Monitor Alerts

The Monitor Alerts object triggers a Policy when alerts that match your criteria are found.

How it is used

Use the Monitor Alerts object to trigger a corrective Policy in response to changes in an alert.

Configuration

To configure the Monitor Alerts object you need to know the name of the ObjectServer that you want to connect to and the properties of the alerts that will trigger the Policy.

Details tab

 

Connection	Type the name of the ObjectServer connection that you want to use, or click the ellipsis (…) button and browse for it.
New alerts	Select this option to trigger the Policy when new alerts are created.
Updated alerts	Select this option to trigger the Policy when existing alerts are updated.
Filters	The list displays all filters that you have configured. To edit or remove a filter, select the item and click Edit or Remove, respectively. To add a filter, see the instructions below.

To add a filter:

1.	Click Add. The Add Filter dialog appears.

2.	From the Field drop-down list, select the field that you want to search in.

3.	From the Relation drop-down list, select the type of relation that you want to use in your search.

4.	In the Value field, type or select the value that will be compared to the item that you selected from the Field drop-down list and click OK. The filter is added to the list.

Note: The wildcard character for this filter is ?.

Available Published Data

This object generates one Published Data item. The rest are generated dynamically according to the fields contained in the alerts retrieved by this object.

 

Name	Description
Alert Count	The number of alerts that matched the filter criteria.

Common Published Data