def send_alert(self, message):
        """
        Send a Datapoint alert
        :param message: str, Datapoint content
        :return response: tuple, Result code of datapoint upload attempt
        """
        timestamp = millisecond_timestamp()
        dpoint = """\
        <DataPoint>
            <dataType>STRING</dataType>
            <data>{0}</data>
            <timestamp>{1}</timestamp>
            <streamId>{2}</streamId>
        </DataPoint>""".format(message, timestamp, self.destination)
        response = idigidata.send_to_idigi(dpoint, "DataPoint/stream.xml")
        return response