Adding an Option to the Event Menu

Users with the appropriate permissions can add new actions to the event menu that appears when users right-click an event or events in any event table. There are three types of actions that can be configured for the event menu:

NOTE:Some JavaScript action plug-ins require a correlated event or incident as input. Actions configured from these plug-ins are excluded from the Event Menu Configuration list. This Action Plugin property is defined by the developer.

To add a command to the right-click menu:

  1. Click the Admin tab.

  2. In the Admin Navigator, click Admin > Event Menu Configuration.

  3. Click Add. The Event Menu Configuration window opens.

  4. Specify a name and description.

    To place the command in a folder, provide folder name/command name in the Name field.

  5. Select an action from the drop-down menu or click Add Action to configure a new JavaScript action. The available settings vary based on which action is chosen:

    Option

    Description

    Use browser

    Displays the output of your command by using the defaults configured for the Web browser, based on the file type. This is only available with the Execute Command action.

    File Type

    If you selected the Execute Command Action, if your browser settings are set up to use the default browser, and if you selected the Use the following commands option to launch a browser, you have the option of setting the file type for the output of this command (such as .pdf). This is only available with the Execute Command action if Use browser is selected.

    Command/URL

    The script or URL that the browser should open or the script or application name to invoke. This is only available with the Execute Command and Launch Web Browser actions.

    Parameters

    Parameters to represent information from the selected event must be enclosed by percent signs (for example, %InitIP%). For a list of available tags you can use when specifying parameters, click Help in the Event Menu Configuration dialog box or see Sentinel 6.1 Rapid Deployment Event Fields in the Sentinel 6.1 Rapid Deployment Reference Guide.

    This option is only available if your menu configuration browser settings are set to Use Default Browser. For more information, see Editing Your Event Menu Browser Settings.

    NOTE:The script or application for Execute Command must be located in <install_directory>/config/exec.

  6. Click OK. The new option is added to the list of menu items when users right-click an event or events.

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