Email server setup - Alerts and Notifications

In the TARGIT Management client, in Setup and Alerts and Notifications, you can configure an email server to be used by the TARGIT server.

This setting is a crucial setting in a TARGIT solution as the email server is required for everything related to sending mails from the TARGIT server, e.g.,:

• Mails sent from Scheduled jobs, e.g., automated reports sent out weekly.
• Mails sent to selected users if a scheduled job should fail.
• Mails sent to Administrators about critical errors and alerts on the TARGIT server.

The email server needs to be an existing email server - typically the email server that is already used within the organization.

In the setup options, you should first select the type of protocol to be used:

SMTP

• This protocol will work for most email servers. However, it is a protocol that has been in use for many years, and may be about to be deprecated by various email server types. From September 2025, the Exchange Online server will no longer support SMTP authentication.
• Server: The address of your email server, e.g., smtpserver.company.com.
• Username and Password: Assign a user (email address) and password of a user that is capable of sending emails from this server. This could be an existing user or a user created specifically for this purpose.
• From Address: Optional. Enter an email address that the server generated mails should use as sender. The email address must be a valid email address on your email server. If left blank, the mail sender address will be a generic address, like antserver@company.com.

MS Graph

• This protocol is using MS Graph API to authenticate and communicate with your email server. This method is recommended if your email server is located in the cloud and it supports MS Graph API. E.g., the Exchange Online server should be set up with the MS Graph protocol.
• Tenant ID, Application (client) ID and Client Secret: These IDs are obtained from the configuration of the MS Graph application in your cloud environment. See this guide: Setting up MS Graph API authentication for Exchange Online
• Username Assign a user (email address) of a user that is capable of sending emails from this server. This could be an existing user or a user created specifically for this purpose.
• From Address: Optional. Enter an email address that the server generated mails should use as sender. The email address must be a valid email address on your email server. If left blank, the mail sender address will be a generic address, like antserver@company.com.

TARGIT Cloud

• This option is available only to TARGIT Cloud customers.
• Use this option as an easy solution for sending emails from your TARGIT environment. With this option, you do not need to install or configure your own internal or external email server.
• This is a cloud-based email service, provided by TARGIT for TARGIT Cloud customers.

Administrative Alerts

You can apply an Administrator's email address that should receive administrative alerts from the TARGIT server.

Depending on the Notification Level, the administrator will receive from Critical (few) emails to Information (many) emails.

• Critical.
  • E.g., if a connection cannot be made to the data warehouse. "Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AdomdClient.AdomdConnectionException: A connection cannot be made. Ensure that the server is running.".
  • E.g., if the server is running out of memory.
• Errors.
  • E.g., if a user is trying to access a document in a folder that the user does not have access to.
• Warnings.
  • E.g.,: "Connection failed to SSAS (Unspecified error). Retrying"
  • E.g.,: "No cubes found in DataService"
• Information.
  • E.g., "ANTserver 25.5.1510.0 shutting down", "ANTserver 25.5.1510.0 starting up"
  • E.g., if Request Logging has been enabled, the information from request logging will be forwarded to administrative mails.