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Viewing the Rule List
The Rule List page displays a listing of all the rules defined for your system.
*To display the rule list
1. Navigate the following path in My webMethods:
Navigate > Applications > Administration > Analytics > Rules > Rule List
Optimize displays the Rule List page with the names of all rules defined for your system. This page contains the following buttons that enable you to work with rules:
*Create Rule - Activates the Create Rule page which enables you to create a new rule. For more information on creating rules, see Creating a Rule.
*Delete - Deletes the selected rule or rules from the system.
*Enable - Enables the selected rule or rules on the system.
*Disable - Disables the selected rule or rules on the system.
The following table describes the information that is displayed on the Rule List page.
Column
Description
Rule Name
Name specified for the rule. Click the name to display the Edit Rule page for this rule.
Type
Type of rule: KPI or Event. See Types of Rules for details.
Sticky
Yes = rule is “sticky” (stays in violation until it is manually resolved).
No = rule is not sticky.
Severity
Severity level specified for the rule. See Setting Rule Attributes for details.
Status
Current state of the rule:
Rule Violation icon Rule Violation (plus Customer Name, if specified)
Rule - No Violation icon Rule - No Violation (plus Customer Name, if specified)
SLA - No Violation icon SLA Rule - No Violation (plus Customer Name, if specified)
SLA Violation icon SLA Rule Violation (plus Customer Name, if specified)
Rule Disabled icon Rule Disabled
SLA Disabled icon SLA Rule Disabled
Enabled
Whether the rule definition is enabled:
Enabled icon Enabled (click to disable this rule)
Disabled icon Disabled (click to enable this rule)
Actions
Click to perform one of the following actions:
View Rule Instances View Rule Instances. Activates the Rule Instances page. See Viewing Rule Instances for details.
Generate Rule Violations icon Generate Rule Violations. Initiates rule back population for the corresponding rule, which generates historical rule violations. See Managing Rules from the Rule List Page for details.
Copy Rule icon Copy Rule. Makes a copy of the rule to save you time in creating a new rule.
Edit Rule. Activates the rule on the Edit Rule page.
2. Refine the rule list by searching for a keyword in the rule name, or click the Advanced tab in the Search panel to take advantage of more search criteria.
To narrow the results list by action, user alert, service-level agreement (SLA), expression, customer, rule type, or status, select one or more of the options in the Filter area of the Advanced tab in the Search panel.
The following table describes the options in the Filter area of the Advanced tab in the Search panel.
Field Name
Operator
Value
Action
Equals
SNMP Action, Event Action, or Web Service Action
User Alert
Contains
From the drop-down list, choose the users who receive alerts on the rules you want to list.
SLA
Equals
No or Yes
Expression
Contains
Type any value contained in the rule expression.
Customer
Contains
Type any value contained in the rule’s customer entry.
Rule Type
Equals
Event, KPI, or Threshold
Status
Equals
In Compliance or Out of Compliance
Note that you can also specify the search condition as either OR or AND.