Adding and Editing a Web Alarm Action

For more information on how Web Alarms work, see the Working with Web Alarms topic.

To add or edit a Web alarm action:

1. Click the Admin tab, then click Action Library.
2. Click New, then select Web Alarm from the list to create a new Web alarm action. Click OK.
   - or -
   Select the Web Alarm you want to change from the list of current actions, and then click Edit.
3. Type or select the appropriate information in the following fields.
   • Name. Type a name for the action. This name displays in the Action Library.
   • Description. Type a short description. This description displays next to the action in the Action Library.
   • Message. Type a short message to send to the visual cue part of the Web Alarm in the web interface. You can use percent variable codes to display specific information in the message body.
   • Play Sound. Select this option to play the sound file whenever a web alarm action fires. Clear this option to only have the visual cue appear in the Web Interface.
   • Sound file name. Select a sound file that is installed in your \Program Files\Ipswitch\WhatsUp\HTML\Nm.Web.UI\WebSounds directory. Custom sounds added to this directory appear in the drop-down list.
4. Click OK to save changes.

   Note: For Web Alarms to work properly, your browser must support embedded sound files.

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