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Create an Event Based Policy

You can define new event based policies under the following categories:

• Asset File Collection
• Asset Inventory
• Asset Software
• Asset Software Usage

Note: For more details about these categories, see the Event Based Policy topic in the Asset Management section of the DSM Explorer Help.

To create an event based policy

1. Navigate to the Policies, Event Based folder.
2. Right-click any of the folder specified above list and select New.

   The Policy Designer dialog appears.

3. Specify the details in the following sections:

   General

   Defines the name, assigns severity, and enables history tracking for the policy.

   Service Desk

   Enables the CA Service Desk Manager integration. You can select the problem types and choose to a raise service ticket whenever the policy is violated.

   Note: This section is enabled only if you have set the Service Desk integration to True in the Default Computer Policy. By default, it is set to False.

   Add Action

   Specifies the action type to be triggered by the policy.

   Based on the event category selected, any of the following section is displayed in this dialog:

   Asset File Collection: File Collection

   Specifies the file to be monitored. Policies in this category are triggered when the selected file is modified.

   Asset Inventory: Inventory Item

   Specifies the inventory item to be monitored by the policy. Policies in this category are triggered when the value of the selected inventory item changes.

   Asset Software: Application

   Specifies the software application to be monitored and the events to be tracked by the policy. This type of policy is triggered when the selected event occurs on the selected application.

   Asset Software Usage: Application

   Specifies the application to be monitored for software usage. You can select the various usage events to be tracked such as, Execution was prevented, Started normally, stopped abnormally and so on. This type of policy is triggered when the selected usage event occurs on the selected application.

   The policy is created with the given specifications.

Note: For more details about the Policy Designer dialog, see the DSM Explorer Help.

More information:

Define an Event Policy