You can define which action or actions will be carried out when an alert is triggered. By default, some actions are already connected with every alert type: For a example, a price alert could always be created with a notification and sound action, whereas an intersection alert could always be created with an e-mail action, etc.

For every alert on the list, you can define individual actions that only apply to this alert. You can also change the default actions that are associated with every new alert of this type (for example, for all newly created time alerts or intersection alerts).

▪       On the View menu, click Alerts.

▪       In the Alerts window, right-click on the alert for which you want to define the action(s) that will be carried out when the alert is triggered, and choose Set Alert Actions. (For price alerts, choose Set => Actions or Set =< Actions.) The Alert Action Editor appears.

▪       In the Alert Action Editor, select the action(s) that you want to use on the left side of the dialog by placing a check mark in front of every action that should be included.

Notification	Displays the Alert Event Notification window with a text message. See Notification Action
E-mail	Sends an e-mail to the specified recipient(s). See E-Mail Action
Sound	Plays a sound file or system speaker signal. See Sound Action
(News) Display	Shows one or more documents on the screen. See Display Action This action type is only available for price, study and news alerts.
Print	Prints one or more documents. See Print Action This action type is only available for time alerts.

▪       On the right side of the dialog, adapt the settings for this action to your needs.

▪       On the View menu, click Alerts.

▪       In the Alerts window, click on the tab of the alert type for which you want to define the default action(s).

▪       Right-click on the alert list and choose Set Default Actions. (For price alerts, choose Set => Default Actions or Set =< Default Actions.)

▪       In the Alert Action Editor, adapt the default settings to your needs:

-       Select the default action(s) on the left side of the dialog by placing a check mark in front of every action that should be included by default.

-       Adapt the settings of each action to your needs.

The actions that are currently associated with an alert are shown in the Actions column. For price alerts, there are two actions columns called => Action(s) and =< Action(s), which correspond to the => and =< triggers respectively.

You can assign the default actions to an alert (if they are not included already), or completely hide the Actions column in the alerts list.

All associated actions are displayed with their abbreviations:

Abbreviation	Action type
Ntf	Notification
Eml	E-Mail
Snd	Sound
Dsp	Display
NwsDsp	News Display
Prn	Print

▪       In the Alerts window, right-click on the alert list and choose Hide Alert Actions Columns.

▪       In the Alerts window, right-click on the Actions column and choose Insert Default Action.

Learn more:

Notification Action

E-Mail Action

Sound Action

Display Action

Print Action