Variables in Email for Advanced Alerts

Question

Hello,

I recently made a vbscript to check if we were getting the backup files that we needed everyday. What we wanted was to get an alert via email if the script found that the most recent file was missing. We went through the processes - and set up these fields. We decided we did not need to reset the alarm.

Property to Monitor was APM:Application

However, when we decided to set up the email message. The variables didn't want to work with us. The simple message we wanted was

${Name} ( we expected this to be our template name-Check BackUp Files

Email for No SQL backup File Today

${AlertTriggerTime}

The name variable worked but it returned a name that had nothing to do with the application.

Is there something where we are going wrong with this?

netlogix · Accepted Answer

did you test using the "test" button?  that button is broke. I test by setting the alert to something true (status = up) or doing something that will cause the script to return the down status.