Application Discovery 7.2 User Guide

A list of event types that can be managed,
Drop-down lists that allow you to set the level of severity for each event type. Each severity has
an iconic indicator associated with it that can be seen in Application Discovery (by clicking the
Events tab) or in System Insight Manager (by looking at the uncleared events lists).
Lists that allow you to specify where event notifications shall post for viewing.
Setting event severity
1. Click the drop-down arrow to reveal the choices. The choices are displayed in descending
order of criticality.
2. Select the level of warning severity desired for each event type.
3. Click Submit to save the change.
The new settings are applied immediately.
If needed, you can Cancel the changes that you have made. This action returns any changed
settings shown in the drop-down to their previous saved state.
See “Key to event attributes” (page 63) for an explanation of event types and severity levels.
Setting alert location
To set the alert location:
1. Click the drop-down arrow to reveal the choices.
2. Select the location desired for each event type. The default setting is “Show in AD”, meaning
show this event type in the Application Discovery event tables only. Use “Send to SIM”" to
show the event type in Systems Insight Manager event tables as well as Application Discovery
event tables.
3. Click Submit to save the change.
The new settings are applied immediately to the data displays.
If needed, you can Cancel the changes that you have made. This action returns any changed
settings shown in the drop-down to their previous saved state.
See “Key to event attributes” (page 63) for the explanation of event types and alert locations.
Managing application templates
Prerequisite: You must have “Matrix OE All tools” authorization to set visibility attributes. (See
“User authorizations” in Matrix Operating Environment help for a discussion of tool box permissions.)
Find an application template
You can access individual application templates by clicking the AD Templates tab, then the
Admin/Config tab.
In the Templates table, click the name of the template that you want to modify.
The data for that template opens in a new screen.
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