Duplicate Event Rules

To create a New Duplicate Event Rule:

1. From the Fault Viewer, select Administration. The Administration panel appears.
2. Select Rules. The Edit Rules panel appears.
3. Click New Duplicate Rule. The Duplicate Rule Editor dialog box appears.
4. Select the Active or Inactive toggle button to specify the status of the duplicate rule once it gets created. This status can be changed at a later time.
5. Select All Events or Selected Events toggle button to apply to the rule.
6. All Events applies the rule to all events that occur.
7. Selected Events applies to only specified events to the rule. Select a event type(s) from the list. To select more than one event type, press and hold the Ctrl key as you select.
8. Select an item in the Field Names list and click the right arrow () to move it into the Selected Field Names list. See Event Fields for explanation of the fields.
9. Specify a period of time when duplicate events are to be suppressed. Use the Ignore duplicate events for the next toggle arrows to specify a number and select the units of minutes, hours, days from the menu.
10. Click OK. The Duplicate Event Rule will be added to the list of rules on the Edit Rules panel. Basic rules and duplicate rules list a true and false count on the Edit Rules dialog box.