Notifications User Interface

The Notifications Page

The plans page list notifications, view notifications details, and create notifications.

Rule

A user definable text string that names the notification object. By default, the notifications are listed in alphabetical order by notification name.

Description

An optional user defined text string that describes the notification object. This attribute is not used by the provisioning software but can provide meaningful information to the user.

Action

Links that take you to other notification related pages to either create a new notification or view more information about a notification.

(Check Box)

Marks a notification for inclusion when one of the actions are clicked in the Actions for Checked plans area. When clicked, Actions for Checked plans delete all checked notifications.

Actions for Checked Plans

From this area you can delete notification(s).

The Notifications Details Page

The Notifications Details page allows you to view and edit a notification's information and attributes. Along with notification information and attributes this page contains buttons that allow you to save, save as, and delete a notification.

Rule

A text filed that allows you to name an new notification or change the name of an existing notification.

Description

A text filed that allows you to describe the notification object.

For Events meeting ALL of the Following Criteria

This section of the notifications details page allows you to define the criteria for notifications. Within in this section there are two radio buttons (Event Type and Event Severity) that are mutually exclusive. By selecting on, you deselect the other.

Event Type

Selecting this radio button enable the associated pull down menu that allows you to select from a list of events that will trigger a notification. The menu include the following events:

• Any Event

• Plan Starts

• Plan Ends Abnormally

• Plan Completes normally

• Comparison Starts

• Comparison Ends Abnormally

• Comparison Completes normally

• System Events

• Administrative Events

• Custom Events

Event Severity

Selecting this radio button enable the two associated pull down menus that allows you to select from a list of thresholds that will trigger a notification. The left menu include the following levels of severity.

• Information

• Warning

• Error

The right menu include the following logical operators that sets limits on the severity level.

• This Severity Only

• This Severity or Worse

Event Text Contains

A text filed that allows you specify the body of the email message.

Event Occurs

This section has two fields that determines which host or hosts will be monitored of the specified event.

On Host

A text box that allow you to specify which host to monitor for the specified event. If this field is left empty then you can specify a host set in the following field.

Or On Host Set

A pull down menu that allow you to specify which host set to monitor for the specified event. If this on host field is left empty then this field is evaluated.

Take The Following Action

A text box that allow you to specify one or more email addresses to send a notification when a triggering event is detected.

Buttons

By clicking one of these buttons you initiate one of the following functions.

Save

Saves the notification using the current name.

Save As

Saves the notification using the different user specified name.

Delete

Removes the notification from the database.

Cancel

Takes you to the notifications page without saving anything.