Actions Pane
The Actions pane is displayed on the right side of the SQL Sentry Client by default. The Actions pane is used to configure Actions in response to Conditions being met, as part of the SQL Sentry Alerting and Response System.
Actions can be defined in response to certain Conditions being met within your environment. You can choose from a variety of Actions, depending on which Condition is being responded to.
All Actions work on the principle of inheritance. This means that if you configure an Action in response to a Condition being met at the Global level (Shared Groups), it will be automatically passed down to all applicable objects below it. This allows you to define Global Actions for the most common issues across your environment once, and have those passed down to every monitored server automatically. You can further refine Actions at each level as needed. For a visual representation of how inheritance works within SQL Sentry see the Alerting and Response System Hierarchy diagram.
Each Action that you configure in your environment will have an associated behavior. The behavior controls how the Action will be carried out relative to any inherited Actions. There are three Action behaviors available: Override Inherited Actions, Combine with Inherited Actions, and Disabled. For a complete explanation and example usage scenario for each behavior see the Action Behavior section topic.
View
The Actions pane is displayed on the right side of the screen by default. If you do not see the Actions pane, use the View menu. (View -> General Actions/Failsafe Actions/Audit Actions)
Each Condition type has an associated Actions tab where Actions can be configured in response to Conditions being met.
The Actions pane sections:
Inherited - This section displays the configured Actions that are being inherited by the currently selected object.
- Configured Actions in the Inherited Section have a Status column which indicates if they apply to the currently selected object.
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Configured Actions with a Status of Enabled have Green text.
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Configured Actions with a Status of Disabled are grayed out.
Explicit - This section displays the configured Actions that are explicitly set at the current object level.
- An Action that is Explicitly disabled will have Red text.
- Configured Actions with a Status of Enabled have Green text.