Accessing Alert Console

vuSmartMaps Alert Console can be accessed by navigating from the left navigation menu (Observability > Alert Console).

Landing Page

When you open the Alert Console, you initially see a default setting, but you can choose your preferred time frame using the time picker in the top right corner.

The landing page is divided into 3 key sections.

1. All Alerts
2. Associated Alerts (Future Release)
3. Correlated Alerts (Future Release)

All Alerts

It displays a list of all the alerts that were triggered during the specified time period.

Notifications

Users receive instant notifications as events occur. You can check these notifications in the Notification bar under the Alerts section, as shown in the screenshot below.

Alerts Based on Severity

The Alert Console page provides widgets summarizing events categorized by their severity.

These widgets offer the following insights: The total count of events grouped by severities:

• Critical: Displays all the critical events. 
• Error: Displays all error events.
• Warning: Displays all warning events.
• Information: Displays all information events.

Filters

To filter the Alert Console for a specific severity, like Error, click the Error widget. To remove the filter and see all events, click on the Error widget again.

You can apply multiple filters in the Alert Console by clicking on multiple widgets. For example, to view both Error and Warning events, click on both Error and Warning widgets, and the page will filter accordingly.

List View Of All Events

Below the severity widgets on the Alert Console page, you’ll find a tabular list of events. It displays all events in a structured format, as shown in the screenshot below.

• In the event table, under the Alert ID, you’ll notice a thick colored line at the start of each row, indicating the event’s severity.
• The second column provides a summary of the event, highlighting crucial details.
• The third column gives details about the severity of the alerts.

💡 Note: The columns displayed here can be personalized based on your requirements. You can look up the instructions under Configurations.

Further Reading

1. Alert Details
2. Operations on the Alerts Listed