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You can also suppress alerts in the Alerts widget.
NOTE Suppressing an alert does not cancel its cancel cycle. The alert is still canceled according to the cancel
cycle value set when the resource or application was configured.
Procedure
1 Select Alerts > Alerts Overview and select the alert or alerts in the alert list.
You can press Ctrl+click to select multiple alerts or Shift+click to select a range of alerts.
2 Click the Suppress icon.
3 Type the number of days to suppress the alert and click OK.
When the alert is suppressed, the Suppressed Alerts icon appears in the Control State column in the alert
list.
Release Ownership of an Alert
You release ownership of an alert when you need to return a suspended or suppressed alert to the open
state. You can release ownership of multiple alerts on the Alerts Overview page.
You can also release ownership of alerts in the Alerts widget.
Procedure
1 Select Alerts > Alerts Overview and select the alert or alerts in the alert list.
You can press Ctrl+click to select multiple alerts or Shift+click to select a range of alerts.
2 (Optional) Filter the alert list.
Option Action
Show only assigned alerts
Click the Assigned Alerts icon.
Show only alerts that you own
Click the Own Alerts icon.
3 Select the alert in the alert list.
You can press Ctrl-click to select multiple alerts or Shift-click to select a range of alerts.
4 Click the Release Ownership icon.
5 Click Yes on the confirmation dialog box.
When ownership of the alert is released, the Open Alerts icon appears in the Control State column in the
alert list.
Cancel an Alert
You can cancel an alert on the Alerts Overview page.
NOTE You cannot cancel an alert on the Alert Detail page or in the Alerts widget.
Procedure
1 Select Alerts > Alerts Overview and select the alert or alerts in the alert list.
You can press Ctrl+click to select multiple alerts or Shift+click to select a range of alerts.
2 Click the Cancel Alert icon.
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