Configure the Event Browser

Click Browser Options in the Event Browser.

1. On the Columns tab, select the columns to display in the Event Browser and click the add button to include them in the Display these columns box.

   For a description of the available columns, see Columns.

2. Select from the Display these columns box any columns that you do not want to display and click the remove button.

3. Select column names and rearrange their display positions by use of the and buttons.

   The first column item in the list is displayed as the first column in the Event Browser. Subsequent column items are placed progressively to the right in the order of their appearance in the Display these columns list.

   Alternatively, to select the default columns for display in the Event Browser, click Reset to defaults.

4. On the Other tab, configure any of the following additional options:

   • Play sound notification for new events. Enables sound notification for new events.

   • Compact view for events: Minimize height of rows and smaller font size. Enables the compact view for events displayed in the Event Browser. The height of rows is minimized and the text size is decreased. Use this option if you want more events to be displayed at once.

   • Include child CIs in CI filter. Enables filtering events by the selected CI and any of its child CIs.

   • Show selection check boxes. Adds a check box next to each event that enables selecting and clearing the selection of multiple blocks of events. Selection check boxes also enable the following functionality:

     • Hold down the Shift key while clicking the right mouse button to extend the last action (select or clear check box) from the last clicked event to the current clicked event. For example, if you select or clear a check box and hold down the Shift key while selecting or clearing another event, all events in between will be selected or cleared.

     • Click the check box in the event browser columns header to select or clear all check boxes. If there is a partial selection and you clear the header check box, all check boxes will be cleared.

     • Click an event row (not the check box) to clear other selections and select this event only.

   • Color event background in accordance with the event's severity. Applies a colored event background that represents the severity of the event in the Event Browser. Event background coloring includes the following options:

     • All events. All events displayed in the Event Browser are colored in accordance with the severity of the event.

     • Only events assigned to current user. Events assigned to the active user are colored in accordance with the severity of the event. All other events are identified with the default light background.

     • Only unassigned events. Events not assigned to the current user are colored in accordance with the severity of the event. Events assigned to the active user are identified with a light pink colored background. Events assigned to any other users are identified with a light yellow colored background.

   Note The event browser option Compact view for events is not available for configuration by administrators because it is a user-specific setting.

5. Click OK.