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 This topic describes defining properties of different action types. 
  Desktop notification 
Desktop alert 
A small information box will show at the defined position. This box does not steal the focus and it does not disturb you in your current task. 
Property 
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Description 
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Message 
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Allows you to select the message format which will be displayed in the box. 
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Auto 
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Select it to display the predefined message. 
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Custom 
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Select to define your own message. To read more about defining your own messages, please go to the topic Defining custom alert messages. 
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Sound 
The program will play a defined sound. 
Property 
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Description 
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nVision predefined sound 
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Select one of the predefined nVision sounds. 
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Windows system sound 
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Select one of the predefined Windows sounds. 
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Select file 
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Click the   icon and select the sound file to be played. 
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Speech 
This allows alert information to be read by the computer speech synthesis engine. 
Property 
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Description 
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Message 
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Allows you to select the message format which will be read by the speech engine. 
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Auto 
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Select it to display the predefined message. 
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Custom 
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Select to define your own message. To read more about defining your own messages, please go to the topic Defining custom alert messages. 
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  Send message 
E-mail 
An e-mail with alert information will be sent. 
Property 
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Description 
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Email to 
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The e-mail address to which the alert message will be sent. You can enter several e-mail addresses dividing them by commas, semicolons or spaces. 
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Subject 
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The subject of e-mail message. In the subject you can use variables described in the Defining custom alert messages topic. 
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Message format 
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Allows you to select the message format which will be used to generate alert message. 
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HTML 
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This is the default message format. 
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Short text 
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This is text only format with short information. 
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Long text 
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This is text only format with complete alert information. 
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XML 
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This is the alert information in XML format. You can use this if you would like to build your own external alert actions. Your program may receive e-mails with XML information, interpret them and do some additional tasks. 
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Custom 
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Select to define your own message. To read more about defining your own messages, please go to the topic Defining custom alert messages. 
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ICQ 
The ICQ message with an alert information will be sent. 
Property 
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Description 
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ICQ number 
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The ICQ number to which the alert message will be sent. 
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Message format 
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Allows you to select the message format which will be used to generate alert message. 
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Custom 
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Select to define your own message. To read more about defining your own messages, please go to the topic Defining custom alert messages. 
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SMS via GSM 
This action sends an SMS message via an attached GSM phone or modem. 
Property 
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Description 
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Phone number 
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The phone number to which the SMS message will be sent. It must start with a country code prefix (+1 for US). 
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Alert message 
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Check if you want the message to be presented on the phone screen immediately upon arrival. 
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Auto 
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This is the default message format. 
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Custom 
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Select to define your own message. To read more about defining your own messages, please go to the topic Defining custom alert messages. 
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SysLog Message 
The SysLog message will be sent to the specified SysLog server. 
Property 
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Description 
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SysLog server address 
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The address of the SysLog server. 
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Syslog server port 
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The port on which the server operates. 
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Message 
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Define your message in the edit box. To read more about defining your own messages please refer to the topic Defining custom alert messages. 
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  Program or script 
Run program locally 
With this option you can run any program on the local machine, for example to take some corrective action. 
Property 
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Description 
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Run the program 
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Click the   icon and select the program to be run. 
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With parameters 
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Enter the parameters of the execution. You can use variables described in the Defining custom alert messages topic. 
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Run program remotely 
With this option you can copy and run any other program remotely, for example to take some corrective action. 
Property 
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Description 
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Copy local program to a remote host and run 
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Selecting this option causes both actions: copying and running a program. 
Click the   button and select the source file of the local program to be run. Then, select the destination directory on the remote host. 
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Run remote program 
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Click the   button and select the remote program to be run. 
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  Other 
Write to file 
The alert information can be written to a file. 
Property 
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Description 
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Write to file 
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Click the   button and select the file name where the alert message will be written. 
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Message format 
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Allows you to select the message format which will be used to generate the alert message. 
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HTML 
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This is the default message format. 
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Short text 
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This is text only format with short information. 
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Long text 
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This is text only format with complete alert information. 
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XML 
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This is the alert information in XML format. You can use this if you would like to build your own external alert actions. Your program may receive e-mails with XML information, interpret them and do some additional tasks. 
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Custom 
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Select to define your own message in the edit box. To read more about defining your own messages, please go to the topic Defining custom alert messages. 
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Send SNMP Trap 
Sends a SNMP Trap to a remote device. 
Property 
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Description 
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Host Name 
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DNS name or IP address of the remote device. 
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Port 
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UDP port number of the remote device. 
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Community 
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SNMP community name. 
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PDU type 
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PDU packet header type. 
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Agent 
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IP address of SNMP Agent. 
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Trap generic 
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Type of SNMP Trap. 
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Notification ID 
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It is required if Service type is defined as “enterpriseSpecific”. 
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Send Wake On LAN packet 
Sends Wake On LAN packet to the remote device. 
Property 
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Description 
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Use host address 
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Identification is performed based on the IP and MAC addresses of the device. 
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MAC Address 
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Target device address in the following notation AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF. 
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Local Broadcast Address 
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Target address of the Wake On LAN packet. 
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Port 
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UDP port number of the remote device. 
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SecureOn password 
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SecureOn password of the remote device in hexadecimal notation, e.g. AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF. 
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  Windows 
Start/Stop Windows service 
It controls the service on the remote Windows workstation. 
Property 
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Description 
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Windows service, which has triggered the event 
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Check if you want this action to be performed on the host and service for which the event is generated. 
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Specific windows service 
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Select if you want the action to be executed on a specific Windows computer and for a specific service. 
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Host 
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Select the host on which the action is to be executed. 
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Service 
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Select the service. 
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Action 
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Select the action to perform: you can start, stop, restart, pause and resume the Windows service. 
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Shutdown/restart computer 
This action allows you to shutdown or restart the remote Windows workstation. 
Property 
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Description 
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Host, which the event has occurred on 
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Check if you want this action to be performed on the host for which the event is generated. 
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Specific host 
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Select if you want the action to be executed on a specific Windows computer. 
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Restart 
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Check to perform system restart. 
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Shutdown 
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Check to perform system shutdown. 
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Add entry to Windows Event Log 
This action allows you to write an entry to Windows Event Log of the selected host. 
Property 
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Description 
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Host, which the event has occurred on 
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Check if you want this action to be performed on the host for which the event is generated. 
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Specific host 
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Select if you want the action to be executed on a specific Windows computer. 
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Message type 
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Select a message type (Success, Error, Warning or Information). 
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