Here are the possible states:

IconNameDescription
OKno problem
Warningthe element is running but in a degraded mode
Criticalnot running
Unknownno information is available

 

Here are the possible contexts:

IconNameDescription
FLAPPING

The state is changing very often (by default, checks
are made every five minutes,

so it means that the X last checks results were different)

DOWNTIMEThe element has been flagged by a Shinken Enterprise
user as “under maintenance
ACKNOWLEDGEDThe problem has been taken into consideration by a
Shinken Enterprise user

PARTIAL

ACKNOWLEDGED

The problem has been taken partially into consideration
by a Shinken Enterprise user

If you you select a host (not a cluster or a check), number of checks in each status will be displayed

 

When multiple contexts are matching:

Here are the rules when more than one context is matching an element:

MixedResult contextReason
&

The element is under maintenance, so it can be normal it goes up and down regualry.

& The element is under maintenance, so manual acknoledged do not add new information, admins are already working on it.
&

The problem is flapping and someone try to acknoledged it, but it will go up in few minutes (as it's flapping).

And so the acknoledged will be removed, and then it will go down again. So flapping is really the important information here.

& &

The element is under maintenance, so like the previous cases, that's the most important information.