Setting Up the Alert Monitor › Define Alert Monitor Filters

Define Alert Monitor Filters

You can filter the alerts displayed on the Alert Monitor by applying a set of criteria to each of the fields in the alert. The filters that you create can be named and stored for later use, using the FILTER command.

To define an Alert Monitor filter

1. Enter /ALFILT at the prompt.

   The Alert Monitor : Filter Definition List panel appears.

2. Press F4 (Add).

   The Alert Filter panel appears.

3. Complete the following fields:

   Name

   Specifies the name of the filter.

   Description

   Describes the filter.

   Filter Expression

   Specifies the Boolean expression that determines what alerts are passed by the filter. For more information about creating Boolean expressions, press F1 (Help).

   Press F3 (File)

   The Alert Monitor filter is saved.