It's always nice to find out about problems early. Early notification usually means that there is still time to fix the issue. Dynamics GP provides a great mechanism for early warnings in the form of Business Alerts. Business Alerts allow companies to build a criteria for notification and then to get notified via e-mail or within the application. Additionally, a report of information related to the alert can be sent as a part of the e-mail. A wizard-like interface is used to set up alerts but these can get very complex.
For this recipe, we'll build a basic Business Alert with all of the foundational pieces for a more complicated alert. For our sample business alert we'll assume that a company would like to be notified when their bank balance falls below $10,000 to allow them to transfer cash from another account.