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Alerts are fully customizable using ipMonitor Tokens:
- When an Alert is executed, Tokens are replaced with dynamic content.
- The detailed Token List and convenient Token Selector make it easy to quickly build dynamic Alert strings when configuring your Alert.
Insert the following Tokens into your Alerts to obtain detailed date and time information.
| Date, Time and Formatting Tokens | ||
|---|---|---|
| Token Name | Description | Sample Return Value |
| %date% | Date (yy-mm-dd) | 04-03-02 |
| %dday% | Day (dd) | 17 |
| %mmon% | Month (mm) | 07 |
| %monthtext% | Month (full text) | January |
| %monthtext3% | Month (three letters) | Jan |
| %week% | Week in current month (one digit) | 1 |
| %weekday% | Weekday (one digit, Sunday = 0) | 4 |
| %weekdaytext% | Weekday (full text) | Friday |
| %weekdaytext3% | Weekday (three letters) | Fri |
| %year% | Year (yyyy) | 2004 |
| %yyear% | Year (yy) | 04 |
| %time% | Time (hh:mm::ss) based on 24-hour clock | 20:25:28 |
| %rfc822date% | Date/time in email format | Tue, 02 Mar 2004 20:25:28 -0500 |
| %% | Percent | % |
Insert the following Tokens into your Alerts to obtain Monitor-specific information, such as Monitor Name, Type, Duration of Monitor failure, etc.
| Monitor Tokens | ||
|---|---|---|
| Token Name | Description | Sample Return Value |
| %monitorid% | Monitor ID | 589478484027 |
| %monitorname% | Monitor Name | HTTP - Website |
| %monitortype% | Monitor Type | ado |
| %monitoravail% | Monitor available time (%) | 99.95 |
| %monitorcoverage% | Monitor coverage time (secs) | 174697 |
| %monitorfailures% | Monitor Failures | 0 |
| %monitorcriticals% | Monitor Failures - Critical | 0 |
| %monitorcritstoalert% | Critical Alert | 3 |
| %monitorstatus% | Last Monitor Status | could not obtain an IP address for the device; |
| %monitorlastrun% | Date / Time Monitor Last Run | Sun, 21 Dec 2003 17:29:10 -500 |
| %monitordowndate% | Date / Time Monitor Reported Failure | Sun, 21 Dec 2003 17:29:10 -500 |
| %monitormaxtest% | Maximum Test Duration (secs) | 300 |
| %monitoralertmax% | Maximum Alerts to Send | 3 |
| %monitoralertno% | Alert Number | 2 |
| %monitoralertssent% | Number of Alerts Sent | 1 |
| %monitordownlength% | Duration of Monitor Failure | 0.80 minutes |
| %monitoruplength% | Total Monitor Up Time | 2 days, 2 hours, 2.70 min |
| %monitorstate% | Current Monitor State (text) | down |
| %monitorstatenum% | Current Monitor State (number) | 1 |
| %monitortestup% | Delay Between Tests While Up (secs) | 300 |
| %monitortestwarn% | Delay Between Tests While Warn (secs) | 300 |
| %monitortestdown% | Delay Between Tests While Down (secs) | 300 |
| %monitortestlost% | Delay Between Tests While Lost (secs) | 300 |
| %monitor[addr]% %monitor[port]% %monitor[target]% %monitor[info/logfile]% |
Monitor Configuration Data from the |
10.25.0.10 53 INTRANETSRV Security |
| %monitortag[...]% | Value of Tag Name Specified | Brian Smith, cell: 555-9876 |
Insert the following Tokens into your Alerts to obtain Alert-specific information, such as Profile and Alert Name, information found in custom Tags, etc.
| Alert and Profile Tokens | ||
|---|---|---|
| Token Name | Description | Sample Return Value |
| %profilename% | Alert is a Member of this Profile | Night Crew |
| %alertname% | Alert Name | Internal Helpdesk - Simple Email |
| %alert[sendmail/emailto]% %alert[emailfrom]% |
Alert Configuration Data from the |
admin@xyzcompany.com ipm7@xyzcompany.com |
| %alerttag[...]% | Value of Tag Name Specified | http://intranet. xyzcompany.com/ recovery.aspx |
Insert the following Tokens into your Alerts to obtain system-specific information, such as the ipMonitor Server Name, CPU utilization by the ipMonitor process, available drive space, etc.
| System Tokens | ||
|---|---|---|
| Token Name | Description | Sample Return Value |
| %instancename% | ipMonitor Server Name | ipMonitor Server [PRIMARY] |
| %processcpu% | ipMonitor CPU Utilization | 56.78 seconds |
| %processuptime% | ipMonitor Uptime | 3.81 hours |
| %processavg% | ipMonitor CPU Load | 0.40% |
| %sysmemavail% | Physical Memory Available | 359.83 MB |
| %sysswapavail% | Commit Memory Available | 535.78 MB |
| %ipmdriveavail% | ipMonitor Drive-Space Available | 26.15 GB |
%monitor[...]% may contain other values in the
%monitortag[...]% will display the value of a custom Tag for the specific Monitor. The Name of the Tag is entered within the square brackets [ ].
%alert[...]% may contain other values in the
%alerttag[...]% will display the value of a custom Tag for the specific Alert. The Name of the Tag is entered within the square brackets [ ].
The Content Generator has access to %monitor[...]% and %monitortag[...]%, but does not have access to %alert[...]% or %alerttag[...]%.
For information on other features and concepts related to those discussed in this article, refer to the following ipMonitor resources:
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