Adding and editing a recurring action

Recurring actions allow users to fire actions based on a regular schedule, independent of the status of devices. Recurring actions can perform tasks such as sending heartbeat messages through email or SMS text, letting users know a system is up and running.

After an action is configured through the Action Library, use this dialog to configure the schedule for the action. The recurring action list shows the name of the action and the recurring schedule configured for the action.

Note: Recurring actions can be configured to adhere to a blackout schedule.

To add or edit a recurring action:

  1. From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to Admin > Recurring Actions. The Recurring Actions Library appears.
  2. Click New to create a new recurring action or from the list of recurring actions, select the action you want to change, then click Edit.
  3. Enter a name into the Recurring action name box.
  4. Select a type of action from the Select an Action list.

    Note: Web Alarm actions cannot be used as recurring actions.

    Note: Click browse (...) to open the Action Library and create a new action.

  5. Click Next. The Add Recurring Action - Schedule dialog appears.
  6. Complete the following boxes:
    • Enable Schedule. Select this option to activate the recurring action schedule; clear the option to disable the recurring report schedule.
    • Blackout Schedule. Select to access the Weekly Blackout Schedule dialog.
    • Monthly. Select the time, day, and month or months you want the action to fire. The action only fires during the month selected from this list. Quarterly actions can be created by selecting the last day of each quarter. If a day is entered that does not exist in a selected month (September 31, February 30, etc.) then the action is fired on the last day of that month.
    • Weekly. Select the day and time each week you want the action to fire.

    Note: To fire an action more frequently than daily, select Every _ minutes and enter the number of minutes WhatsUp Gold should wait before firing the recurring action.

  7. Click Finish to save your changes.

See Also

Scheduling

Managing scheduled reports