Changing event severity indicators

You can change the configuration of Event Viewers and AELs to show event severity as icons or as text, or as a combination of icons and text.

About this task

Default icons for event severity are provided. These icons are as follows.

Instructions for Administrators.If required, you can change these icons.

  • Default icon for events with the severity "critical": Denotes critical severity (severity 5)
  • Default icon for events with the severity "major": Denotes major severity (severity 4)
  • Default icon for events with the severity "minor": Denotes minor severity (severity 3)
  • Default icon for events with the severity "warning": Denotes warning severity (severity 2)
  • Default icons for events with the severity "indeterminate": Denotes indeterminate severity (severity 1)
  • Default icon for events with the severity "clear": Denotes clear severity (severity 0)

Procedure

  1. Press Shift+P to open the Preferences window. You can also access the Preferences window from the AEL menu bar and tool bar.
  2. Click Event List. Then, under Event List Icons, select one of the following options:
    • Show: Displays an icon to denote event severity.
    • Show With Text: Displays an icon and text to denote event severity.
    • Don't Show: Displays text to denote event severity.
  3. Click Apply to apply your changes to the current Event Viewer instance. Click Apply & Save to apply changes to the current instance and save the changes for all future instances.
  4. Click one of the other tabs to make more changes or to exit the Preferences window, click Close.