Problem

You are trying to send an email using “msdb..sp_send_dbmail” but you keep getting one of the following errors:

Msg 14636, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_send_dbmail, Line 107 [Batch Start Line 2]
No global profile is configured. Specify a profile name in the @profile_name parameter.

Msg 14607, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sysmail_verify_profile_sp, Line 42 [Batch Start Line 2]
profile name is not valid

The next question in your mind is “Okay, then what profile do I need to provide?”

Surprisingly when I googled for this I could not find a straight answer, lots of round about answers, but nothing to the point.

Solution

Here is my straight to the point answer:

1. Go to the server that is having the problem because this is sever specific
2. Execute the following sproc: EXEC msdb.dbo.sysmail_help_profile_sp;
3. Hopefully you are given a row
   1. Yes I got a row – okay great use that profile name
   2. No I got no rows – then you need to create a new profile, there are instructions on how to do this everywhere

Lastly here is an example (no article is complete without one, especially when you can’t seem to find a clear one):

exec msdb..sp_send_dbmail 
	 @recipients='[email protected]'
	,@importance='high'
	,@subject='This is a test'
	,@body='Hi mom!'
	,@profile_name='[Your profile name goes here]' -- EXEC msdb.dbo.sysmail_help_profile_sp;