Select one or more conditions which when met will trigger one or more actions. The conditions are transcribed to the Rule description window.
Select the actions to be performed when the conditions are met. The actions are transcribed to the Rule description window.
Refine the rule description by clicking the underlined links as appropriate. Underlined links in red must be configured to acceptable values for the rule to be accepted.

Additional information to the Rule description - Conditions

Additional information to the Rule description - Actions

Play a sound
Run a program
Send e-mail to…
Send network message to…
Stop processing further rules - Exit the filter rule when this condition is reached. Ignore subsequent commands.

Select the conditions for the alarm log rule

Spotlight Basics describes how Spotlight applications work. It contains these sections:

Section	Description
Spotlight Connections	Create / Modify / Delete connections to systems, and monitor those systems.
Monitor Spotlight Connections	Monitor connections, detect alarms, investigate the cause of alarms.
Alarms	Alarms are the warnings that Spotlight raises when a metric falls outside its "normal" range of values.
Charts, Grids and Home Page Components	Spotlight displays provide detailed statistics of the monitored system, relevant to diagnosing the cause of alarms. Make the best use of them.
View \| Options	Customize Spotlight.
Troubleshooting	Solve problems using Spotlight.

Where the action is...

Where the action is…

Define appropriate actions.

How to open this dialog

From the Custom Filter Rules - Alarm Log Filter Dialog or the Alarm Actions - Alarm Log Filter Dialog

Click New or Modify.
Select Where the action is...
Click to define the action in the Rule description pane.

Where the action is any of the following:

Select all appropriate actions.

Value	Description
Alarm raised	When the severity of a metric rises above normal.
Alarm upgraded	When the severity of a metric increases.
Alarm downgraded	When the severity of a metric decreases.
Alarm canceled	When the severity of a metric returns to normal.
Alarm snoozed / unsnoozed	If you choose to ignore (snooze) a triggered alarm for a specified period of time, the Spotlight Alarm Log records both when the alarm is snoozed, and when it is unsnoozed. Ignore (Snooze) Alarms
Information message logged	When Spotlight logs an information message.
Warning message logged	When Spotlight logs a warning message. Warning messages are more urgent than information messages.
Error message logged	When Spotlight logs an error message. Error messages are more urgent than information messages or warning messages.
Log opened	When Spotlight opens the Alarm Log.
Log closed	When Spotlight closes the Alarm Log.

Where the alarm has (not) been active in the last n minutes

Use to ignore transient alarms.

Some Spotlight alarms may last only a few seconds or minutes, and are not significant for the system under investigation. When these transient alarms occur frequently, they can even be counter-productive: they fill the Alarm Log with useless data; and they can obscure other alarms that are more important.

How to open this dialog

From the Alarm Actions - Alarm Log Filter Dialog

Click New or Modify.
Select Where the alarm has (not) been active in the last n minutes...
Click to define the action in the Rule description pane.

Where the alarm has (not) been active in the last n minutes:

In the minutes box, enter or select the amount of time that Spotlight will use as a threshold value.

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Alarm Actions - Alarm Log Filter Dialog

Select the conditions for the alarm log rule

Where the action is...

Where the action is…

Where the alarm has (not) been active in the last n minutes