# What are Global and Device specific notification profiles and how can they be configured?

## Global Profile

**Global Profiles from Settings >> Notifications**

- Notification Profiles created under Settings >> Notifications >> Add are Global Profiles
- More than one device/URL can be associated to a Global Notification profile with the same set of criteria
- On editing a global profile, add/delete device/URL from the profile, criteria, severity and time window changes can be done
- Global [Profile configuration](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/help/configuring-notifications.html) changes cannot be done to any particular device, changes are always profile specific
- Even after editing global profile from settings page, it still remains as Global Profile
- Settings >> Notifications >> will have Drop down box to select the profile types.
- Profile Type - **Global Profiles** will list all the global profiles only
- Profile Type - All other profile types (**Send Email/Send SMS/Run Program/etc... except Device Specific Profiles**) will list the particular type of **global profiles**
- The profiles listed under all types can be deleted from Settings >> Notifications page itself
- Settings >> Notifications >> All Global Profiles will have both delete and Bulk delete option

**Global Profiles from Settings >> Configurations >> Quick Configuration Wizard (QCW)**

- From QCW, Association and dissociation of devices/URL to Global Profiles are only possible
- Configuration changes cannot be done.

**Global Profiles from Device Snapshot Page**

- Device Snapshot page (Say Device 1) >> Notifications (Icon) >> Associate >> List all Global Profiles.
- Any profiles (say Profile1) can be selected from list and associated.
- Selected profiles are still global profile until the profiles are edited.
- This type of association is same as associating one more device to Global profile (Device1 associated to Profile1) with all existing configurations
- Device Snapshot page (Say Device 1) >> Notifications (Icon) >> Delete any associated Global profile (say Profile1) >> The profile will not be listed in the device Snapshot page
- This type of deletion is same as dissociating a device from Global profile (Device1 dissociated from Profile1).
- Profile will not be deleted. Only dissociation of device will happen.

## Device Specific

**Device Specific Profiles From Settings:**

- Creating/changing profile configurations of Device Specific profiles is not possible from Settings page
- Settings >> Notifications >> will have Drop down box to select the profile types.
- Profile Type - Device Specific Profiles will list all the device specific profiles only
- Settings >> Notifications >> Device Specific profiles will have only Bulk delete option

**Device Specific Profiles From Device Snapshot Page:**

### Associate

- Device Snapshot page (Say Device1) >> Notifications (Icon) >> Associate >> List all Global Profiles.
- Associating one profile (Profile1) from list and editing the same profile, will become a Device Specific profile (Profile1_Device1)
- Editing Profile1_Device1 will not disturb Profile1, the changes done is specific to Device1 alone
- Deleting Profile1_Device1 profile will delete this profile alone completely and not Profile1 (global Profile)

### Add

- Device Snapshot page (Say Device1) >> Notifications (Icon) >> Add >> Allows to add a Device Specific profile (NewProfile_1)
- Edit/Delete NewProfile_1 is specific to Device_1 only