Managing and monitoring events

View the source of events

Click the event source icon , which indicates the source of the events that are currently displayed on the Events page. Depending on the source, you see one of the following icons:

•  - Indicates that the events are received from all Infrastructure Management Servers. This setting is the default.
•  - Indicates that the events are received from a remote cell.

Change the event source

Click the event source icon . In the Select Event Source dialog box, choose a source from the list of registered Infrastructure Management Servers or cells.

If you are viewing events from a remote cell, is displayed as the event source icon.

View event groups

Click the View event groups icon . The Event Groups page is displayed. You can create new event groups or work with existing ones. For more information, see Using-event-groups.

Search for particular events

Click the Search Events icon to quickly find an event. For more information, see Searching for events.

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 icon on the Events page.

Filter the list of events

Use the event groups filter  to group events based on event types; For more information, see Using-event-groups.

Use the quick filters for event status  and event severity  to filter the list of events. For more information, see Using-quick-filters.

Use the time filter  to filter events based on when they occurred. For more information, see Using-time-filters.

Use the Search Events icon to search for certain events and filter out the remaining events. For more information, see Searching-for-devices-events-groups-or-monitors.

From the action menu , select Create Custom Filter for advanced filtering options. For more information, see Using-custom-filters.

View the events summary

View a summary of the events in the events table .

Customize the events table view by using the action menu  to add or remove columns, change the column position, or change the column width.

For more information, see Customizing-the-events-table-view.

Drill down and view event details

For detailed analysis and remediation, drill down into the Event Details page using the event action menu  or the event date and time link in the Occurred column for detailed information about each event.

For more information, see Viewing-event-details.

Perform operations on events

Use the event action menu  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 event operations on multiple events, use the (events) check box, Ctrl-click (multiple, non-continuous events), or Shift-click (multiple, continuous events) to select events. Then use the multiple event action menu  to perform an event operation.

The check box for events is not enabled by default. To enable this feature, see Customizing-the-display-of-the-event-list.

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 . These settings are individual, user-based preferences and apply only to the Events page.

For more information, see Customizing-the-display-of-the-event-list.

Quickly see when new events are available

Get notified about new events through the notification icon , 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.

Turn this feature on or off. See Customizing-the-display-of-the-event-list.

If the events notification feature is turned off, use the Refresh icon  to manually refresh the events table.

Hide the quick filters to gain more display area for events

Use the Collapse Filters/Preferences icon  to collapse the quick filters area.

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 , select Set As Landing Page.

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 , select Save as Preference.

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  to launch context-sensitive help.

By default, the online version of the documentation is displayed. You can also use an offline version of the documentation. For more information, see Setting-user-preferences.