Spotlight Today shows recent alarms for all Spotlight connections. Spotlight Today can be grouped or filtered to show alarms by connection or severity. Spotlight Today displays: the number of current Spotlight connections, the number of connections for which an alarm has been raised, a Spotlight Today entry for each alarm raised.
To see Spotlight Today
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Click View | Spotlight Today. |
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About the Spotlight Today grid
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Severity |
The degree of urgency of the alarm. |
| Alarm |
The name of the alarm. Note: This column is unavailable on Group By | Alarm. |
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Connection |
The name of the Spotlight connection that raised the alarm. Note: This column is unavailable on Group By | Connection. |
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Raised |
The time the alarm was raised. |
| Message | More information on the alarm. |
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Connection type |
The type of Spotlight connection that raised the alarm (for example, Spotlight on Oracle). |
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Last updated |
The last time the alarm was updated. |
| Occurrences |
How often the alarm has occurred in the monitoring period. |
Actions on Spotlight Today
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Find Text |
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Alarm Filters - Filter by severity and connection. Show snoozed alarms. |
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Save To File |
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Copy To Clipboard |
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Show, Hide & Order Columns - Some of the columns in the grid may be hidden by default. Use the Column Organizer to select the columns you want to see. |
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Alarm actions - Define actions to perform when an alarm meets pre-defined conditions. |
| Right click the header row and select Arrange by | Column name | Sort the Grid - Sort the grid according to the contents of a column |
| Right click the header row and select Freeze First column | Grid Properties - Options Page - Keep the first column visible while you scroll through the columns of the table. |
| Right click the content and select Group By |
Group By | Connection - Arrange the grid in a tree like structure by connection. Group By | Alarm - Arrange the grid in a tree like structure by alarm. Group By | Do Not Group - List the alarms. |
| Right click the grid content and select Collapse or Expand. |
Collapse / Expand the tree structure. Applicable on Group By | Connection and Group By | Alarm. |
| Right click an alarm and select Open Connection | Open the Spotlight Home Page for the selected connection. |
| Right click an alarm and select Properties |
Open the Connection Properties dialog for the selected connection. |
