Add/Edit Event

On this screen, you can enter or edit the details of a particular event (a.k.a. "Event Source").

Rows

This screen has the following rows:

• Event Name - the name of the event source

• Description - a short description of the event source

• Notes - any notes you wish to keep about the event source

• State - whether or not the event source is enabled or disabled. If it is disabled, it will not generate any events

• Severity - the relative importance of the events that the event source generates

• Categories - one or more categories for the event

• Minimum Interval - enter the minimal amount of time that must elapse before the same exact event can be issued. For example, if disk space is low on a particular computer, and remains low for a while, this is the interval that must elapse before the event can be issued again. So, you could enter "7" days to only be reminded of this once a week. For this type of event, you wouldn't want to be reminded of it every 2 minutes, for example.

  Keep in mind that if the event generated is different (for example, on a different computer, or it has different details), this Minimum Interval is not used, it is only used to prevent repeating the exact same event.

• Event Type - Select the type of event

• Event Parameters - Depending on the type of event selected above, enter any parameters required by the event type. Mouse over the labels to get a detailed description of each parameter.

Save/Cancel

To save your changes to the event source, click "Save" after entering the details above. Or, to discard your changes, press "Cancel".