Adding and editing a Program Action

Program actions can be defined to launch an external application when a state change occurs.

To add a new Program action:

  1. From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to Admin > Actions. The Action Library appears.
  2. Click New. The Select Action Type dialog appears.
  3. Select Program Action, then click OK. The New Program Action dialog appears.
  4. Enter or select the appropriate information:
    • Name. Enter a unique name for the action. This name displays in the Action Library.
    • Description. (Optional) Enter additional information about the action. This description displays next to the action in the Action Library.
    • Program file name. Enter the file path where the working files for the application are stored.
    • Working path. Enter the file path where the working files for the application are stored. The working path is located on the server where WhatsUp Gold is running.
    • Program arguments. Enter any percent variables you want to pass to the specified program.
  5. Click OK to save changes.

Tip: To check the status of an action, or to cancel an action, in the WhatsUp Gold console go to Tools > Running Actions.

To edit an existing Program action:

  1. From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to Admin > Actions. The Action Library dialog appears.
  2. Select the action you would like to edit, then click Edit.
  3. Enter or select the appropriate information:
    • Name. Enter a unique name for the action. This name displays in the Action Library.
    • Description. (Optional) Enter additional information about the action. This description displays next to the action in the Action Library.
    • Program file name. Enter the file path where the working files for the application are stored.
    • Working path. Enter the file path where the working files for the application are stored. The working path is located on the server where WhatsUp Gold is running.
    • Program arguments. Enter any percent variables you want to pass to the specified program.
  4. Click OK to save changes.

Tip: To check the status of an action, or to cancel an action, in the WhatsUp Gold console go to Tools > Running Actions.

See Also

Configuring an action

Adding and editing an Active Script Action

Adding and editing a Beeper Action

Adding and editing an Email Action

Adding and editing a Log to Text File Action

Adding and editing a Pager Action

Adding and editing a PowerShell action

Example - PowerShell action scripts

Adding and editing a Service Restart Action

Adding and editing a SMS Action

Adding and editing a SMS Direct Action

Adding and editing a SNMP Set Action

Adding and editing a Sound Action

Adding and editing a SSH Action

Adding and editing a Syslog Action

Adding and editing a Text-To-Speech Action

Adding and Editing a VMware Action

Adding and Editing a Web Alarm Action

Adding and Editing a Windows Event Log Action

Using the WinPopup Action