Configuring System Center 2012 - Service Manager Notifications
Updated: May 13, 2016
Applies To: System Center 2012 SP1 - Service Manager, System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager, System Center 2012 - Service Manager
You may want to be notified by email when incidents or other changes in System Center 2012 – Service Manager. By using Service Manager, you can make sure that notifications are generated for almost any kind of change. For example, you can configure notifications to be sent to a messaging analyst when changes occur to a work item or configuration item that pertains to email problems.
Before notifications are sent, first configure each notification channel, such as the settings for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). Notification messages are sent based on a notification template. Therefore, you must create a notification template. You can then use the Notification Subscription Wizard to subscribe a group of users to a notification that will be sent whenever the changes that you specify occur. Finally, you can verify that a notification is sent by manually generating the change.
You must complete these steps in the order shown. For example, before you can configure a notification, the SMTP channel must be enabled.
Note
You must add the Service Manager workflow account to the Service Manager Administrators user role for notifications to function properly. See the topic “How to Add a Member to a User Role” in the Administrator’s Guide for System Center 2012 - Service Manager.
Configuring Notifications Topics
How to Configure Notification Channels
Describes how to set up a notification channel.
How to Create Notification Templates
Describes how to set up a notification template.
How to Subscribe to Notifications
Describes how to subscribe to a notification for yourself or for others.
How to Verify a Notification Configuration
Describes how to verify that notification configuration is set up correctly.
About Substitution Strings in Notification Templates
Describes how you can use substitution strings to insert information into notification templates.
How to Automatically Notify Groups of Users
Describes how to create a messaging-enabled group and a workflow to notify stakeholders when an incident is created.
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