Create an Operator

In Object Explorer, click the plus sign to expand the server where you want to create a SQL Server Agent operator.

Click the plus sign to expand SQL Server Agent.

Right-click the Operators folder and select New Operator.

The following options are available on the General page of the New Operator dialog box:

Name

Change the name of the operator.

Enabled

Enable the operator. When not enabled, no notifications are sent to the operator.

E-mail name

Specifies the e-mail address for the operator.

Net send address

Specify the address to use for net send.

Pager e-mail name

Specifies the e-mail address to use for the operator's pager.

Pager on duty schedule

Sets the times at which the pager is active.

Monday - Sunday

Select the days that the pager is active.

Workday begin

Select the time of day after which SQL Server Agent sends messages to the pager.

Workday end

Select the time of day after which SQL Server Agent no longer sends messages to the pager.

The following options are available on the Notifications page of the New Operator dialog box:

Alerts

View the alerts in the instance.

Jobs

View the jobs in the instance.

Alert list

Lists the alerts in the instance.

Job list

Lists the jobs in the instance.

E-mail

Notify this operator using e-mail.

Pager

Notify this operator by sending e-mail to the pager address.

Net send

Notify this operator using net send.

When finished creating the new operator, click OK.

In Object Explorer, connect to an instance of Database Engine.

On the Standard bar, click New Query.

Copy and paste the following example into the query window and click Execute.

-- sets up the operator information for user 'danwi.' The operator is enabled. 
-- SQL Server Agent sends notifications by pager from Monday through Friday from 8 A.M. to 5 P.M.
USE msdb ;
GO

EXEC dbo.sp_add_operator
    @name = N'Dan Wilson',
    @enabled = 1,
    @email_address = N'danwi',
    @pager_address = N'5551290AW@pager.Adventure-Works.com',
    @weekday_pager_start_time = 080000,
    @weekday_pager_end_time = 170000,
    @pager_days = 62 ;
GO