How to: Format Pager Addresses (SQL Server Management Studio)

This topic describes how to format pager addresses for Microsoft SQL Server Agent alerts.

To format pager addresses

  1. In Object Explorer, connect to an instance of the SQL Server Database Engine, and then expand that instance.

  2. Right-click SQL Server Agent, and select Properties

  3. Select the Alert System page.

  4. In the To line boxes and CC line boxes of the Address formatting for pager e-mails field, enter the pager address prefix or suffix. The operator's actual pager address is inserted when a notification is sent.

  5. In the Subject box, enter the subject line prefix or suffix.

  6. Select the Include body of e-mail in notification page check box to include the full e-mail message with the pager message (as opposed to the subject line only).