Adding and editing an Email Action
The E-mail action sends an SMTP mail message to a specific e-mail account. An E-mail action can also be used as an e-mail notification in the WhatsUp Gold Alert Center. While you can configure this action on both the console and web interface, you can only configure the Alert Center notification message on the web. For more information, see Configuring an Alert Center e-mail notification.
To add a new E-mail action:
- From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to . The Action Library appears.
- Click . The Select Action Type dialog appears.
- Select , then click . The New Email Action dialog appears.
- Enter the appropriate information:
- . Enter a unique name for the action. This name displays in the Action Library.
- . (Optional) Enter additional information about the action. This description displays next to the action in the Action Library.
- Complete the information on the tab. This tab contains options pertaining to the action e-mail destination.
- Complete the information on the tab. This tab contains options pertaining to the action email message content.
- . Enter a text message or edit the default message. You can use percent variable codes to display specific information in the subject.
- . Enter a text message or edit the default message. You can use percent variable codes to display specific information in the message body.
: (MR - 3/9/13 Not yet possible in APM email actions) You can add a link to either or both the Device Status and Mobile Device Status reports by clicking the appropriate button.
- Complete the information on the tab. This tab contains options pertaining to the message sent from WhatsUp Gold Alert Center.
- . Enter a subject for the message. This text appears as the subject in the e-mail that is sent by the Alert Center notification. This subject can include percent variables.
: To include Alert Center percent variables, right click inside the box.
- Select to include a link to the Alert Center home page in the email message sent by the Alert Center notification.
- Click to save changes.
To edit an existing E-mail action:
- From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to . The Action Library dialog appears.
- Select the action you would like to edit, then click .
- Enter or select the appropriate information:
- . Enter a unique name for the action. This name displays in the Action Library.
- . (Optional) Enter additional information about the action. This description displays next to the action in the Action Library.
- Complete the information on the tab. This tab contains options pertaining to the action e-mail destination.
- Complete the information on the tab. This tab contains options pertaining to the action e-mail message content.
- . Enter a text message or edit the default message. You can use percent variable codes to display specific information in the subject.
- . Enter a text message or edit the default message. You can use percent variable codes to display specific information in the message body.
: You can add a link to either or both the Device Status and Mobile Device Status reports by clicking the appropriate button.
- Complete the information on the tab. This tab contains options pertaining to the message sent from WhatsUp Gold Alert Center.
- . Enter a subject for the message. This text appears as the subject in the e-mail that is sent by the Alert Center notification. This subject can include percent variables.
: To include Alert Center percent variables, right click inside the box.
- Select to include a link to the Alert Center home page in the email message sent by the Alert Center notification.
- Click to save changes.