### Alert Management

The Alert Management page lists current TSAM alerts. It allows you to "Add", "Edit" and "Delete" TSAM alerts. Table 1-30 lists the Alert Management page properties.

Table 1-30 Alert Management Page
Name | Description
Name | Alert name. Must be given when this alert is created.
Type | Alert type. TSAM supports four alert types: "Application", "Service", "System" and "Transaction" which correspond to the four performance monitoring categories.
Description | Alert description.
Add | Add a new alert
Edit | Edit a selected alert
Delete | Delete selected alert(s)

#### Alert Definition

The Alert Definition page appears when you click the "Add" or "Edit" button.

Note: | "Edit" displays the settings of the selected alert. The name and type cannot be changed.

Table 1-31 lists the Alert Definition page properties.

Table 1-31 Alert Definition Page
Name | Description
Alert Name | Name of the alert. Must be given in order to create an alert
Alert Type | The type of alert to be created. Four types are supported: Call Path: For application monitoring related alerts Service: For service monitoring related alerts System: For system server monitoring related alerts Transaction: For transaction monitoring related alerts
Alert Definition | Defines the items that generate an event. They are alert-type specific. Application Type: Elapse time. The time elapsed since this request monitored. The event will be generated once the time threshold is reached. The unit is second. IPC Queue Length. The request IPC queue length on the call path tree of this monitored request. It is an integer threshold and events will be generated if any request queue length exceeds the defined value. Execution Error. It is a boolean threshold that events will be generated when Tuxedo service execution encounters error Service Type Execution time. The elapsed execution time for a service. The event will be generated once the time threshold is reached. The unit is second. IPC Queue Length. The request IPC queue length monitored application service. It is an integer threshold and events will be generated if the queue length exceeds the defined value. Execution Error. It is a boolean threshold that events will be generated when Tuxedo service execution encounters error System Type Network Link Lost. An event will be generated when a network link was lost Transaction Type Transaction Call Failure. A Transaction call failure will result an event generation
Severity | Four security levels can be selected: Information Warn Critical Fatal
Action | The action defines which action need to be performed when the evaluation is true if the alert. Current only Tuxedo Event is supported. When Tuxedo Event is selected, Tuxedo Event Name and Tuxedo Event Message must be supplied.
Description | A description string for this alert

#### See Also

- Event Query