Logging and notifications

Relevant for AppViz administrators

This topic describes how to manage AppViz activity logs and notification settings.

In this topic:

View all activity logs

AppViz provides the ability to view all the activities related to applications and network objects in one place, enabling you to see the different impacts of a single action. The extensive options for filtering the logs enable you to search for the activities you want to view. In addition to tracking current applications and network objects, the logs also document the history of deleted objects and decommissioned applications.

To view activity logs:

1. In the toolbar, click your username.

   A drop-down list appears.

2. In the drop-down list, select Administration.

3. Click the Activity Logs tab.

   The Activity Logs tab appears, displaying every activity log for every application and every network object.

   

   Column	Description
   Log Type	The activity log's type: Application or Object.
   Name	The name of the application or network object.
   Category	The activity's category: Flow, Information, Status, System or Object Content.
   Description	Description of the activity.
   User Name	Name of user who performed the activity.
   Time	Date and Time the activity occurred.

4. To filter the logs by type, select the desired type in the Log Type drop-down menu.
5. To filter the logs by category, time, or a textual search, or to export the logs to a CSV file, see Application activity log.

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Customize email notifications

If desired, you can specify which application events should trigger sending an email notification to your user. You can specify custom email settings for specific applications or for all applications you have permissions for.

To set custom email notification options:

1. In the toolbar, click your username.

   A drop-down list appears.

2. In the drop-down list, select Notifications Settings.

   The Notifications settings page appears in the workspace.

   

3. Do one of the following:
   • To use the default email settings configured by the AppViz administrator, select Default notification settings.
   • To configure custom notification settings for your user, do the following:
     1. Select User defined notification settings.
     2. In the Application Events area, select the check boxes for the events for which you want to receive email notifications.
     3. To only receive notifications for specific applications (and not every application you have permissions for), do the following in the Applications area:
        1. Clear the Notify for all view permitted applications check box.
        2. To not automatically receive notifications for new applications, clear the Auto new application notify check box.
        3. Click +Add Applications and select the desired applications. For details, see Use the Add Applications wizard.
4. Click Save Changes.

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Manage general email settings

AppViz allows you to define default email notification settings for all users and applications. The general email settings can be overridden by user-specific notification settings. For details, see Customize email notifications.

To manage general email settings:

1. In the toolbar, click your username.

   A drop-down list appears.

2. In the drop-down list, select Administration.

   The Administration page appears in the workspace.

   

3. In the Settings and Permissions area, next to Manage general email settings, click Manage.

   The General Email Settings page appears.

   

4. Complete the fields as needed. For details, see Email settings fields.
5. Click Save Changes.

Email settings fields

In this Field...	Do this...
Application Events	Select the events that should trigger email notifications.
Applications Expiration	Use this area to set when email notifications should be triggered for applications about to expiry.
First notification before expiration date: n days	To set how many days before expiration the first email notification should be sent, select this check box and type the number of days int he field. Notifications are via email and GUI.
Send additional notifications every n days	To set the period for additional email notifications, select this check box and type the number of days. Notifications are via email and GUI.
Alert on day of expiration	Select this check box to create an activity log alert on the day of expiration. No email or GUI notification on day of expiration.
Email Settings	Use this area to customize the email notifications that are sent.
Sender:	Type the sending email address.
Subject Prefix	Type the prefix of the email subject.
Greeting	Type the email greeting.
Signature	Type the email signature.
AppViz URL:	In the box, type the IP address or host name to complete the URL.

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