Alerts

Alerts make up the core of WxNotify's functionality. WxNotify uses the term 'alert' to refer to the combination of a 1.) contact, 2.) location, 3.) schedule, and 4.) product list. An alert is not considered complete unless it contains all four of the aforementioned components, therefore you can not create an alert until you have at least one contact, location, schedule, and product list selected.

To create an alert, navigate to the Alerts page and then click on the green button labeled "+ Create" on the main Alerts page in the upper-right part of the page:

Once on that page, you will go through the process of choosing a contact, location, schedule, and product list. Click the drop-down labeled "Select" in each section to choose one of each.

Once all four components have been selected, choose whether you want the alert to be "Enabled". As you might guess, disabled alerts will not alert you, but allows you to save them for later.

If you change your mind and want to choose a different contact, location, schedule, or product list, you can choose a different one from the drop-down list within that component.

Click the OK button once you are ready to add the alert.

Please note that WxNotify will not let you add a new alert if you already have an alert that notifies you in the same way as an existing alert. This is to prevent you from receiving duplicate alerts.

For example, let's say you already have an alert with the following components:

   * Contact: My Cell

   * Location: Home

   * Schedule: Anytime

   * Product List: My Products

If you attempted to create a new alert using the exact same contact, location, schedule, and product list, the system will prevent you from doing this, due to the likeliness of duplicate alerts. In this case, you could choose a different contact or location for the new alert, since either of those would not result in duplicates. (provided you already had another contact and location created) Choosing a different schedule would still result in an error, since schedules could overlap resulting in duplicate alerts. In addition, creating a new alert where only the product list differs will also result in an error, since you could modify an existing product list to include all the desired products.

WxNotify subscribers can create up to 10 alerts using a combination of contacts, locations, schedules, and product lists, as long as the combination of all of those components won't cause duplicate alerts.