Alerts

Click View > Alerts to open the Alerts dialog box, where you can view alert messages that have been generated but not yet deleted. Select an alert on the alert list, and its details display in the text boxes.

This table shows the alert fields:

Field Description
First Received Shows the date and time the alert was first received. This might be the same as Last Receive.
Last Receive Shows the date and time the alert was most recently received.
Duplicates Shows the number of duplicates of the alert that have been received. If no duplicates have happened, then this value is 0.
Host Shows the host where the alert was generated.
Root Shows the root for which the alert was generated.
Site Shows the site for which the alert was generated.
Alert text box Shows the text of the alert message.
Alert list Determines the contents of the above text boxes. This list provides a summary listing of all the alerts that have been received because Network Monitor was started.

By default, the alert list is sorted by date last received. Alerts which have yet to be reviewed or which have a newly-arrived duplicate display in bold.

Remove Selected Removes the currently selected alert from the alert list. This is available only when at least one alert is selected.
Save Selected Saves the selected alert to a text file located on the local machine. This is available only when at least one alert is selected.
Status bar Indicates the current total number of alerts and the number of unread alerts, if any.

Alert list

This is a list of all the available alert messages. Initially, when the dialog box is first opened, the top message is automatically selected. Another message or multiple messages can also be selected.

Use the buttons along the bottom of the dialog box to remove (delete) the selection or to save the selection to a text file.

If a message listing is in bold type, then it indicates the message has not been read or a duplicate of that message has arrived.

By default, the list is sorted in reverse chronological order, last message first. The listing can be sorted differently by clicking a column heading. Change the order from ascending to descending by clicking the same column heading that currently defines the sort order.

If multiple messages are selected, then the top pane keeps the information from the previously selected single message. If that message is deselected, then the top pane shows information about the first (top) selection.

Alert notification

By default, when Network Monitor receives a notification of a new alert from the Monitor Daemon, the Alerts dialog box automatically opens. The new alert is selected so that its details are visible.

You can change this behavior by selecting the appropriate check box on the General tab of the Network Monitor Properties dialog box.

To do this, select Options > Network Monitor Options to open the Network Monitor Properties dialog box.

This table shows the alert notification options:

Option Description
Automatically Display New Alerts Select this to automatically show new alerts through the Alerts dialog box. This is the default.

Clear this to disable this feature. If this is cleared, then Automatically Select New Alerts is also cleared. In this way, there is always some notification of a new alert, through the Alerts dialog box or the Network Monitor status bar icon.

Automatically Select New Alerts Select this to automatically select new alerts so that the details are visible. This is the default.

Clear this to disable this feature. If this is cleared, then when a new alert arrives, an icon displays on the Network Monitor status bar, indicating that there is an unread alert.

Click the icon to open the Alerts dialog box. If this dialog box is already showing, then it is brought to the front. The alert icon remains on the status bar until all alerts have been read.

If the Alerts dialog box is minimized, then Network Monitor cannot restore it when a new alert arrives.