Alert example

Using the following budget:

The following is true:

• Customer A-22 has monthly budgets set to $500,000.
• Standard alerts are triggered when charges reach $400,000, $500,000, and $600,000 within any billing period.
• Projected alerts are triggered if continued charges at current levels would reach those same amounts before the end of the current period.

Using the following settings:

Billing > Customers > Contacts

Administration > Configuration > System

The following happens when an alert is triggered:

• An email message is sent to the email address EngMgr@bigcompany.com from alerts@bigcompany.com using the SMTP server 192.168.101.101, informing them that charges have reached the relevant alert threshold.
• When the admin user signs on, they will see this alert in the Alerts area of the Home page.