Adding An Option To The Event Menu - Novell SENTINEL 6.1 SP2 - 02-2010 User Manual

Section 11.6.3, "Modifying an Event Menu Option," on page 247
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Section 11.6.4, "Viewing Event Menu Option Parameters," on page 247
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Section 11.6.5, "Activating or Deactivating an Event Menu Option," on page 247
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Section 11.6.6, "Rearranging Event Menu Options," on page 248
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Section 11.6.7, "Deleting an Event Menu Option," on page 248
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Section 11.6.8, "Editing Your Event Menu Browser Settings," on page 248
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11.6.1 Adding an Option to the Event Menu

Users with the appropriate permissions can add new actions to the event menu that appears when
users right-click on an event or events in any event table. There are three types of actions that can be
configured for the event menu:
 Execute Command: Executes a script or an application, opens the output in a specified
application. This can take the value of a field or fields as input. This action can only be
executed on a single event.
 Launch a Web Browser: Launches a web browser with a specified URL. This can take the
value of a field or fields as input. This action can only be executed on a single event.
JavaScript Actions configured through the Action Manager. JavaScript actions can be executed
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on a single event or multiple events.
NOTE: Some JavaScript Action Plugins require a correlated event or incident as input. Actions
configured from these plugins will be excluded from the Event Menu Configuration list. This Action
Plugin property is defined by the developer.
To add a command to the right-click menu:
1 Click Admin tab.
2 In the Admin Navigator, click Admin > Event Menu Configuration.
3 Click Add. The Event Menu Configuration window opens.
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