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Creating Duplicate Event Rules
Create a New Duplicate Event Rule
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From the Fault Viewer, select Administration. The Administration panel appears.
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Select Rules. The Edit Rules panel appears.
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Click New Duplicate Rule button. The Duplicate Rule Editor dialog box appears.
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Select the Active or Inactive toggle button to specify the status of the duplicate rule once it gets created. This status can be changed at a later time.
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Select All Events or Selected Events toggle button to apply to the rule.
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All Events applies the rule to all events that occur.
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Selected Events applies to only specified events to the rule. Select a event type(s) from the list. To select more than one event type, press and hold the Ctrl key as you select.
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Select an item in the Field Names list and click the right arrow (
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Specify a period of time when duplicate events are to be suppressed. Use the Ignore duplicate events for the next toggle arrows to specify a number and select the units of minutes, hours, days from the menu.
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Click OK. The Duplicate Event Rule will be added to the list of rules on the Edit Rules panel. Basic rules and duplicate rules list a true and false count on the Edit Rules dialog box.
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