Presenting BAM alerts

Finally after detailing all that we have here we get to the subject of BAM alerts. Alerts in BAM are user-created notifications that can be tied to simple BAM queries or even complex aggregations. BAM alerts (and BAM in general) really spearhead the concept of self service in IT. What specifics interest users will change depending upon who the user is, business conditions at the time, and often even the time of year. BAM alerts allow users to decide when they want alerts and give them an ability, through the BAM Portal, to configure them.

BAM alerts are either via e-mail or a file. I only use the file ones to trigger other BizTalk processes, as we'll see later, but the e-mails are very popular with users. Perhaps a user wants to be notified when a very large order (or very large check) is received (or requested). Or perhaps they want to be alerted by the result of an aggregation, such as a specific client orders more than X dollars within Y months. All of these can be linked to user-created BAM alerts. This frees our time as developers to focus on higher value tasks while still getting our users exactly what they want. Better yet, they still think we're rock stars because of it.