This file is used to track the content and interactions with an alert. Every alert which is generated is initially filed within this file. Each entry has the date and time the alert was generated, which user generated the alert, whether the alert was generated in a background task, what action was to be taken if any (the entry point or option name to be used) and the data string, if any, for use with the alert. There is a multiple field which also identifies each user that the alert was sent to, and when the user initially saw the displayed text, when the alert was selected for processing, when the processing was completed, and when the alert was deleted after processing or associated with another user's processing, or when the alert was deleted by a clean-up operation. Unless a longer lifetime is specified for the specific alert, it will be deleted from the file after 30 days. If a longer lifetime is specified, it will not be deleted until after that period passes.
HELP-PROMPT: This is the routine to be invoked when the alert is selected (if a value exists for TAG, then entry will be at the indicated TAG within the routine).
HELP-PROMPT: This is a string of data elements, which may be separated by any desired character, which will be returned to the application when the alert is selected for processing.
HELP-PROMPT: Answer must be a 38 character GUID {.......}
DESCRIPTION: This field contains a Globally Unique IDentifier (GUID) which is used to identify the application which should be used in a graphical user interface environment (windows) to process the alert. This application must
implement the IVAlert interface. The GUID should be of the form
{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}
where each x is a hexadecimal digit (0 through 9 or A through F).
DATA FOR PROCESSING (2). Access: Direct Global Read & w/Fileman
PATIENT (.04). Access: Direct Global Read & w/Fileman
The DATA FOR PROCESSING (#2) field for each alertinternal entry number will be compared against a specific Lab case number todetermine if an alert was generated for the case.The Lab package will scan all alerts for a patient'sidentification number (variable DFN). ^XTV(8992.1,"C" is subscripted by thepatient's identification number and internal entry number of the alert in^XTV(8992.1.