3.20 View Severity Change Definitions window
The View Severity Change Definitions window displays a list of severity change definitions associated with the function for changing the severity level.
This window is displayed when the user clicks Severity Change Definitions in the Options menu in the Event Console window.
To use the View Severity Change Definitions window, you must have JP1_Console_Admin permission. You cannot use this window if you log in to an instance of Central Console in which the severity changing function is disabled.
The following figure shows the View Severity Change Definitions window:
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The following describes the items displayed in the View Severity Change Definitions window.
- View severity change definitions
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This area displays a list of severity change definitions. The higher a severity change definition is listed, the higher its priority.
A maximum of 1,000 severity change definitions can be listed. You can select multiple definitions in the list.
- Apply
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The operations you perform in this window apply to severity change definitions whose check boxes you select in this column.
- Type
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icon is displayed in this column for additional severity changing definitions. No icon is displayed for other types of definition.
- Severity change definition name
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The name of the severity change definition.
- Comment
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A comment set for the severity change definition.
- Add
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Click this button to add a severity change definition to the View severity change definitions list. When you click this button, the Severity Change Definition Settings window appears. For details about this window, see 3.21 Severity Change Definition Settings window (Add Severity Change Definition Settings window). When you click the OK button in the Severity Change Definition Settings window, the severity change definition is added to the end of the View severity change definitions list. The Add button becomes unavailable when the maximum number of definitions is reached.
- Edit
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Click this button to edit a severity change definition selected in the View severity change definitions list. When you click this button, the Severity Change Definition Settings window appears with the details of the selected definition displayed. For details about this window, see 3.21 Severity Change Definition Settings window (Add Severity Change Definition Settings window). The changes take effect when you click the OK button in the Severity Change Definition Settings window. This button becomes available when a severity change definition is selected in the View severity change definition area.
- Copy
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Click this button when you want to create copies of the severity change definitions selected in the View severity change definitions area. When you click this button, copies of the selected definitions are added to the end of the list. The names of the new definitions are the original names prefixed with the string Copy. For example, if you copy a definition named ABC, the copy is named Copy ABC. If Copy ABC already exists, a number (starting from 2) is added after Copy. This number is incremented (2, 3, 4, and so on) to ensure that definition names are not repeated. The Copy button is available when a severity change definition is selected in the View severity change definitions area, unless no more severity change definitions can be added. The Copy button becomes unavailable when the maximum number of definitions is reached. The button is unavailable when no severity change definition is selected or when multiple definitions are selected.
- Delete
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Click this button to delete the severity change definitions selected in the View severity change definitions area. You can delete multiple definitions in one operation. When you click this button, the message KAVB0253-Q appears in a dialog box. When you click the Yes button in this dialog box, the selected definitions are deleted. If no severity change definitions are displayed in the list, the Delete button is unavailable. The Delete button is available when at least one definition is selected.
- Change Type
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Click this button to change the type of the severity change definitions selected in the View severity change definitions area. You can changing the type of multiple definitions in one operation. When you click the Change Type button, the message KAVB1148-Q appears in a dialog box. Click the Yes button in this dialog box to change the selected definitions from additional severity changing definitions to severity change definitions. The contents of the Apply, Severity change definition name, and Comment columns do not change. You cannot change a severity change definition to an additional severity changing definition. The Change Type button is unavailable if there are no additional severity changing definitions in the View severity change definitions area. The button becomes available when at least one additional severity changing definition is selected. If you inadvertently change a definition from an additional severity changing definition to a severity change definition, you can undo the change by clicking the Close button in the View Severity Change Definitions window instead of Apply.
- Up
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Click this button to move the severity change definitions selected in the View severity change definitions area up one line. The Up button is unavailable if any of the following apply:
- No severity change definitions are selected.
- The selected severity change definition is already at the top of the list.
- The selected severity change definitions are not in sequence.
- Down
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Click this button to move the severity change definitions selected in the View severity change definitions area down one line. The Down button is unavailable if any of the following apply:
- No severity change definitions are selected.
- The selected severity change definition is already at the bottom of the list.
- The selected severity change definitions are not in sequence.
- Apply
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Applies the settings displayed in the View Severity Change Definitions window to Central Console.