NFR GUI Reference: Alerts Tab
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Alert Tab IconAlerts Tab

The Alerts Tab allows you to view recent alerts.

Window Options

Alert Viewer

Displays recent alerts sent by built-in and user sources to the following alert facilities:

  • NFR_FAC_NFRLOG
  • NFR_FAC_ACK
  • NFR_FAC_TRACE (if the alert monitor was started with the -t option)

Click the column header to sort the alerts by that column.

  • Severity - Severity of the alert.
  • Time - Time at which the alert was recorded.
  • Host - IP address of the host that sent the packet.
  • Source - NFR program or backend that sent the alert.
  • Alert - Text message of the alert.

History

Select an alert in the alert viewer and click this button to display the Alert History window.  This window displays the history of the alert:

  • Time/Origin - Time at which NFR recorded the alert and the source of the alert.
  • Comments - Comments made using the Comment button when viewing alerts.
  • Acknowledgement - User name of the user running the GUI who acknowledged the alert and when they acknowledged it.

This button displays only when you have selected Acknowledged or Unacknowledged as the Acknowledgement Type.

Comment

Select an alert in the alert viewer and click this button to display the Add Comment window.  This window allows you to add a comment about this alert:

  • Comment - Type a comment for this alert.

This button displays only when you have selected Acknowledged or Unacknowledged as the Acknowledgement Type.

Acknowlegdment

Select an alert in the alert viewer and click this button to:

  • mark the alert as acknowledged
  • remove the alert from the list of Unacknowledged alerts
  • add the alert to the list of Acknowledged alerts

This button displays only when you have selected Unacknowledged as the Acknowledgement Type.

Reload

Click this button to reread the data from the log files.

Stop

Click this button to stop the loading or reloading of alert messages.

Entries no earlier than

Choose the earliest date for which you want to display alerts.

no later than

Choose the latest date for which you want to display alerts.

Alert Acknowledgement

Choose the type of alerts that you wish to display in the alert viewer:

  • All - All alerts that NFR has received for these facilities.
  • Unacknowledged - Alerts that an NFR user has not yet acknowledged.
  • Acknowledged - Alerts that an NFR user has acknowledged.

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