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7.10.2.1. Notification Filters
Notification filters allow you to create long-term rules that suspend, redirect, or automatically
acknowledge standard notifications or send supplemental notifications. This can be helpful in
managing verbose or frequent probe communication.
7.10.2.1.1. Notification Notification Filters Active Filters
This is the default screen for the Notification Filters tab. It lists all active filters available for your
organization. Click the name of the filter to edit the properties of the filter.
To create a notification filter, click the create new notification filter link in the upper right of the
screen. Configure each option listed below and click the Save Filter button to create the filter.
1. Description: Enter a value that allows you to distinguish this filter from others.
2. Type: Determine what action the filter should take: redirect, acknowledge, suspend, or supplement
the incoming notification.
3. Send to: The Redirect Notification and Supplemental Notification options in step two require
an email address to which to send the notifications. The remaining options require no email
address.
4. Scope: Determine which monitoring components are subject to the filter.
5. Organization/Scout/Probe: This option allows you to select the organization, scout(s), or probe(s)
to which this filter applies. To select multiple items from the list, hold the Ctrl key while clicking
the names of the items. To select a range of items, hold the Shift key while clicking on the first
and last items in the range.
6. Probes in State: Select which probe state(s) relate to the filter. For example, you may choose to
create a supplemental notification for critical probes only. Un-check the box to the left of any state
you want the filter to ignore.
7. Notifications sent to: This is the method to which the notification would be sent if no filter were in
place. You may, for example, redirect notifications that would normally go to a user should that
individual go on vacation, leaving all other notifications from the probe unchanged.
8. Match Output: Select precise notification results by entering a regular expression here. If the
"Message:" portion of the notification does not match the regular expression, the filter is not
applied.
9. Recurring: Select whether a filter runs continuously or on a recurring basis. A recurring filter runs
multiple times for a period of time smaller than the duration of the filter. For example, a recurring
filter could run for 10 minutes of every hour between the start and end times of the filter. A non-
recurring filter runs continuously between the start and end times of the filter.
10. Beginning: Enter a date and time for the filter to begin operation.
11. Ending: Enter an end date and time for the filter.
12. Recurring Duration: How long a recurring filter instance is active. This field, applicable to recurring
filters only, begins at the Beginning time specified above. Any notification generated outside of
the specified duration is not filtered.
13. Recurring Frequency: How often the filter activates.
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