| 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 | Description |  
| Message | Allows you to select the message format which will be displayed in the box. |  
| Auto | Select it to display the predefined message. |  
| Custom | Select to define your own message. To read more about defining your own messages, please go to the topic Defining custom alert messages. |  | Sound 
| The program will play a defined sound. 
| Property | Description |  
| nVision predefined sound | Select one of the predefined nVision sounds. |  
| Windows system sound | Select one of the predefined Windows sounds. |  
| Select file | Click the  icon and select the sound file to be played. |  | Speech 
| This allows alert information to be read by the computer speech synthesis engine. 
| Property | Description |  
| Message | Allows you to select the message format which will be read by the speech engine. |  
| Auto | Select it to display the predefined message. |  
| Custom | Select to define your own message. To read more about defining your own messages, please go to the topic Defining custom alert messages. |  |  Send message
 E-mail 
| An e-mail with alert information will be sent. 
| Property | Description |  
| Email to | 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. |  
| Subject | The subject of e-mail message. In the subject you can use variables described in the Defining custom alert messages topic. |  
| Message format | Allows you to select the message format which will be used to generate alert message. |  
| HTML | This is the default message format. |  
| Short text | This is text only format with short information. |  
| Long text | This is text only format with complete alert information. |  
| XML | 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. |  
| Custom | Select to define your own message. To read more about defining your own messages, please go to the topic Defining custom alert messages. |  | ICQ 
| The ICQ message with an alert information will be sent. 
| Property | Description |  
| ICQ number | The ICQ number to which the alert message will be sent. |  
| Message format | Allows you to select the message format which will be used to generate alert message. |  
| Custom | Select to define your own message. To read more about defining your own messages, please go to the topic Defining custom alert messages. |  | SMS via GSM 
| This action sends an SMS message via an attached GSM phone or modem. 
| Property | Description |  
| Phone number | The phone number to which the SMS message will be sent. It must start with a country code prefix (+1 for US). |  
| Alert message | Check if you want the message to be presented on the phone screen immediately upon arrival. |  
| Auto | This is the default message format. |  
| Custom | Select to define your own message. To read more about defining your own messages, please go to the topic Defining custom alert messages. |  | SysLog Message 
| The SysLog message will be sent to the specified SysLog server. 
| Property | Description |  
| SysLog server address | The address of the SysLog server. |  
| Syslog server port | The port on which the server operates. |  
| Message | Define your message in the edit box. To read more about defining your own messages please refer to the topic Defining custom alert messages. |  |  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 | Description |  
| Run the program | Click the  icon and select the program to be run. |  
| With parameters | Enter the parameters of the execution. You can use variables described in the Defining custom alert messages topic. |  | Run program remotely 
| With this option you can copy and run any other program remotely, for example to take some corrective action. 
| Property | Description |  
| Copy local program to a remote host and run | 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. |  
| Run remote program | Click the  button and select the remote program to be run. |  |  Other
 Write to file 
| The alert information can be written to a file. 
| Property | Description |  
| Write to file | Click the  button and select the file name where the alert message will be written. |  
| Message format | Allows you to select the message format which will be used to generate the alert message. |  
| HTML | This is the default message format. |  
| Short text | This is text only format with short information. |  
| Long text | This is text only format with complete alert information. |  
| XML | 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. |  
| Custom | 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. |  | Send SNMP Trap 
| Sends a SNMP Trap to a remote device. 
| Property | Description |  
| Host Name | DNS name or IP address of the remote device. |  
| Port | UDP port number of the remote device. |  
| Community | SNMP community name. |  
| PDU type | PDU packet header type. |  
| Agent | IP address of SNMP Agent. |  
| Trap generic | Type of SNMP Trap. |  
| Notification ID | It is required if Service type is defined as “enterpriseSpecific”. |  | Send Wake On LAN packet 
| Sends Wake On LAN packet to the remote device. 
| Property | Description |  
| Use host address | Identification is performed based on the IP and MAC addresses of the device. |  
| MAC Address | Target device address in the following notation AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF. |  
| Local Broadcast Address | Target address of the Wake On LAN packet. |  
| Port | UDP port number of the remote device. |  
| SecureOn password | SecureOn password of the remote device in hexadecimal notation, e.g. AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF. |  |  Windows
 Start/Stop Windows service 
| It controls the service on the remote Windows workstation. 
| Property | Description |  
| Windows service, which has triggered the event | Check if you want this action to be performed on the host and service for which the event is generated. |  
| Specific windows service | Select if you want the action to be executed on a specific Windows computer and for a specific service. |  
| Host | Select the host on which the action is to be executed. |  
| Service | Select the service. |  
| Action | Select the action to perform: you can start, stop, restart, pause and resume the Windows service. |  | Shutdown/restart computer 
| This action allows you to shutdown or restart the remote Windows workstation. 
| Property | Description |  
| Host, which the event has occurred on | Check if you want this action to be performed on the host for which the event is generated. |  
| Specific host | Select if you want the action to be executed on a specific Windows computer. |  
| Restart | Check to perform system restart. |  
| Shutdown | Check to perform system shutdown. |  | Add entry to Windows Event Log 
| This action allows you to write an entry to Windows Event Log of the selected host. 
| Property | Description |  
| Host, which the event has occurred on | Check if you want this action to be performed on the host for which the event is generated. |  
| Specific host | Select if you want the action to be executed on a specific Windows computer. |  
| Message type | Select a message type (Success, Error, Warning or Information). |  |  |