Creating a watch list

Watch lists are a collection of alerts that match criteria that you or an administrator sets up. A watch list enables quick and easy visibility for a collection of alerts that you want to monitor. Move selected alerts to temporary watch lists based on one or more alert fields.

1. Select one or more rows in the event list.
2. Right-click on the alert and click Create watch list.
3. In the General tab, set the following watch list properties:

   Name

   Type a name for the watch list.

   Access Type

   Select User or Group as the Access Type.

   For group access, type the name of the group in the Group field or select an option from the drop down list.

   Expiry Type

   Select Never expire or Delete at a set time and specify the expiry date and time.

4. In the Conditions tab select one of the following properties:

   Inclusive

   Includes all possible field combinations.

   Exclusive

   Includes only selected field combinations.

   Static

   Includes only the selected alerts.

5. Select the columns to base the watch list on.
6. Click Create.

Results

The new watch list is displayed in the Event Viewer.

With Fix-pack 10, the watch list displays the following default behaviors.

• The watch list events result from data sources that are configured with the related Event Viewer. Also, when you add an event to an existing watch list the Event Viewer's data sources merge with the watch list's current set of data sources. Before Fix Pack 10 the watch list events result from the default data source.
• The watch list selects the view that is configured with the Event Viewer. Also, when you add an event to an existing watch list the filters view is set per the Event Viewer's configured view. The filters view is replaced when you add events as filters can yield only one view attribute. Before Fix Pack 10 the watch list selects the default global view.

Watch lists that you create before you upgrade to Fix-pack 10 must be edited or re-created for these watch lists to avail of the new Fix-pack 10 behaviors. For more information about the related server-side properties watchlist.map.monitor.onclick.datasources and watchlist.map.monitor.onclick.view, see server.init properties