Creating an Event Action Plan

Note: If your product license supports distributed event action plans, this procedure also applies to the creation of distributed event action plans; simply substitute the Distributed Event Action Plans object for the Event Action Plans object in the instructions.

Event action plans are created in the Event Action Plan Builder window. To open this window from the %ProductName% Console, click on the Event Action Plan Builder icon on the toolbar. The Event Action Plan Builder window is displayed.

To create an event action plan:

  1. Right-click on Event Actions Plan in the Event Action Plans pane to access the context menu, then select New.
    -OR-
    Select File => New => Event Action Plan from the menu bar.
    -OR-
    Double-click on one of the event action plan type folders in the Event Action Plans pane.
  2. Enter the name you want to assign to the plan and click OK to save the new plan. The new plan entry with the name you assigned is displayed in the Event Action Plans pane. The plan is also added to the Event Action Plans task as a child entry in the %ProductName% Console.

    Now that you have defined an event action plan, you can assign one or more filters and actions to the plan.

    Notes:

  3. Assign at least one filter to the event action plan using one of the following methods: The filter is now displayed as a child entry under the plan.
  4. Assign at least one action to at least one filter in the event action plan using one of the following methods: The action is now displayed as a child entry under the filter.
  5. Repeat the previous two steps for as many filter and action pairings as you want to add to the plan. You can assign multiple actions to a single filter and multiple filters to a single plan.

Note: The plan you have just created is not active because it has not been applied to a system or a group. Applying an Event Action Plan to a System or Group  describes how to apply an event action plan to a system or group.