Managing Administrator Action Profiles

Creating an Administrator Action Profile

1. Navigate to Administration > Actions.
2. On the Manage Administrator Action Profiles page, click Create New Administrator Action Profile.
3. On the Create Administrator Action Profile page, enter a unique name for the action profile. Optionally, enter a description.
4. For each action, choose the type of notification in the Notify Using list and the address(es) of one or more recipients. This is usually yourself or someone else who is responsible for monitoring your system's performance. To enter multiple message recipients, separate the addresses with commas (jdoe@acme.com,fcheng@acme.com).
5. Select the check boxes to identify which test states should trigger notifications.
6. Specify when Traverse sends the notification by entering a value in the Notification should happen after field and selecting a time unit. Entering 0 cycles sends notifications immediately.
7. Specify when Traverse resends the notification for tests that remain in the same (trigger) state by entering a value in the If this test stays in the trigger state, repeat this action every field and selecting a time unit. Enter 0 cycles to prevents the action from repeating.
8. Select a schedule in the Schedule drop-down menu, or click Manage Schedules to create or edit a schedule. See Custom Schedules for more information.

   Note: Remember to avoid overlapping logic between the actions contained in the profile. Otherwise, a recipient may receive duplicate notifications for a single test event.

9. (Optional) Create up to four additional actions to execute for this notification.
10. Click Create Action Profile.

Updating an Administrator Action Profile

1. Navigate to Administration > Actions.
2. On the Manage Administrator Action Profiles page, find the action profile that you want to update and click Update.
3. On the Update Administrator Action Profile page, make the desired changes, and then click Update Action Profile.

Deleting an Administrator Action Profile

1. Navigate to Administration > Actions.
2. On the Manage Administrator Action Profiles page, find the action profile that you want to delete and click Delete.
3. If you are certain that you want to delete this action profile, on the Delete Administrator Action Profile page, click Delete.