Alert Fields Reference

This page documents every field on an alert and the operators available in the condition builder. For an explanation of how alerts behave, start with the Maica Alerts Overview. For step-by-step instructions, see Creating and Managing Alerts.

Message and content fields

These fields hold the alert text and its display options.

Field	Description	Default
Message	Plain text version of the alert. Used for Toast style alerts. Supports merge fields.	None
Message Formatted	Rich text version of the alert. Used as the body of inline Alert and Modal style alerts. Supports merge fields.	None
Modal Title	The heading shown at the top of a Modal style alert. Supports merge fields.	"Alert" if left blank
Modal Button Label	The label on the acknowledge button of a Modal style alert.	Acknowledge
Display Created Date	When ticked, the alert's creation date is shown in front of the message.	Off

Merge fields use the syntax {!FieldApiName}, for example {!Name}. They resolve against the record the alert is displayed on.

Display Created Date does not apply to Modal style alerts. For inline and toast alerts, the formatted date is added to the start of the message.

Display fields

These fields control how the alert looks and behaves on screen.

Field	Description	Options	Default
Style	How the alert is presented.	Alert (inline banner), Toast, Modal	None
Variant	The colour and tone of the alert.	Info, Warning, Error, Success	Info if left blank
Mode	Whether the user can close the alert.	Dismissible, Sticky	None

For inline Alert style messages, a close button appears only when Mode is Dismissible. For Toast style messages, a blank Mode behaves as Dismissible.

Targeting fields

These fields control which records show the alert and who sees it.

Field	Description	Default
Target Object	The object whose records can display the alert.	None
Target Record Id	Limits the alert to a single record. Blank means the alert applies to every record of the Target Object.	None (applies to all records)
Profiles	Restricts the alert to users with one or more selected profiles. Blank means all profiles see the alert.	None (all profiles)
Group	Pairs the alert with an Alerts component that has a matching Group value. Blank pairs with a component that has no Group.	None

Target Object and Target Record Id are normally set for you. The Manage Alerts tab creates alerts with no record target (object-level), while the Manage Alerts quick action sets the target to the current record.

Scheduling and status fields

These fields control when an alert is active.

Field	Description	Default
Active	Whether the alert is eligible to display. Only active alerts appear.	On
Start Date	The first date the alert displays. Blank means no start bound.	None
End Date	The last date the alert displays. Once it passes, the alert is treated as expired. Blank means no end bound.	None

To pause an alert without losing it, untick Active. To schedule one in advance, set a future Start Date.

Condition field

Field	Description
Condition	An optional advanced filter that decides whether the alert is relevant to the specific record being viewed. Built with the condition builder rather than entered by hand.

When a Condition is set, the alert displays only if the record being viewed matches it. A blank Condition means the alert always displays (subject to the other targeting rules).

Condition builder

The condition builder lets you assemble a filter without writing a query:

• Add Criteria adds a field criterion: choose a field, an operator, and a value.

• Add Criteria Logic appears once you have more than one criterion, letting you combine them with AND and OR (for example, 1 AND (2 OR 3)).

• Remove All clears all criteria at once.

• A related-records filter can require that the record has, or does not have, matching child records.

Operators

The operators offered depend on the field type.

Operator	Applies to
equals	All field types
not equal to	All field types
less than	Number and date fields
less or equal	Number and date fields
greater than	Number and date fields
greater or equal	Number and date fields
contains	Text fields
does not contain	Text fields
starts with	Text fields
ends with	Text fields

Text-style fields offer the full set of operators, numeric and date fields add the comparison operators, and simple fields such as checkboxes use equals and not equal to.

Record name

Each alert is automatically given a name in the format ALERT - 0000000. You do not need to enter this; Salesforce assigns it when the alert is created.