Alert list

In the Alert list, you can review all of the available alerts for the currently selected alert group.

• To step through the list of items, press the Up or Down arrows on your keyboard.
• To scroll through the list, press the Page Up or Page Down keys on your keyboard.
• To select an item, click it or highlight it using keyboard navigation.
• To display inactive alerts, click the Show Inactive check box.
• On the left side of the screen, you can click an alert group to display a different set of related alerts. See Alert Groups panel.
• To sort the list by a column, click the column header. To sort the list in the reverse order, click the column header again.
• A context menu is available for selected items. To see the context menu, right-click one or more items in the list. See Alert list context menu.
• To select multiple items in the list, press SHIFT or CTRL and select the items.
• Items are highlighted in the list based on the current edit state of the item. See Manage Events - Events tab.

Column

Description

Active

When a check mark is present, the alert is active and available for use.

Event Name

The user-friendly name of the event that triggers the alert

Alert Name

The user-friendly name of the alert

Type

Type of alert:

• Event (Type) - Event alert of the listed type. See Creating event alerts.
• Top Mover (H/D) - Top mover alert set to hourly (H) or daily (D) interval. See Creating Top Mover alerts.
• Top Mover Report (H/D) - Top mover report alert set to hourly (H) or daily (D) interval. See Creating Top Mover Report alerts.
• Canister (Type) - Canister alert of the listed type. See Creating canister alerts.

Modified

Timestamp of when the alert was last modified

Alert list context menu

When you right-click an alert in the Alert List, the following commands are available:

Command

Description

Edit Alert...

Edit the selected alert. See Creating or editing an alert.

Make Active/Inactive

Make the selected alert active or make it inactive.

Delete

Delete an alert. Before the delete is permitted, you must remove the dependencies between the event and other event-related objects.

Note: Deleting an object removes it from the server. A deleted object cannot be restored.

• Dependency checks on reports, scorecards, and dashboards that may use the event are not checked.
• You cannot delete Discover system objects.

Revert

Revert the changes to the alert that were not committed to the version stored on the server. See Discover Event Manager.