2.Click Create. The New Alert window appears.

3.Complete the following information: o Name—Name the new alert

o Alert Priority—Select either Low, Medium, or High priority

o Alert Deadband—Select the deadband in seconds. The deadband value is the amount of time between the alert condition and the alert. A value of zero triggers an alert immediately during an alert condition.

o Description—Describe the alert condition.

4.Select the Automatically clear this alert when alerting condition no longer exists box to clear the alert automatically when the condition no longer exists.

5.Select Create to create the alert, save, and close, or select Cancel to close without saving.

Editing an existing alert definition

NOTE: The system-defined alerts cannot be edited or deleted. You can deactivate the alert, if you no longer want to receive warning of the alerting condition. All user-defined alerts include a trash can icon on the Manage Alerts window, and can be edited or deleted at any time with the appropriate user credentials.

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