Owner's Manual

Events, Rules and Actions 815
Event Processing Rules
This manager lets you configure rules for event processing.
Figure 34-1. Event Processing Rules
This screen lets you filter a list of processing rules based on Description, Enabled, Event Name,
Owner, Rule Name, Rule Type, Valid
. Some of these (and icon ) are columns in the table of rules.
CAUTION:
Unless you create a filter and save it as described in Chapter 28, Filters, filters you make here are not
preserved.
As in a typical manager, the filter is at the top of the screen. With this manager you can configure
rules that respond to internal events in the EMS. The manager has the following
Action menu
items (accessed with the
Action button, or a right-click):
-
New —Lets you select among the different types of editor for the rule you are configuring.
Available types include the following:
Automation–Opens the Automation Event Processing Rule Editor on page 816 through
which you can define a new Action.
Correlation–Opens the Correlation Event Processing Rule Editor on page 819 where you
can create or modify this type of rule.
Syslog–Opens the Syslog Event Processing Rule Editor on page 823, where you can config-
ure syslog escalation rules.
- Open —Opens the selected Action for modification. See Action Editor on page 836 for more
information.