Alert Warnings for Specific Accounts

Last Revised: May 22, 2013

Alert warnings are similar to sticky notes, but appear in a pop up window instead of at the top of each screen.  Alert warning messages can be given for a variety of conditions (ag rollback, NSF, etc.) for an account.  

The client preferences that control which messages appear, on what screens they appear, and whether or not they will appear automatically or after clicking an Alert button can be divided into three areas: Critical, Conditions, and Screens.  The setting of the Critical preferences determine whether you will see any Alert messages and if you will see them on one or multiple screens.

  1. Critical client preferences - the settings for these determine whether any other preferences listed below will be considered. These preferences are listed in order of importance (hierarchy).

Client Preference Definition
ALERT_WARNINGS_FEATURE Set to Y to show the Alert button; set to N to hide the button.  If it is set to Y, the button will appear on each tab of each screen. If set to Y, all notes with ALT as the MSG code will appear in the Alert window, along with other specific notes as noted below.
AUTO_DISPLAY_ALERT_WARNING Set to Y to always display the Alert window when entering each tab of each screen for accounts with appropriate alert conditions.  Set to N to avoid having the Alert window display automatically on each tab of each screen.

  1. Conditions - choose the account conditions for which you want to see Alert messages. If these conditions are set to Y, alert messages will be given on each tab of each screen.

Client Preference Definition
OWNER_MASTER_NEW_ACCT_NOTE Set to Y to give an alert message when new accounts are added. A note with an ALT message is inserted. Set to N to not show this message or create the note.