Owner's Manual

836 Events, Rules and Actions
Action Details
The lowest portion of this layout contains a detail panel with a reference tree for the selected action
that displays any related events and event processing rules.
Action Editor
When you click New or Open in Action Manager, you open the Action Editor. Here, you can
configure the kind of action you want to respond to internal actions within this EMS.
Figure 34-15. Action
Actions are, in effect, global group operations for the devices in question. The screen where you
configure them has the following fields:
Action Properties
- Name —A unique identifier for the action.
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Action Category —Select from the tree. This selection determines the fields that appear in the
lower portion of the screen (many selections make no fields appear). Examples of categories
available includes options that vary depending on what options you have installed. The lowest
panel in this screen changes, depending on the selection you make. Those selections are like
the following:
Event Management
Equipment Heartbeat Registration—Specify the heartbeat policy with the command button
(...). It opens a selection screen.