# 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 a global profile from the Settings page, it still remains a Global Profile.
- **Settings >> Notifications** will have a 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 the **Settings >> Notifications** page itself.
- **Settings >> Notifications >> All Global Profiles** will have both delete and bulk delete options.

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

## Device Specific

### Device Specific Profiles from Settings

- Creating/changing profile configurations of Device Specific profiles is not possible from the Settings page.
- **Settings >> Notifications** will have a 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 the 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 the list and editing the same profile will convert it into a Device Specific profile (Profile1_Device1).
- Editing Profile1_Device1 will not disturb Profile1; the changes done are specific to Device1 alone.
- Deleting the Profile1_Device1 profile will delete this profile alone completely and not Profile1 (Global Profile).

**Add**

- Device Snapshot page (say Device1) >> Notifications (Icon) >> Add >> Allows adding a Device Specific profile (NewProfile_1).
- Edit/Delete of NewProfile_1 is specific to Device1 only.