Managing Actions

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Managing Actions

To enable / disable an action

The Enabled checkbox, present in all actions, indicates if this action is active (enabled) or not. This feature is convenient if you make use of the "apply to all actions" feature in filters. Rather than modify multiple filters, you can simply de-activate or re-activate actions by clearing or checking the checkbox.

To add a new action

•	right-click Actions in the left pane select Add Action

•	right-click an existing action and select Add

You will then be able to type a name for the new action and press Enter. You will then choose an action by selecting one of the available tabs

to configure the action. Note that the action type cannot be changed once the action has been created.

To edit an action

•	left-click (or double-click, see usability) the action item in the left pane

•	right-click the action object and select Edit

The action details will then be loaded into the right pane and the active action object in the left pane will become bold. Please note that you cannot change the action type of existing action.

To delete an action

•	right-click the action and select delete from the menu

•	select the action object and press the Del button on the keyboard

The action will then be deleted. If one or more filters reference the action that was deleted then this action will be removed from the filter's action list. A filter will be reconfigured to use all actions if the deleted action was the only action of that filter.

Finding filters referencing an action

You can view a list of all filters that are either directly or indirectly (a filter configured to trigger all actions) referencing a action. Right-click the action in question and select "Show Filters" -> "(Directly) Referencing this action"

To rename an action

•	right-click the action and select rename from the menu

•	select the action and press the F2 button on the keyboard (only works with usability set to double-click)

•	left-click the action object for 1-2 seconds

You will then be able to type a new name for the action.

To copy & paste an action

1. Click the action object in the left pane and make sure that it is selected

2. Click the copy symbol in the toolbar or choose Copy from the Edit menu

3. Click the paste symbol in the toolbar or choose Paste from the Edit menu

If a action object with the same name already exists then Copy of will be pre pended to the name. Please note that action objects cannot be cut and pasted.

To change the action order

You can change the action order by dragging and dropping actions to a different position under the notifications container.

Pushing changes to the monitored computers

You will need to update the configuration on remote computers with Remote Update whenever you make changes to one or more of your actions.