Events Tab

By using Basic mode, you can set up filters that use event severity and category as criteria. Basic mode is powerful enough to meet most needs.

The following options are available:

• Event Selection

• Severity: Specifies the severity level of the event notifications. Options include Errors only, Errors and Warnings only, or Errors, Warnings and Information.

• Categories: Specifies the event categories that you want to send notifications for. You can select any combination of the Printer, Job, Computer, Database, and Inventory categories.

• Advanced: Switches from Basic to Advanced mode.

Use Advanced mode to create complex filters by creating individual filter criteria and combining them into groups.

Criteria are the basic building blocks of a filter. A single criterion tests one condition. For example, "Severity <<Is Equal>> Warning, Error" evaluates to true if the event has a severity level of Warning or Error. "Printer Location <<Contains>> Assembly Line" evaluates to true for events that occur on a printer whose location name contains the phrase "Assembly Line."

A group is a logical grouping of filter elements. These elements can include both criteria and other groups. A group can be either an And group or an Or group. In an And group, all of the filter criteria or groups must evaluate to true for an event for it to pass the group. In an Or group, an event passes the group if any one of its filter criteria or groups evaluates to true for the event. Groups can be nested as deeply as needed.

The following options are available:

• Event Selection Criteria: Displays a tree view of the filter criteria and their grouping. Right-click in this area to display a menu that you can use to create new groups and filter criteria and to edit and delete existing groups and criteria. For more information, refer to the table that follows.

• Basic: Switches from Advanced to Basic mode. If the current Advanced filter is too complex to be represented in Basic mode, you receive a warning message.

Right-click the Event Selection Criteria area to open a menu that you can use to create a new event filter or edit an existing filter. The following options are available.

Menu option	Description
And	Changes the selected group to an And group. Available only when a group is selected.
Or	Changes the selected group to an Or group. Available only when a group is selected.
Add Group	Adds a new group to the selected group. Available only when a group is selected or the filter is empty.
Add Criteria	Opens the New Filter dialog, which you can use to add a new criterion to the selected group. Not available if a criterion is currently selected.
Edit Criteria	Opens the Filter by Category, Filter by Severity, or Filter by Attribute dialog so that you can edit the currently selected criterion.
Cut	Deletes the currently selected group or criterion from the filter and places it on the Clipboard.
Copy	Copies the currently selected group or criterion onto the Clipboard.
Paste	Pastes the contents of the Clipboard into the currently selected group. You cannot paste into a criterion.
Delete Group	Deletes the selected group from the filter.
Delete Criteria	Deletes the selected criterion from the filter.
Clear All	Removes all groups and criteria from the filter.

You can edit the filter by dragging groups or criteria to new locations within the filter. You can drag only into a group, not into a criterion.