Welcome

Welcome to the ALERT^® platform, where you can access the industry's largest global database for the maintenance and communication of standing settlement (SSI) and account instructions.

This documentation will help you to understand how to use all of the functionality available in ALERT.

Step-by-Step Procedures

Step-by-step procedures guide you through the actions required to perform each ALERT function. The actual steps you can perform depend on your system permissions (read/write or read only).

Page Descriptions

Page description topics explain the purpose for each web page displayed in ALERT. Each page description also provides links to corresponding step-by-step procedures, and a list of related actions.

Data Dictionary

The data dictionary defines all standing settlement instruction fields. The dictionary contains field names and descriptions, as well as the maximum field length. It also defines alternate names for ALERT ID1, ID2, and ID3 fields, which change the name of the local identifier when you select certain methods.