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Admin event types

An event type categorizes events based on their criteria. When creating an event type, you can add multiple action types for users to pick from when building a rule that triggers this event type. You can add an event type to a rule type.

Add event type

1. Click Event Types on the left menu:

2. Click the plus button on the top right of the screen.

3. Fill out the information and click Create:

Value

Definition

ID

The event type’s unique ID

Name

The event type’s name

Groups

The event type’s group

Severity

Connected to certain alarm states

Priority

Connected to responses to event types

Action Types

Assign action types that were created previously

Description

The event type’s description

Has Lifecycle?

A checked box allows for the event to have open and closed states

Open State

Give the open state a name if the Has Lifecycle? box has been checked. You can add multiple open states by clicking +

Closed State

Give the close state a name if the Has Lifecycle? box has been checked. You can add multiple closed states by clicking +

View event types

1. Click Event Types in the left menu:

2. Search or filter the event types you want to view.

3. Here is an event type example:

4. You can edit, clone, or delete the event type by clicking the respective icon on the top right of the screen:

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