Use the following procedure to edit rule properties in Operations Manager 2007.

Note
Microsoft Office Word must be installed to edit product or company knowledge. If a rule is from a sealed management pack, only rule properties related to company knowledge can be edited. Use overrides to adjust the configuration of a rule from a sealed management pack.

To edit the properties of a rule in Operations Manager 2007

  1. Log on to the computer with an account that is a member of the Operations Manager Authors role for the Operations Manager 2007 management group.

  2. In the Operations console, click the Authoring button.

  3. In the Navigation pane, expand Authoring, expand Management Pack Objects, and then click Rules.

  4. In the Rules pane, right-click the rules you want to edit, and then click Properties.

  5. In the Rule Properties dialog box, click the General tab, and then you can change the Rule name, Description, and whether the Rule is enabled.

  6. Click the Configuration tab, and then you can edit Data source and Response information as follows:

    Data source

    1. Click Edit to modify the settings for the Data source of the rule, such as the event log name or object identifier.

    2. Select an option from the Run as profile list to change the profile the rule runs as.

    Response

    1. Click Add to add a Response of the rule.

    2. Click Edit to modify the settings of the Response of the rule.

    3. Click Remove to delete a Response of the rule.

      Note
      At least one response must exist in a rule.
    4. Select a Run as profile from the list to change the profile the rule response runs as.

  7. In the Rule Properties dialog box, on the Product Knowledge tab, click Edit, and type the product knowledge of the rule. Note that the Edit button does not appear if a rule is from a sealed management pack.

  8. In the Rule Properties dialog box, on the Company Knowledge tab, click Edit, and type the company knowledge of the rule. Note that the Company Knowledge tab does not appear if the rule is from an unsealed management pack.

  9. Click OK.


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