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Defining event groups
An event group is a container for inbound events that enables you to group events without the additional work of creating a new monitoring context. Event groups are purely a visual construct and are not represented in the monitor model.
To define an event group:
Procedure
- Click the Monitor Details Model tab of the editor, right-click the monitoring context (or any element of the monitoring context) in the model tree, and click New > Event Group.
- In the Create New Event Group window, type a name into the Name field. Select the initial events to include in the event group. (Inbound events that are already included in another event group are not shown.) After you have finished selecting events, click OK.
The event group is added to the monitoring context, and the form editor opens so that you can define the event group.
- If this event group was generated from a Process Server application, an Application element field shows the display name of the event source that is linked to this event group. If any of the elements in the event group were generated from templates, the templates are shown in the table. Open a template to see the managed elements.
For example, if you open a Start Time template, you see a Start Time metric and inbound events for each event that can create a monitoring context. If more than one event source is associated with this event group, you can select an application element from the list to see the associated templates and elements.
To remove the association between the event group and the application, click Remove.
Important: Removing the association also removes all associations with application elements from all descendant monitor model elements.
You can then edit the fields that are currently read-only because they are managed by the application, but you will no longer be able to synchronize the monitor model with the application.
To add more templates, click Add in the table and select the templates to add. Associated elements will be added to the event group if they are events, and to the parent monitoring context otherwise.
What to do next
In the form editor, you can update the name and description of the event group, and can add events to the group or remove events from the group. Events are shown in the list as checked if they are in the event group and as unchecked if they are not associated with any group.