How do I send an email alert when batch job status changes to executing?

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How do I make AX send an alert email every time a batch job executes?

I know how to make it send an email when I change the status to waiting or withheld.

I would like to be able to set up alerts when jobs exe, error, and so on.

How do you make it send an email when you change the status and why can't you use that when the batch framework changes the status? I would use the [alert framework](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa497014.aspx) in AX, no customization necessary. — FH-Inway, Nov 15 '16 at 11:08
I just create an alert rule. Field: Status Event: has changed Alert me for: All records in batch job No end date — user3347022, Nov 15 '16 at 18:52

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 15 '16 at 00:02

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I don't think standard alerts will work, but you could put custom code in the BatchRun class. I wouldn't recommend it, but instead I'd suggest you create a very simple batch process that monitors whatever batch tasks you want to monitor.

If you must put code in, it looks like there are several processes that can change a Batch or BatchJob to executing, and you'd have to examine the logic more closely:

\Classes\BatchRun\serverGetTask
\Classes\BatchRun\do
\Classes\BatchRun\serverGetOneTask

answered Nov 15 '16 at 00:02

Alex Kwitny

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Do they? I vaguely remember trying it years ago when I was trying to identify a race condition. I think for errors they would, but changing to `execution`, if you look at the the code, it has all sorts of `.skipXXX` things set. I just thought I remembered it wouldn't work, and figured since the poster is discussing alerts, he must have tried them too. – Alex Kwitny Nov 15 '16 at 16:03
Ah, so you are still talking to me :) I was wondering when I never got a response on my answer to [your comment](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32497849/how-to-do-unit-testing-in-microsoft-dynamics-ax-2012-in-a-real-world-project/32501796#32501796). But back on topic, I can see how alerts would not work in such a case. Seems you need a customization like you or Jan suggested to solve this. – FH-Inway Nov 15 '16 at 17:21

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 16 '16 at 12:23

As this is not a standard option, the easy way would for the job to send the mail itself.

There are several ways to send email, SysEmailTable::sendMail comes handy:

SysEmailTable::sendMail('templateId',
                        'en-us', // Chosen language
                        'WhoYouSendThisTo@example.com', // Who you're sending the email to
                        mappings, // Your variable mappings
                        '', // Location of file attachment (server/client matters) or none
                        '' , // XML if you're using XSLT
                        true, // Traceable or not?
                        'admin', // Sending user
                        true); // Use retries?

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How do I send an email alert when batch job status changes to executing?

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