Opening the Situation editor

There are several places from which you can open the Situation editor, with different capabilities related to the context. When the Situation editor is opened from the toolbar, for example, you can create situations for any agent type but you cannot associate them with Navigator items or set the event state or sound.

About this task

Open the Situation editor from one of these locations:

Procedure

  • Right-click a Navigator item and select Situations.

    The Situations tree shows the situations associated with the Navigator item. If you do not see the situation, click Situations filter Situation Filter to identify a broader range. The state and sound for the situation is also associated with the Navigator item. You can give the same situation a different state and sound for different Navigator item associations.

    You will not see this option at the Navigator Physical view's platform level (such as UNIX Systems).

  • Click Situation Editor in the toolbar.

    When opened through the toolbar, the Situation editor has no connection to the Navigator. You can see all the situations available in your monitored network, you can edit or delete any of them, create new situations, and distribute them to managed systems. What you cannot do is associate situations with Navigator items or change their state or sound. This is also true when you open the Situation editor through the Manage Situations window.

  • Right-click a situation in the event flyover list and select Edit situation Edit Situation.

    The situation opens in the Situation editor so you can read the definition and edit it. You cannot associate (or disassociate) the situation with a Navigator item, nor can you change its state or sound here.

  • Right-click an open event in the situation event console view and select Edit situation Edit Situation.

    The situation opens in the Situation editor so you can read the definition and edit it. You cannot associate (or disassociate) the situation with a Navigator item, nor can you change its state or sound.

  • In the Manage Situations at Managed System window (opened through the menu of either the Enterprise or agent Navigator item), select a situation row and click Edit Situation.
  • While editing a policy workflow in the Grapher view, right-click a situation activity and click Edit situation Edit Situation.