Watch Items area of the portal.

When you are added to an alert list, you receive an email notification when the report, or report associated with the agent task, is saved. After removing yourself from an alert list, you are no longer alerted.

Tip: You can also add or remove yourself from an alert list for a report using the Report tab of the Set Properties page . For an agent, you can use the Agents tab of the Set Properties page .

Steps

1. In IBM^® Cognos^® Connection, in the upper-right corner, click My Area Options , My Watch Items.

2. Click the Alerts tab, and in the Source column, click the alert list to remove.

   You can select multiple alert lists.

3. Click the remove me from the alert list button.

4. Click the refresh button.

   Note that the alert list is removed from the Source column.

Edit a Watch Rule

After creating watch rules in saved HTML report output, you can edit them from the My Watch Items area of the portal. For example, you can change the general properties, such as name, language, and description. You can also change the properties, such as the conditional expression for the rule, the items to which the rule applies, and the alert type.

For information about creating a watch rule, see Watch Rules in Saved Reports.

To edit a watch rule in IBM^® Cognos^® Connection, you must have read and write permission to the My Watch Items page.

Steps

1. In IBM Cognos Connection, in the upper-right corner, click the my area options button , and click My Watch Items.

2. Click the Rules tab, and in the Actions column, click the set properties button for the watch rule you want to edit.

3. Use the Set properties page, General tab, to change the properties, such as name, language, or description for the watch rule.

4. Click the Rules tab to edit the rules properties, such as the conditional expression for the rule, the items to which the rule applies, and the alert type.

   For more information on the rule properties, see Watch Rules in Saved Reports.