Alert Profiles

• Create Alert Profile

• View / Modify Alert Profiles

• Notify Alerts by Email

Create Alert Profile

The below mentioned requirements are to be met for an Alert Profile.

1. Name of the Alert Profile

2. Description for the Alert Profile

3. Severity of the Alert configured.

4. Report Profiles to be Associated with the Alert Profile.

5. Alert Message.

To create a New Alert Profile

1. Click on "Alerts" Tab -->>"New Alert Profile" link on the top right.

2. This displays the Alert Configuration Page.

3. Enter the "Name" of the Alert Profile in the Box Provided.

4. Enter the "Description" of the Alert Profile in the Box Provided.

5. Select the "Severity" of the Alert Profile

• The Severity depends on importance of the Alert and can indicate "Attention, Trouble, or Critical"

6. Select the "Server Name".

• Select the "Domain" from the Drop Down.

• Select the "Server" from the Drop Down.

• Click the " "Plus icon to the right of Actions, to select the change events to be alerted for.

• Select the Shares / Folders for a more precise event alerting.

• Select one or more of the available options, File types to be monitored: Files and Folders OR File Only OR Folders Only" to be alerted by providing a check against them.

• Provide a check against the File Types: All OR Select custom file types.

• Provide a check against the Users option; if to monitor all user activities or particular users.

7. To Send Email Notifications, enter the recipient Email addresses in the box provided.

8. Click on "Save".

9. A new Alert Profile is created.

View / Modify Alert Profiles

To view all alert profiles in FileAudit Plus

1. Click on "Alerts" Tab -->>"View/Modify Alert Profiles" on the top right.

2. This lists all available Alert Profiles in FileAudit Plus.

3. Information on when a Report Profile was last modified is displayed for All Report Profiles.

Modifying an Alert Profile

An existing Alert Profile can be modified by changing one or all of the below

1. Modifying the Name of the Alert Profile

2. Modifying the Description for the Alert Profile

3. Modifying the Severity of the Alert configured.

4. Modifying the Report Profiles

5. Modifying the Alert Message.

6. Notify Alerts by Email

Modifying the Name of the Alert Profile

1. Click on "Alerts" Tab -->>"View/Modify Alert Profiles" under Alert Profile Configuration.

2. This lists all available Alert Profiles in FileAudit Plus.

3. To modify any of the Available Alert Profile click on the modify icon against the Alert Profile to be modified.

4. Modify the existing "Name" in the Name Box Provided.

5. Click on Update.

6. This updates the Name of the Alert Profile.

Modifying the Description for the Alert Profile

1. Click on "Configuration" Tab -->>"View / Modify Alert Profiles" under Alert Profile Configuration.

2. This lists all available Alert Profiles in FileAudit Plus.

3. To modify any of the Available Alert Profile click on the modify icon against the Alert Profile to be modified.

4. Modify the existing "Description for the Alert Profile" in the Description Name Box Provided.

5. Click on Update.

6. This updates the Description for the Alert Profile.

Modifying the Severity of the Alert configured

1. Click on "Configuration" Tab -->>"View / Modify Alert Profiles" under Alert Profile Configuration.

2. This lists all available Alert Profiles in FileAudit Plus.

3. To modify any of the Available Alert Profile click on the modify icon against the Alert Profile to be modified.

4. To Modify the "Severity" select from the Drop Down between "Trouble, Attention and Critical".

5. Click on Update.

6. This updates the Severity Profile for any selected Report Profile.

Modifying the Report Profiles

1. Click on "Configuration" Tab -->>"View / Modify Alert Profiles" under Alert Profile Configuration.

2. This lists all available Alert Profiles in FileAudit Plus.

3. To modify any of the Available Alert Profile click on the modify icon against the Alert Profile to be modified.

4. To Modify the "Report Profile" for a Domain

• On Clicking the Plus icon a Pop-up appears.

• Select the Domain from the Drop Down.

• Select the Server name from the Drop Down.

• Select one or more of the available report profiles to be alerted by providing a check against them.

• "Profile Based Reports" which are configured in FileAudit Plus by an User can also be added and alerted.

• Click on OK.

• The Report Profiles are now associated with the Alert.

5. Click on Update.

6. This updates the "Report Profile Based Alerts" under the Alerts Tab of FileAudit Plus and also under their corresponding Domains.

Modifying the Alert Message

1. Click on "Configuration" Tab -->>"View / Modify Alert Profiles" under Alert Profiles.

2. This lists all available Alert Profiles in FileAudit Plus.

3. To modify any of the Available Alert Profile click on the modify icon against the Alert Profile to be modified.

4. To Modify the Alert Message Click on the [Add] link to the right of Alert Message Box.

• The Alert Message can be typed with a common alert message or customized messages can also be configured.

• To configure a Customized Message  

• Add Text using the Add Text Box -->>click on Add

• Add Variable selecting from the Drop Down and click on Add.

• Confirm the message from the "Alert Message Box"

• Click on OK.

5. Click on Update.

6. This updates the Alert Message against the "Alert Message" column under the Alerts Tab.

Notify Alerts by Email

An important part of an alert is its ability to notify users. FileAudit Plus facilitates notifications of one or all configured Alerts by email.

To configure an email alert directly from the Alert Tab

1. Click on the "Email Notification" Link to the top right of the page.

2. This will redirect to the "Configuration" Page showing all "Configured Alerts".

3. Click on the "Configure" link under the column "E-mail Notify".

4. This will redirect to the page where you can "Modify Alert Profiles"

5. Enter the "Mail To" address in the check box provided. (For multiple recipients,separate email addresses with commas.)

6. Click on Update.

This will update the "Alert Profile" for the "Selected Report Profile". Any new alert will be notified by email to one or all recipient email addresses entered here.

The Mail To Box will be open only when Mail Server is configured. To configure mail Server click on the "Configure Mail Server" Link.