| To create a new escalation, use the button "Add new [Escalation]" located in the Action Menu | image |
The form displayed will is composed of two tabs : - Generic, containing all necessary options
- Deprecated, used for compatibilty only, should not be filled
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The left menu give to Administrators the ability to : - Validate the new escalation
- Cancel the action
- Delete the escalation
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Generic category form contains following options : - Name
- the name of the escalation
- this field is required
- Escalation start
- the start level, making the escalation effective
- value must be an integer
- Escalation stop
- the stop level, represents the last notification for which escalation is effective
- value must be an integer, higher than Escalation start
- Notification interval
- this value tells the reccuring period to which escalation will be sent out
- value must be an integer
- if no value is filled, meaning 0, only one notification will be sent
- Escalation period
- this value is used to set on which period notifications should be sent
- the value must be selected from the dropdown, listing all existing timeperiods
- Escalation options
- list of flags, used to dertmine what state should generate an escalation
- field is a list of comma seperated values, valid values are :
- r : send an escalation on RECOVERY state
- d : send an escalation on a DOWN state)
- u : send a escalation on UNREACHABLE or UNKNOWN state)
- w : send an escalation on a WARNING state
- c : send an escalation on a CRITICAL state
- note : if value is empty, escalation will be sent for any state of host or check
- Contacts
- list of contacts that should be notified when escalation is effective
- values is a list of contact, available from the dropdown list
- Contact groups
- list of contactgroups that should be notified when escalation is effective
- values is a list of contact groups, available from the dropdown list
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This tab is for compatibility only, it should not be used as those properties will disapear in future versions - Escalation first notification number : replacd by Escalation start
- Escalation last notification number : replaced by Escalation stop
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