Edit Action Overrides
This window lets you override the default content contained in an
alarm action message. For example, if you are creating an email action, you can customize the information contained in the email
subject line and body. If you are creating a syslog or trap notification action, you can specify
certain information that you want contained in the syslog or trap message.
The default message content that displays in the window is defined in the Alarm Action Defaults options (Administration > Options > Alarm > Alarm Action Defaults). Any overrides of the default content that you make here will only affect the specific alarm action that you are editing.
The message content is configured as a template, with the content passed directly as typed, except for the variable information which is specified by $keyword. The variable information ($keyword) is replaced with information from the alarm when the alarm action is executed. See below for a list of available keywords, along with their definitions.
The Custom Arguments field is used to specify the arguments passed to a program. Each argument is delimited by spaces. An argument can be a literal, passed to the program exactly as typed, or a variable, specified as $keyword. A group of literals and variables can be combined into a single argument by using double quotes. The value "all" is a special value that tells ExtremeCloud IQ Site Engine to pass all variable values to the program as individual arguments.
To access this window, select the Override Content checkbox in the Actions subtab in the Create/Edit Alarm Definition window.
Keyword Definitions
There are certain $keywords that you can use as variables in your alarm action messages. These $keywords are replaced with information from the alarm when the alarm action is executed. Following is a list of available $keywords, along with the value the $keyword will return.
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