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5.4.1 Notification Manager
To open the Notification Manager main window, click Tools > Notification Manager.
The main window is divided in two sections. The Notification rules section in the top part of the window contains a list of
existing (either predefined or user defined) rules. A rule in this section must be checked to generate notification messages.
By default, no notifications are enabled. Therefore, we recommend checking whether your rules are active.
The functional buttons under the list of rules include Save (save modifications to a rule), Save as... (save modifications to a
rule with a new name), Delete, Default (restore default settings for selected trigger type), Refresh and Default Rules
(update the list with default rules).
The Options section in the bottom half of the window provides information about the currently selected rule. All fields
and options in this section are described using the sample rule from chapter Rule creation .
In each rule, you can specify the criteria, known as a Trigger, which activates the rule. The following triggers are available:
Client State – Rule will be run if there is a problem on some of the clients
Server State – Rule will be run if there is a problem on some of the servers
Finished Task Event – Rule will be run after the specified task is finished
New Client Event – Rule will run if there is a new client connecting to the server (including replicated clients)
New Log Event – Rule will run if there is the specified event found in some of the logs
Based on the type of trigger other rule options can be activated or deactivated, therefore we recommend to set the
trigger type first when creating new rules.
The Priority drop-down menu allows you to set the rule priority. P1 is the highest priority, P5 is the lowest priority.
Priority does not in any way affect the functionality of rules. To assign priority to notification messages, the %PRIORITY%
variable can be used. Under the Priority menu, there is a Description field. We recommend that each rule is given
a meaningful description, such as ”rule that warns on detected infiltrations”.
As soon as the system detects the trigger event for a certain client or clients and finds a rule to be run, the client filter is
applied. The filter can be assigned to any rules in which clients are involved; to enter the client filter setup, click Edit in the
Client filter section. In the window that opens, define client filtering parameters. When a rule is applied, only clients
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