Change Properties Wizard

General information

The Change Properties wizard is used for changing properties of several checks or alerts at a time.

Invocation

This wizard can be invoked by using tab Wizards at Network Eagle Bar or by using Wizards menu in the main application menu.

The way it works

• Example 1:

  Suppose you need to set the Timeout property to 30 seconds in all Ping checks.

  • Start the wizard.
  • Leave the value of the Change properties combo box set to CHECK's.
  • Select the Ping type of checks.
  • Click the Next button.
  • If you do not want to change the timeout of some checks in the hierarchic tree, uncheck the corresponding items.
  • Click the Next button.
  • Select the Timeout property from the list and click the "Change…" button.
  • Specify the new value of 30 in the "Change Property Timeout" dialog window.
  • Click the Finish button.
  The task is done.
   
• Example 2:

  Suppose you need to set the value of the MailTo property to admin@domain.com in all E-Mail alerts.

  • Start the wizard.
  • Set the value of the Change properties combo box to ALERT's.
  • Select all types of checks by clicking the Check All Items button at the top of the list with check types.
  • Select the E-Mail type of alerts.
  • Click the Next button.
  • Select alerts should be changed in the hierarchic tree.
  • Click the Next button.
  • Select the MailTo property from the list and click the Change… button.
  • Specify the new value admin@domain.com in the Change Property MailTo dialog window.
  • Click the Finish button.
  The task is done.

Description

• Step 1:

  At this step you should decide if you want to change properties of either checks or alerts and select the necessary types of checks and/or alerts. If you want to change the properties of alerts and select the Ping type of checks and the E-Mail type of alerts, it will result in displaying all E-Mail alerts from checks of the Ping type, while E-Mail alerts from other types of checks will not be displayed.
  
  Control elements:

  • Change Properties - use this combobox to select the properties of checks or alerts you want to change.
  • Check All Items - select all checks/alerts in the corresponding list.
  • Uncheck All Items - clear the selection of all checks/alerts in the corresponding list.
  • Invert Items Check State - invert the selection in the corresponding list.
   
• Step 2:

  At this step checks/alerts of those types that you specified at step 1 are displayed. Now you can select more specifically the properties of which checks/alerts you want to change.
  
  Control elements:

  • Check All Items - select all checks/alerts in the tree.
  • Uncheck All Items - clear the selection of all checks/alerts in the tree.
  • Invert Items Check State - invert the selection in the tree.
   
• Step 3:

  At this step you can change the properties of the selected checks/alerts. In the list you can see the properties of all checks/alerts of the selected type or all common properties if you have selected several or all types of checks/alerts. To change some property, click the Change... button and enter the new value of this property in the new window. Click the OK button to close the window.

  After you change all the properties you want to be changed, click the Finish button to close the wizard.
  
  Control elements:

  • Changes - when you press this button, you open the window where you can enter the new value of the selected property.
  • Undo - undo changing the selected property. If the property has not been changed, this button is disabled.
  
  

  Note 1: Properties having different values in different checks/alerts are marked with gray color. Properties changed in this wizard are marked with blue color.

See Also

Using Network Eagle, Wizards