system thus there is another function that manages the alerts in the database 220 facilitating deletion of alerts from the database 220 a function must run in the background to continually check the applicable system parameters for satisfaction of associated parameter conditions in the database 220 finally a notification function must be invoked upon satisfaction of an alert to provide the selected method of notification an alerts utility screen 32 as illustrated in fig3 e facilitates the menu driven creation modification and deletion of an alert an alert is created by selecting one of five active alerts from an 34 active alerts 34 list parameters for the selected alert can be established and 34 inserted 34 into the selected alert which can then be effected by designating that the system 34 apply 34 the alert as displayed point and click commands also permit alerts to be modified and deleted the alerts utility screen displays list names for all calling lists active or suspended which may be selected for applying an alert at the creation of the alert the supervisor manager terminal 18 maintains a list of active alerts which can be accessed via the alerts utility screen and which are running or being checked in the background on the multitasking unix processor a.