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--- alertprofiles [2009/01/28 14:33] – updated for 3.5 faltin
+++ alertprofiles [2013/05/08 17:30] (current) – [Alert Profiles] faltin
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 {{tools:alertprofiles.png|}} Alert Profiles was rewritten for NAV 3.5 and now resembles the look and feel found elsewhere in NAV. The functionality is with few exceptions the same as pre-3.5, so the general description given below is still representative. For reference though, you can browse through the
 {{alertprofiles:alert-profiles-manual.pdf|manual of the old Alert Profiles}}. Please keep in mind that the GUI
-has changed.
+has changed. We will in due time make an updated manual.
+Also see [[http://www.slideshare.net/lunkwill42/nav-alert-profiles|a slideset explaining Alert Profiles]] (from 2009).
 ====== Background ======
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 alert has any qualified recipients and forwards the alarms.
-Read more about the EventAndAlertSystem (figure, description of processes, database doc).
+Read more about [[eventandalertsystem|the event and alert system]] (figure, description of processes, database doc).
 ===== NAV profiles =====
-A key design principle for the new alert profile system has been maximum flexibility. We
+A key design principle for the alert profile system has been maximum flexibility. We
 wanted a system that supports a wide range of user demands. Experience has shown that
 network and systems engineers have an (incredibly) wide range of opinions of how and
 when they would like to receive alarms.
-Alert profiles is no doubt a very general and powerful system. The alpha testing of the
+Alert profiles is no doubt a very general and powerful system. User feedback on the
-system has revealed, however, that the downside of being too general is complexity. The
+system has revealed, however, that the downside of being too general is complexity.
-system has been far from intuitive and has required a lot of effort to grasp. A tedious
+Improvements have been done in the 3.5 version to overcome this.
-amount of work has been required for each NAV user to set up his profile.
-As we now are entering the beta phase of NAV v3, Alert Profiles is fundamentally
-improved in terms of user friendliness (we believe). And we have not compromised on
-flexibility; we have in fact also improved this aspect.