Set Up Usage Abuse Email Alerts

Set Up Usage Abuse Email Alerts

Set up an email notification alert to be notified of when a user breaches any of the defined settings. This real-time alert warns of potential trouble as it is happening.

A message is immediately triggered to administrators to help them respond immediately to excessive webpage abuse on valuable company time. The alert notification contains specifics about website infringements, allowing the administrator to immediately identify the user or client machine.

Video Guide to Setup Web-Based Alerts



The steps to set up an email alert can be found below. Email Alerts will be sent to the emails specified based on your settings.

How to create an Email Alert:

NOTE: You must have your email settings configured before creating an email alert.

  1. Choose the BrowseReporter tab on the left-hand side of the console
  2. Select Manage
  3. Select Email Alerts .
  4. Click on the New Alert button.
  5. Select an Alert Type, to specify categories of sites or specific URLs
  6. Put in a descriptive Alert Name to help you quickly understand the alert
  7. Select the Categories or URLs that you want to monitor
  8. Select the Computers/Users that you want to monitor.
  9. Define a threshold of Hits (number of times a site was accessed) or Usage (the total active time per day)
  10. Select the Days and Times that the alert is active
  11. (Optionally) define a Severity to quantify the risk in the Alerts dashboard
  12. For URL alert, an email is sent out for each URL that has reached the threshold.
  13. For Category alert, an email is sent out for each category that has reached the threshold.
Email Alert Updated

Here is an example of the email alert received by the recipient: