You can create scheduled events for regularly recurring processes. You can also define exceptions to the rule, for example if a monitoring zone is to be disarmed every workday at 6 a.m. but not during holidays.

Creating Scheduled Events

You can create scheduled events for recurring processes.

  • The Scheduled Events perspective is displayed.
  • An appropriate operation procedure step for the event location has been defined.
  1. Select System > Scheduled Events.
  1. Right-click scheduled events and select New > Scheduled Event.
  1. Enter a name.
  1. Click Finish.
  1. Click the scheduled event to open it in the Scheduled Event.
  1. To schedule a single occurrence, complete the following steps:
  • Click and select a start date.
  • Select a time.
  1. To schedule multiple occurrences, complete the following steps:
  • Mark Every and select the weekdays on which the scheduled event is to be performed.
  • In the Start field, click and select a start date.
  • Select a time.
  • In the End field, click and select an end date.
  1. To define an exception, complete the following steps:
  • Click Add in the Except for the following periods field.
  • Select a calendar.
  • To add another calendar, repeat the previous two steps.
  • Click Finish.
  1. Define the event details. You have the following options:
  • Select an event location
  • Select a keyword.
  • Select a subkeyword.
  • Select an escalation level.
  • Enter a comment.
  • Select an OPS. The OPS defined for the keyword are displayed automatically.
  1. To deactivate a scheduled event temporarily, keep the default settings in the Suspend (dont start automatically) check box. Otherwise, unmark the check box.
  1. Click Save.

Editing Scheduled Events

You can make the following changes to a scheduled event:

Editing Names of Scheduled Events

  • The Scheduled Events perspective is displayed.
  1. Under System > Scheduled Events, select the scheduled event you want to edit.
  1. In the Object Properties view, click the Instance Name value.
  1. Enter your change.
  1. Press Enter.

Editing Event Details of Scheduled Events

  • The Scheduled Events perspective is displayed.
  1. Under System > Scheduled Events, select the scheduled event you want to edit.
  1. In the Object Properties view, select the value you want to edit under Miscellaneous.
  1. Select your change.
  1. Click Finish.

Making Arbitrary Changes to Scheduled Events

  • The Scheduled Events perspective is displayed.
  • The event is displayed in the Scheduled Events view.
  1. Enter your changes as if you were creating a new scheduled event.
  1. Click Finish.

Deleting Scheduled Events

  • The Scheduled Events perspective is displayed.
  1. Under System > Scheduled Events, right-click the scheduled event you want to delete and select Delete Object(s) from Database.
  1. Click Yes.