Creating a Global Filter

  1. Click the Admin tab.

  2. Click Admin > Global Filter Configuration or select Global Filter Configuration in the navigation tree.

  3. In the Global Configuration window, click Add.

  4. In the new blank row, click the Filter Name column.

  5. In the Filter Selection window, highlight a relevant filter and click Select, or click Add if you need to create a filter.

  6. In the Active column, select the checkbox to associate the filter with the options specified in the Route and Action columns.

    NOTE:If the Active checkbox is not selected, the options sepecified in the Default Route and Default Action will be associated to the filter. If the Default Action is set to None, then no action will be associated to the filter.

  7. In the Route column, select the routing action that the global filter will have on events that pass this global filter.

    If an event does not meet any of the active global filters, the default action determines how the event is handled.

    The following are the options available in the Route drop-down list:

    • drop: Events are dropped and are not sent to Sentinel Control Center or the Sentinel Server database.

    • database: Events are sent directly to the Sentinel Server database and not sent to the Sentinel Control Center.

    • database and gui: Events are sent to the Sentinel Control Center and the Sentinel Server database.

    • gui only: Events are sent to the Sentinel Control Center.

  8. Continue adding filters until you have completed adding all the required filters.

  9. In the Action column, select the action that needs to be performed once the filter criteria are met.

    NOTE:To create new actions for the filter, click Action Manager or from the menu bar click Tools > Action > Manager. For more information on creating actions, see Actions.

    You can associate single or multiple actions to a filter. By default, the Action and Default > Action are set to None. Global Filters execute only JavaScript actions. Actions that are associated with global filters cannot be deleted from the Action Manager.

  10. Continue adding filters until you have completed adding all the required filters.

  11. Click Save.

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