Situation association with Navigator items

A situation must be associated with a Navigator item before you can see alerts when an event has opened.

When you create a situation, these elements of the situation definition and Navigator item properties must be set before event indicators for true situations can show on the Navigator:

Situation distribution: The situation must be distributed to the managed systems on which it is to run. This is done in the Distribution tab of the Situation editor.
Assignment: Situations that were created in the Situation editor after it was opened from a Navigator item, are automatically associated with the Navigator item. This is possible because the Navigator item and the managed systems assigned to it are known. Situations that were created in the Situation editor after it was opened from the main toolbar are not associated with a Navigator item initially: the situation might be distributed to one or more managed systems, but the Navigator item is not known at this point.; For custom Navigator views, you must relate, or assign, managed systems to the Navigator items where you want to see alerts.
Association: You must associate a situation with the Navigator items where you want to see event indicators for the situation. Association with a Navigator item is done automatically when you open the Situation editor from the Navigator, then create or edit a situation and click Apply or OK. Association with a Navigator item is done manually for situations created in the Situation editor when it was opened from the toolbar.

Tip: When you associate a situation with a Navigator item, the situation state and sound are also associated with the item. The same situation can be associated with a different Navigator item if you want to apply a different state or sound. This is especially useful for custom Navigator views where one situation might be

critical in an operator's Navigator view, but considered

informational in a view designed for an executive.