Data alerts

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What this page is for

Good planning depends on good data. The Data alerts screen flags problems with your data quality, configuration, and system integrations — missing setup, incomplete records, and sync errors. Fix these and every plan you build rests on clean, complete information. This is a different screen from the Cockpit’s Exceptions tab. Exceptions are operational supply issues — a product is out of stock, an order is late. Data alerts are data issues — a product has no forecast, a warehouse has no connection, an integration failed to sync. Both matter, but they are separate lists with separate jobs.

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What you see

Data alerts are split across three tabs: Every item carries a severity badge:

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The three tabs in detail

Products tab — problems with individual product records, such as:

• No assignee (nobody owns the product).
• Not set up for a production constraint group it should belong to.
• Missing forecast.
• Stock or orders that are invisible to planning.

Network tab — problems with how your supply network is wired together, such as:

• A warehouse with no incoming or outgoing connection.
• A channel not allocated to a market. (Your company may rename “Channels” or “Markets.”)
• A supplier with no active warehouse.

Integrations tab — sync errors between Spherecast and your ERP or other source systems. Each row shows:

• A reference identifying the record.
• A status of Failed or Info.
• The record type involved.
• The source system the data came from.
• The error message describing what went wrong.

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Filtering and settings

• Only criticals toggle — hide the Info items and focus on what is urgent.
• Filter by Alert type, Category, and Country.
• Min. sales / month — hide low-volume products so you focus on items that move.
• Assigned to me — show only the alerts you own.
• A Settings button opens the alert configuration, where alerts are turned on and off. See Data alert settings.

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Step by step: clean up before a planning cycle

1. Open the Data alerts screen.
2. Turn on Only criticals to focus on the most damaging gaps first.
3. Work the Products tab: assign owners, fill missing forecasts, and fix invisible stock or orders.
4. Switch to the Network tab: connect stranded warehouses, allocate channels to markets, and attach suppliers to active warehouses.
5. Check the Integrations tab for any Failed rows. Read the error message, fix the source record or mapping, and re-sync.
6. Once the criticals are clear, turn the toggle off and clean up the remaining Info items as time allows.

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Example

Before your monthly cycle you open Data alerts and switch on Only criticals. The Products tab shows 8 items missing a forecast — you assign forecasts so those products are planned instead of ignored. The Network tab flags a new warehouse with no incoming connection; without it, replenishment can never reach that site, so you wire it up. The Integrations tab shows one Failed row: a purchase order from your ERP with the message “Supplier not found.” You correct the supplier mapping and re-sync. Your planning run now sees complete, trustworthy data.

Tip: Make Data alerts a habit at the start of every planning cycle. Clean data here prevents surprises in Exceptions later.

Note: If an alert type is showing up that you do not want to track — or one you do want is missing — use the Settings button to adjust which alerts are active. Details in Data alert settings.