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Subscribe to RSS Feeds in USM Web View Mobile

As an administrator or an operator, you can subscribe to RSS feeds using USM Web View on your mobile device.

Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds let you stay informed by having relevant and up-to-date information sent to you directly from the web sites in which you are interested. With RSS feeds, you do not need to keep checking back to a particular website to see if it has been updated. Simply subscribe to the RSS feed, much like you would subscribe to a magazine, but instead of being delivered to your physical mailbox each time the magazine is published, the information is delivered to you via an RSS feed every time your subscribed website is updated.

To subscribe and read RSS feeds you need an RSS feed reader. There are many different programs and plug-ins to view RSS feeds from such as Outlook, your internet browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox), web-based readers (My Yahoo!, Google Reader), desktop-based readers (Feed Demon), and cell phone readers. After you have subscribed to a feed, the RSS feed reader is able to check for new content at specified time intervals and retrieve the updates.

Your search and browse results allow you to subscribe to RSS feeds that allow you to monitor changes to CIs or queries by receiving the changes directly to an RSS reader.

Query feeds are based upon keyword, USM type, USM attribute, or CI relationship; the feeds update when a new item matches the query you subscribed to via RSS.

Consider the following issues:

• Internet Explorer 7 does not support authenticated RSS feeds.
• Internet Explorer 8 supports RSS authentication feeds; however, due to an apparent bug, password-protected feeds may not update correctly and no solution is available.
• Microsoft Outlook 2007 may have problems with certain RSS feeds. If you experience problems, refer to a possible solution at http://support.microsoft.com.

To subscribe to an RSS feed, do one of the following:

• On a PC browser click RSS .
• On a mobile device, click RSS .

The result is dependent on your user agent and operating system settings. You can choose to read feeds in your browser, feed reader, and so on. On some mobile platforms, notably the iPhone, you are redirected to a web-based feed reading service. By default, clicking the icon opens the appropriate feed in your browser. From there, you can subscribe to the feed in your browser or copy the URL into an external application such as a feed reader.

You can browse to a specific CI and click the RSS icon for that CI to subscribe to a feed that reports changes on that CI. Click the appropriate icon to subscribe for CI updates, alerts on the CI, or alerts on the associated service. For example, you could subscribe to a feed that updates every time an alert occurs on a specific service. You can also subscribe for updates on a search result if you run a search or browse by a specific CI type. For example, you could browse the alert type and subscribe to a feed that updates every time an alert occurs.