topic Re: Alerts not working in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alerts-not-working/m-p/541132#M1302526 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Ali,</P><P>what's up about your problem ?</P><P>Have you need some help ?</P><P>François</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 16 Oct 2013 10:38:39 GMT francoiscave 2013-10-16T10:38:39Z Alerts not working https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alerts-not-working/m-p/541123#M1302506 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello</P><P>I've got QlikView server for Windows server 2012</P><P>I've setup the SMTP mail server in management console and the test email was sent successfully</P><P>Now I added an alert to send email whenever a task fails; however this is not working</P><P>any idea why?</P><P>Please advise</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alerts-not-working/m-p/541123#M1302506 ali_hijazi 2026-01-26T18:19:17Z Re: Alerts not working https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alerts-not-working/m-p/541124#M1302509 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Ali,</P><P>Have you fill your adress mail in the Tab Alerts (System/Setup) ?</P><P>François</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 10 Oct 2013 12:16:10 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alerts-not-working/m-p/541124#M1302509 francoiscave 2013-10-10T12:16:10Z Re: Alerts not working https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alerts-not-working/m-p/541125#M1302511 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>have checked on this for SMTP just to be sure</P><P><A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.qlik.com/docs/DOC-5076">http://community.qlik.com/docs/DOC-5076</A></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 10 Oct 2013 12:18:39 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alerts-not-working/m-p/541125#M1302511 saumyashah90 2013-10-10T12:18:39Z Re: Alerts not working https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alerts-not-working/m-p/541126#M1302514 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>see one condition</P><P>1)SMTP server problem-&gt;Connection failed error</P><P>2)Alert condition not proper-&gt;wont show error alert</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 10 Oct 2013 12:20:12 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alerts-not-working/m-p/541126#M1302514 saumyashah90 2013-10-10T12:20:12Z Re: Alerts not working https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alerts-not-working/m-p/541127#M1302516 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I've setup the SMTP and i was able to send a test email successfully</P><P>however the Alerts are not working when a task fails to reload</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 10 Oct 2013 12:43:25 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alerts-not-working/m-p/541127#M1302516 ali_hijazi 2013-10-10T12:43:25Z Re: Alerts not working https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alerts-not-working/m-p/541128#M1302518 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Alerts will work on two condition</P><P>1)Successful reload</P><P>2)On Open</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 10 Oct 2013 12:47:04 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alerts-not-working/m-p/541128#M1302518 saumyashah90 2013-10-10T12:47:04Z Re: Alerts not working https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alerts-not-working/m-p/541129#M1302520 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Yes indeed and the test email was sent successfully by QlikView</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 10 Oct 2013 12:48:40 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alerts-not-working/m-p/541129#M1302520 ali_hijazi 2013-10-10T12:48:40Z Re: Alerts not working https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alerts-not-working/m-p/541130#M1302522 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Did you configured under "User Preference --&gt; Mail" also...</P><P></P><P>Plz fill and check once again.</P><P></P><P>Karthik</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 10 Oct 2013 12:51:35 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alerts-not-working/m-p/541130#M1302522 2013-10-10T12:51:35Z Re: Alerts not working https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alerts-not-working/m-p/541131#M1302524 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If you have not already used these steps then&nbsp; it may help.</P><P>1. Login to QMC as System Admin</P><P>2. Go to System tab &gt; Setup</P><P>3. Expand Distribution Services . Select Server Name/Host</P><P>4. On the right panel go to Alert E-mail tab</P><P>5. Provide Email ID and click Apply</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 10 Oct 2013 12:58:38 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alerts-not-working/m-p/541131#M1302524 sudeepkm 2013-10-10T12:58:38Z Re: Alerts not working https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alerts-not-working/m-p/541132#M1302526 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Ali,</P><P>what's up about your problem ?</P><P>Have you need some help ?</P><P>François</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 16 Oct 2013 10:38:39 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alerts-not-working/m-p/541132#M1302526 francoiscave 2013-10-16T10:38:39Z Re: Alerts not working https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alerts-not-working/m-p/541133#M1302528 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Yes why when a task fails the alert doesn't work?</P><P>it is available in the management console; I configured mail server and was able to successfully send test emails</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 17 Oct 2013 08:32:48 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alerts-not-working/m-p/541133#M1302528 ali_hijazi 2013-10-17T08:32:48Z