Create an AppViewX Alert

To create an AppViewX alert:
  1. Click and select Alert.
  2. On the Alert screen, click on the top.
  3. On the Settings screen that opens, click the AppViewX tab if it is not already open.
  4. In the Alert Name box, enter a name for the alert.
  5. From the Alert Severity dropdown list, select one of the following options:
    • Critical - For issues that are causing disastrous results or impacts on functionality. These are top priorities and must be resolved immediately.
    • Fatal - For issues that can cause disastrous results or impacts on functionality. These are major priorities and should be resolved soon.
    • Major - For issues that are important and require a resolution, but that is not the highest priority.
    • Minor - For issues that are of low priority and need a resolution.
    • Notification - For issues that are not alerts or warnings, but which must eventually be addressed.
  6. In the Event type box, select from the following event types:
    • Infrastructure
    • Application Discovery
  7. If you want to use email to send out the alert, SMTP must first be configured. Refer to the Configure SMTP for Email Alerting topic for details on how to do this. When you have finished, complete the following steps to use email as an alert method:
    1. Select the Email configuration checkbox.
    2. In the Email address field, enter each email address you want to send the alert to. Use commas to separate the addresses.
    3. In the Subject field, leave the default text or enter the text that briefly describes the kind of alert the user is receiving in their Inbox.
  8. Click Add to save the alert to the AppViewX system.