Events

Longitude checks the data it collects for the existence of problem conditions – for example, low disk space or high CPU usage. When a problem condition is found, Longitude creates an Event containing the details of the problem.

Event Display

1. Click on Events in the grey menu bar.
2. Click on the Display tab.
3. Longitude Event Detail display:

   

   • The left pane of the Events display contains icons displaying the highest severity event found for the computer, with red for critical events, orange for major events, and yellow for minor events.
   • The right pane displays the events found for the servers selected in the left pane – by default the display shows events for the last hour.
   • The Count column is the number of times the event has occurred in the interval being displayed – clicking on the + icon to the left of the Count displays all the events for the interval.
   • Clicking on an Event in the right pane displays the text of the event in the bottom pane along with a time line graph for the monitored metric, if applicable, as seen in the screenshot below.

   

4. Sorting and Filtering Events:
   
   • Most of the columns in the Event Monitor can be filtered and sorted.
   • Click on the column title to sort by that column.
   • Click on the arrow to the right of a column menu to display additional filtering options.
   • The Columns filter is the same for all columns and allows you to remove columns from the display.
   • Filtering options vary depending on the context of the column, e.g.:
     

Thresholds

The Thresholds tab displays all the events that have thresholds for the applications you are monitoring.

• Most of the columns in the Thresholds table can be filtered and sorted.
• In the screenshot below, the table is filtered by Application.
• The Global Value can be edited directly in the table
• A green icon in the Actions column indicates that there are action rules configured for the event



• Clicking an icon in the Device Override column opens the window shown below which allows you to set device specific threshold override values.



Actions

When Longitude creates an Event, that event can trigger an Action. Actions can be used to execute OS commands, or to send alert messages via Email, Text Message, and/or WebHooks.

1. Click on Events in the grey menu bar.
2. Click on the Actions tab.
3. A new action can be created by clicking on the New Action button in the right hand corner seen in the screenshot below.
   
4. The first step is to select the event you want to take the Action on.
   
5. The next step is to select the computers or groups you want to take the Action on.
   
6. The next step is to select the action type.
   
7. The next step is to select the trigger count and cool off period.
   
8. The last step is to select the schedule of when you want the action to take place.
   
9. The new action rule then appears in the Actions table as seen below.