Adding Rules - Criteria tab

You now need to define the monitor specific criteria necessary to generate the alert should the terms of the criteria be met. The Criteria Summary page, displayed when you select the Criteria tab when adding a rule shows the current criteria setup for this rule.

Criteria Summary page

From this page, you can Add, Edit and Delete Rule criteria.

Each separate rule criteria is automatically assigned a unique sequence number when created. Criteria are actioned in the order sequence that they appear.

Changing the sequence of criteria

To change the criteria sequence order on this page, use the up / down arrows on the right-hand side of this display.

Criteria Description and Parameters are also shown as part of this display.

Perform Actions For Each Criteria That Triggers

When setting rule criteria it is possible to state that actions for the first, last or each criteria that triggers are performed.

First: If set to First, the first criteria in the list that triggers (not necessarily the first criteria in the sequenced list) and the associated actions are performed. Subsequent criteria are ignored.
Last: If set to Last, ALL the criteria in the list must be triggered before the associated actions are performed.
Each: If set to Each, ANY of the criteria that are triggered in the rule sequence perform the associated actions. This means that the set of actions are performed each time a criteria is triggered. This can result in the actions being performed one, two, three (or however many triggered criteria there are in the rule) or not at all if none of the criteria is triggered.

NOTE: This option only works for all criteria within a single rule. If there is only one criterion set per rule, then this option has no affect. Likewise, the option is not cross rule. Therefore, setting the perform actions for all matching criteria on one rule does not perform actions set on a separate rule.

Adding Rule Criteria

On the Rule Criteria summary page, click Add Criteria to open the associated Monitor Rule Criteria dialog.

NOTE: The available pages and field settings are monitor specific and are covered in detail under each monitor.