Active Administrator 8.6.3 - User Guide

Resending an alert notification

Resending an alert notification

 

NOTE: You also can resend an alert from the details page. See Viewing alert history details.

To resend an alert

1	Select Auditing & Alerting | Alerts.

2	Select an alert.

3	Select an event in the Alert History pane, and select More | Resend.

4	In the Comments area, type a message about the email.

5	Select the email addresses you want to receive the email notification. To add additional email addresses to the list, click Add.

6	Click Send.

Creating an alert history report

Creating an alert history report

To create an alert history report

1	Select Auditing & Alerting | Alerts.

2	Select Alert History | Report.

3	By default, all dates are included in the report.

▪	To specify a specific day for the report, select Date, and type a date or select from the calendar.

▪	To specify a range of dates, select Date Range, and type the dates or select from the calendar.

4	By default, all alerts are included in the report. To filter the report, select Filter by Alerts, and select specific alerts to include in the report.

5	Type a name for the report.

6	Choose a format for the report. By default, a PDF file is created.

7	By default the report is generated and sent by email to the listed recipients. By default, the logged in account displays in the Email Addresses list. You can add more addresses to receive the report by email. A default subject line is included. Set the priority of the email.

8	You also can save the report to a specified location on the Save to Folder tab. Add a path to the location where you want to store the report file.

NOTE: If you want to generate the report in a report editor where you can preview the report, select Interactive. You can save, print, export, and email the document from the Preview window.

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Click OK.

Managing event definitions

Managing event definitions

The Event Definitions page lists the events definitions, and for a selected event, the details for that definition and the alert attached to the definition.

Topics 

•	Importing new event definitions

•	Excluding account events from auditing

To manage event definitions

1	Select Auditing & Alerting | Event Definitions.

2	Use the tool bar to manage event definitions.

 

Table 71. Event definitions tool bar

Option	Description
Refresh	Refresh the list.
Import	Import new event definitions into the audit database. See Importing new event definitions.
Enable	Enable selected event definitions.
Disable	Disable selected event definitions.
Remove Alert	Remove a selected alert from a selected event definition.
Exclude Accounts	Exclude accounts and all of their related events from auditing. See Excluding account events from auditing.

Importing new event definitions

Importing new event definitions

The event definitions file, EventDefinitions.edx, is located in the Active Administrator\Server folder. Occasionally new event definition files are made available. You can import these new event definitions into your auditing database.

IMPORTANT: When event definitions are imported, existing definitions with the same name are overwritten.

To import new event definitions

1	Select Auditing & Alerting | Event Definitions.

2	Click Import.

3	Locate the event definitions file (*.edx), and click Open.

NOTE: New event definitions are added and existing definitions are updated. No event definitions are deleted.

4	Click Import.