Event Filter Builder window: Severity page
Identifies the severity of the event. Event severity is typically
used in event automation plans because
it identifies potentially urgent problems requiring immediate attention.
Fields
- Any
- Specifies whether you want to filter on specific event
severities. By default, Any is selected. You must
clear the Any check box to select one or more severity
levels. You
can select multiple levels of severity as filtering criteria. The logical
OR operator applies for multiple selections. For example, if you select Fatal and Critical,
the filtering criteria matches if the originator of the event classifies the
event as Fatal or as Critical.
When selecting event severities, consider the following
definitions.
Note: The following event severity level fields are listed in
the order of most severe to least severe.
- Fatal
- The source of the event has already caused the program to fail and should
be resolved before the program is restarted.
- Critical
- The source of the event might cause program failure and should be resolved
immediately.
- Minor
- The source of the event should not cause immediate program failure, but
should be resolved.
- Warning
- The source of the event is not necessarily problematic, but might warrant
investigation.
- Informational
- The event was generated for information only. Most events of this severity
do not indicate potential problems. However, offline events are categorized
as informational, and these events can indicate
potential problems.
- Unknown
- The application that generated the event did not assign a severity level.