Monitoring and managing events
The following illustration provides an overview of the information that you can view and the actions that you can perform through the Events page.
User tasks and features
Use the Events page to perform the following user tasks:
User task | Description and reference |
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View the source of events | Click the event source icon
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Change the event source | Click the event source icon If you are viewing events from a remote cell, |
View event groups | Click the View event groups icon |
Search for particular events | Click the Search Events icon If the event summary area reaches the maximum number of events that it can display, you can refine the filter criteria that you have set or search for specific events. Note: This feature is not available if you are viewing events from a remote cell, indicated by the |
Filter the list of events | Use the event groups filter Use the quick filters for event status Use the time filter Use the Search Events icon From the action menu |
View the events summary | View a summary of the events in the events table Manage the events table view by using the action menu For more information, see Accessing-the-event-table-views-from-the-TrueSight-console. The event title, event quick and custom filters, event group information, and event toolbar, stays in view while you scroll through the event list. Notes:
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Drill down and view event details | For detailed analysis and remediation, drill down into the Event Details page using the event action menu Right-clicking on the event in the Occurred column, displays the browser context menu that allows you to open the event details on the new tab or windows of the browser. For more information, see Viewing-event-details-in-the-TrueSight-console. |
Perform operations on events | Use the event action menu To perform event operations on multiple events, you can select events and then use the multiple event action menu You can select multiple events in the following ways:
For more information about event operations, see Performing event operations. |
Customize the events view to suit your preferences | Customize the Events page through the options in the Event Preferences menu For more information, see Customizing-the-display-of-the-event-list-in-the-TrueSight-console. |
Quickly see when new events are available | Get notified about new events through the notification icon Turn this feature on or off. See Customizing-the-display-of-the-event-list-in-the-TrueSight-console. If the events notification feature is turned off, use the Refresh icon |
Hide the quick filters to gain more display area for events | Use the Collapse Filters/Preferences icon Toggle between displaying and hiding the quick filters area by using this option. |
Set the Events page as the landing page | From the action menu Every time you log on to the TrueSight console, the Events page is displayed by default. |
Make the current page settings as your default settings | From the action menu Every time you log on to the TrueSight console and navigate to the Events page, the settings that you last used are displayed. This feature applies to severity, status, event groups filters, and remote cells. If you do not use this feature, the page is displayed with the following default settings: Quick status filters: Open, Acknowledged, Assigned, and Blackout filters are selected Quick severity filters: Critical, Major, Minor, Warning, Information filters are selected |
View help for the current page | Click the help icon By default, the online version of the documentation is displayed. For working offline, you can download an Adobe Acrobat PDF of this documentation from PDFs-and-Videos. |
View noise reduction metrics | View the amount of noise reduction achieved by the product for events coming from all the Infrastructure Management servers including associated remote cells existing in your environment Out-of-the-box event admins and super admins can view and click the percentage displayed under Noise Reduction at the top-right of the page to see further details. To enable other users to view noise reduction metrics, administrators can provide the Show Noise Reduction Metrics permission on the Roles tab. For more information, see Viewing-and-understanding-noise-reduction-metrics. |
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- Indicates that the events are received from all TrueSight Infrastructure Management Servers. This setting is the default.
- Indicates that the events are received from a remote cell.
. The Event Groups page is displayed. You can create new event groups or work with existing ones. For more information, see 
to quickly find an event. For more information, see 
and event severity 
to filter the list of events. For more information, see 
to filter events based on when they occurred. For more information, see 
, select Create Custom Filter for advanced filtering options. For more information, see 
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or the event date and time link in the Occurred column for detailed information about each event.
, or the Event Details page to perform event operations such as manage event ownership, set event priority, export event details, and so on.
to perform an event operation.
. These settings are individual, user-based preferences and apply only to the Events page.
, which flashes to indicate that new events are available. Up to 10 new events are displayed. Click the notification icon and select Load All Pending Events to load the new events in the events table.
to manually refresh the events table.
to collapse the quick filters area.
to launch context-sensitive help.
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