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Use this page to specify settings and properties for alerts.

This page contains the elements described in the following table.

Name Description

Alert name

The name of the rule.

Description

A description of the rule.

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Opens the Alert Description dialog box, where you can draft a description of the rule.

Priority

A drop-down list of priority settings.

Severity

A drop-down list of severity settings.

Custom alert fields

Opens the Custom Alert Fields dialog box, where you can create custom fields for your alert.

Alert suppression

Opens the Alert Suppression dialog box, where you can select fields that are duplicates so you can suppress one of them.

See Also

How to Create an Alert Generating NT-Event-Log-Based Rule in Operations Manager 2007How to Create an NT Event Collection Rule in Operations Manager 2007How to Create a Windows Performance Collection Rule in Operations Manager 2007How to Create a WMI Performance Based Rule in Operations Manager 2007

Reference

System Center Essentials Alert Description Dialog Box
System Center Essentials Alert Suppression Dialog Box
System Center Essentials Custom Alert Fields Dialog Box

Concepts

Rules