Creating a notification job

Various types of notification actions are available for the creation of notification jobs.

For more generic information about job creation, see Creating-a-generic-job.

Logging events

The Log Event action (Add Actions > Notifications > Log Event) is primarily intended for use in policies. This action logs an event to the Event Log.

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In the Annotation field, specify the event to log. The annotation appears as the event description. When used as a policy action, the triggering condition trace is included in the description.

Sending email

The Send Email action (Add Actions > Notifications > Send Email) is primarily intended for use in policies. The action sends an email notification to one or more recipients. You can optionally attach one of the following reports to the email notification:

  • Change Summary report 
  • Compliance Summary report
  • Configuration Comparison report
  • Device Inventory report
  • Discrepancy Summary report

This example illustrates attaching a Change Summary report to the email notification:

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To configure the Send Email action, enter information in the following fields:

Notes

When the action is triggered in an event-based policy, additional network span options include: Same as Triggering Realm, Same as Triggering Group, Same as Triggering Device.

Additional report options are specific to each report type.

Sending an SNMP trap to a manager station

The Send Trap action (Add Actions > Notifications > Send Trap) is primarily intended for use in policies. This action sends an SNMP trap to a Manager Station. To send multiple traps, create one action per destination Manager Station.

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To configure the Send Trap action, you must enter information in the following fields:

Example

The following text is an example of an SNMP notification:

Policy Severity (0/1) Event w/Change in Past 48 executed

Annotation: Severity (0/1) and Change in Past 48

Description of the condition: [(Severity (0/1) Now && Change Detected Past); Severity (0/1) Now=True; Change Detected Past=True]


 

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