Creating custom filters for alerts

You can view various types of alerts and the sources that cause them by creating custom filters. For example, you can create a custom filter that displays only the Attention Required alerts and the Error alerts that are generated from devices and from media sources.

To create custom filters for alerts

  1. On the navigation bar, click Alerts.

  2. Select one of the following tabs:

    • Active Alerts

    • Alert History

  3. In the task pane, under Custom Filter Tasks, click Manage custom filters.

  4. Click New.

  5. Type a unique name and a description for the filter.

  6. On the Properties pane, under Criteria, click Alert Type.

  7. Check Enable this filter.

  8. Uncheck the check boxes for the alert types that you do not want to display.

  9. On the Properties pane, under Criteria, click Source.

  10. Check Enable this filter.

  11. Uncheck the check boxes for the sources that you do not want to filter on.

  12. Do one of the following:


    If you have the Central Admin Server Option installed

    Do the following:

    • On the Properties pane, under Critiera, click Media Server.

    • Select the media servers on which you want to filter.

      If a media server is not listed, you can add it to the list.

    • On the Properties pane, under Criteria, click Media Server Pool.

    • Select the media server pools on which you want to filter.

    If you do not have the Central Admin Server Option installed

    Go to step 13.

  13. Click OK.

Creating custom filters for alerts