Filter Rules

This property defines a list of event categories that will be shown when this filter is active.

Field Description

Field Name

Description. Textual description of event category.

description

Context Mask. Contexts to be monitored for this event. More about this in the Context Masks section.

mask

Event Name. Name of event to monitor. This field may be set to "*" (All Events) to enable monitoring of all non-system events.

event

Enabled. When this flag is disabled, the category is inactive and events specified by it are not shown. This is the same as "deleting" the category, but you're not actually deleting it (so you can still use it for reference or quickly re-enable it).

enabled

Level. Events with a level lower than what's set in this field will not be shown.

level

Parameterized. Indicates that the filter rule is parameterized, i.e. Parameterized Source Data field should be used to build a Filter Expression during filter activation based on a number of operator-specified parameters. See Parameterized Filters for details.

parameterized

Filter Expression. An Iotellect Expression used to filter out events even more granularly. Used when Parameterized flag is disabled for this rule. See Filter Expressions for details.

expression

Parameterizer Source Data. Used when Parameterized flag is enabled for this rule. See Parameterized Filters for details.

parameterized

Highlighting Color. The color used to highlight events of this category in the event log. The color for any particular event may be overridden by Custom Highlighting settings.

color

Important: Once you edit this property, save and then reload your filter. Doing so will update the Additional Visible Fields property according to the event types you selected here, and this is important.

These may be accessed via the rules variable.

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