Send Notification Information via Email as an Administrative Task in the IGEL UMS

In the IGEL Universal Management Suite (UMS), you can define an administrative task as a result of which a notification information will be sent via email. For details on notifications, see How to Configure Notifications in the IGEL UMS.

For general information on administrative tasks, see Administrative Tasks - Configure Scheduled Actions for the IGEL UMS.

Menu path: UMS Administration > Global Configuration > Administrative Tasks > Dialog Create Administrative Task > Action "Send notification information via email"

General

Name

Name for the task.

Action

→ Select Send notification information via email.

Description
Optional description of the task.

Send result as mail

☑ The result of the task will be sent to the specified recipients via email.

The following two options are active if Send result as mail is enabled:

Send to default recipient (not defined)

☑ The email will be sent to the email address defined under Mail Settings > Mail Recipient. Further information can be found under Mail Settings.

Additional recipients
Other email addresses to which the email will be sent. If you enter a number of addresses, you must separate them using a semicolon ";".

Active

☑ The task will be executed at the set time. (Default)

☐ The task will not be executed.

Configuration

Mail recipients

Email address(es) of the recipients.

Result format

Data format in which the results of the task are sent as a mail attachment.
Possible options:

• XML (Default)

• HTML

• CSV

Create archive

☑ An archive is created.

☐ No archive is created. (Default)

Export

Defines whether all notifications or only new ones have to be exported.
Possible options: 

• All notifications (Default)

• Only notifications generated after the last administrative task execution

Export notifications about

Defines the type of notifications that will be exported. For more information on notification types, see How to Configure Notifications in the IGEL UMS.
Possible options: 

• Universal Firmware Updates (up to 11.07)

• Universal Firmware Updates - Stable Releases

• Universal Firmware Updates - Rolling Releases
  

  

  Existing administrative tasks with Universal Firmware Updates enabled (i.e. created before the update to UMS 12) are automatically converted to Universal Firmware Updates (up to 11.07) and Universal Firmware Updates - Stable Releases. Universal Firmware Updates - Rolling Releases is disabled by default. 

  
  

• Universal Management Licenses

• Device Licenses

• Disk Usage

• Global Notifications

• Admin Tasks

• Packs

• Certificates
  

Schedule

Start
Point in time at which the task is executed.

Task starts every [number of time units]

☑ The task will be repeated at the set time interval.

☐ The task will not be repeated at the set time interval.

Weekdays
The task will be executed on the activated weekdays at the point in time specified under Start.

Monthly
The task will be executed monthly at the point in time specified under Start.

Exclude public holidays
The task will not be executed on the days listed in the public holiday lists selected via . Further information on the public holiday lists can be found in the menu bar under Misc > Scheduled Jobs, see Menu Bar of the IGEL UMS Console.

Expiration
Point in time as of which the task will no longer be repeated.