Alarm Policy settings

Individual alarm policy settings allow granular customization of what, when, and how alarms/events are reported.

The following settings can be accessed from the Admin > Alarm Monitor > Alarm Policies view:

Status

Sets the policy to one of three states:

Setting	Generates Events	Alarm Monitor	Stored in Database	Notifications by Profile(s)
Active	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Store	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Inactive	No	No	No	No

Hint

Setting nonessential policies to Store or Inactive can filter out events that do not require visibility. This can reduce the number of alarms being reported (and stored) in the Alarm Monitor views.

Weight

Assigns each event/violation under a policy a numerical weight for calculating the severity reported in the Alarm Monitor views

Event timeout

Sets the number of seconds the system will wait when aggregating observations meeting the same criteria as a single event

Refer to this section of the documentation for further information on individual alarm policies, including default timeout settings.