6.8  Modifying Settings

The web interface settings enable you to control how the WEBES Director functions and modify the web interface to suit your preferences. To access the settings, click the settings button in the toolbar. This updates the web interface, replacing the normal navigation bar with the User Settings navigation bar. The display frame is updated to show the User Settings screen.

You can modify both User and Director settings.

6.8.1  User Settings

The user settings are used to modify the web interface, configure filtering information and determine what translation information is displayed. To access the User settings, click the Settings button in the toolbar and then select the User Settings tab.

Figure 6–31 User Settings

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Use the tabs located at the left side of the screen to navigate the User settings (Figure 6–31).

Figure 6–32 User Settings Navigation
Option
Description
Settings
Displays the web interface general configuration options. See Section 6.8.1.1 for more information.
Filters
Opens the Filter Preferences screen which is used to define filter templates and set a default filter. See Section 6.8.1.2 for more information.
Event Columns
Specifies the translation information you want to view. See Section 6.8.1.3 for more details.
Exit Settings
Closes the settings screen.

6.8.1.1  General Options

The general options screen is shown in Figure 6–31.The General User Settings screen presents the following options:

Table 6–6 General User Settings Options
Option
Description
Save File Lists in Other Logs
Select this option if you want the navigation tree to save a record of all the log files listed under Other Logs when you log off SEA. If this option is selected, the log files will remain in the navigation tree until you manually remove them. If this option is not selected, the Other Logs section of the tree will be empty when you log on.
Use Categories With Other Logs
Select this option to use categories with log files. See Section 6.4.3 for more on categories.
Put Event Details In A New Window
Opens a new browser window for the details of a problem report or event selected from the list of entries. The list of entries will remain open in the original window.
Manually Translate Files Only (Skip Manual Analysis)
Prevents SEA from performing manual analysis for log files. This affects the output when you select an entry from the Other Logs area and when you perform manual analysis on the system event log.
Event Reporting Level
Specifies the default level of reporting for translated events. The available report types are brief and full. See Section 7.2.3 for more information on report types.
Tree Selected Color
Enables you to specify the color used to highlight selected entries in the navigation tree.
Entries per screen
Specifies the number of entries displayed at one time on the output tabs. See Section 6.5.3 for more information.
Log Off Time
By default, SEA logs your profile off ten minutes after you close your connection with the Director. You can change the amount of time by entering a new value in the text box. All values are in minutes. See Section 6.10 for more information on logging off. (Setting the Log Off time to zero is not recommended. See Section 6.10 for more details.)

Click the Update button to save your changes to the settings.

6.8.1.2  Filters

Filtering is used to reduce the number of events processed when you perform translation or create a new log file. With large log files, using only a subset of the events can improve processing time and enhance output by displaying only the most pertinent information.

Within the web interface, filtering is performed using templates. Templates contain pre-defined filtering functions that can be applied to SEA functions.

The Filtering Preferences screen allows you to create new filter templates, modify existing filter templates, or select default filtering options. To access the Filtering Preferences screen, click the Filters button in the User Settings navigation bar.

Figure 6–33 Filter Preferences

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Creating and Modifying Filter Templates

To modify a filter template or create a new filter, use the following procedure:

  1. Select the filter you want to modify from the drop-down list in the Filter Templates bar.
If you want to create a new filter from scratch, you do not need to select an existing template.
  1. Click the Adjust Filter button located in the Filter Templates bar.
The Adjust Filter screen appears (Figure 6–34). If you are modifying an existing template, the contents of that filter are listed in the Currently Applied Filters list.
Figure 6–34 Adjust Filter
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  1. Ensure that all the filter information in the Currently Applied Filters list is correct.
Initially, this field will display the contents of the filter template you selected. You can delete any filter by selecting it and clicking the Remove Selected Filters button. If you are creating a new filter the list is blank.
  1. Choose any additional filtering criteria from the drop-down list.
Once you have selected a filter type, the Filtering screen is dynamically updated to include the valid operators (Figure 6–35). Be aware that all the operators are not valid for all filter types.
  1. Select the radio button that corresponds to the desired operator.
Figure 6–35 Filtering Criteria

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Once you have selected an operator, the screen is updated to include a drop-down list of values or a text entry field (Figure 6–36).
  1. Select or enter the appropriate value.
Figure 6–36 Filtering Operators
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  1. Click the Apply button.
The filter is added to the list of Currently Applied Filters (Figure 6–37).
Figure 6–37 Applied Filter
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  1. Repeat steps 3 to 7 until all the necessary filters have been added.
  2. Click the Adjust Filter button again to close the Adjust Filter screen and return to the Filtering Preferences screen (Figure 6–33).
The Filtering Preferences screen describes the contents of the new filter.
  1. Save the new filter as a template by entering a filter name in the Name text box and click the Add New Template button.
SEA will update the Filter Templates list and add the new filter to the drop-down list in the Filter Templates bar.

If you are creating a new filter from one of the details tabs rather than the User Settings window, the filter is saved for that file or automatic node, but not as a template that can be applied elsewhere. Otherwise the process is the same.

Default Filters

You can apply default filtering options to all the analysis and translation operations performed from the web interface using the Filter Preferences screen (Figure 6–33).

To set a default filter, use the following procedure:

  1. Select the desired templates from the drop-down list in the Filter Templates bar.
It is not necessary to select a template if you do not want to use an existing template.
  1. If necessary, click the Adjust Filter button and modify the filter template or create a new template.
  2. Click the Save Current Filter As Default button.

It is not necessary to save the default filter as a template. If you want to, you can use the Adjust Filter screen to create a filter and then save it as the default filter without saving it as a template.

Deleting Templates

You can delete a filter template from the Filter Preferences screen (Figure 6–33), using the following procedure.

  1. Click on the name of the filter you want to delete in the Filter Templates list.
You can select multiple filters by holding the CTRL key while you click the filter names.
  1. Click the Remove Selected Filters button.

6.8.1.3  Event Columns

The Event Columns screen is used to specify the information displayed by translation on the Events tab (see Section 6.5.3.3 for more information on translation details).

Figure 6–38 Event Columns

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The Event Columns screen lists the field headings for event translation. You can designate which translation information is shown on the Events tab using the following procedures.

Adding Fields

To add fields, determine which additional translation fields need to be shown. The first list displays all the available translation fields and the second list indicates the fields that are currently shown.

  1. Select the desired field from the first list by clicking on its name.
You can select multiple entries by holding the Ctrl key while you select their names.
  1. Click the Add button.
The selected fields are added to the end of the second list and shown under the Events tab.

Rearranging Fields

The order of the fields in the second list indicates the order of the information on the Events tab. To rearrange the fields:

  1. Select the field that needs to be moved by clicking on its name in the second list.
  2. Move the field to its new location.

Removing Fields

To remove a field:

  1. Select the field from the second list by clicking on its name.
You can select multiple fields by holding the Ctrl key while you select their names.
  1. Click the Remove button.

6.8.2  Director Settings

The Director settings are used to modify WEBES components, register rule sets. To access the Director settings, click the Settings button in the toolbar and then select the Director Settings tab.

Figure 6–39 Director Settings

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Use the buttons located at the right side of the window to navigate the Director settings.

Table 6–7 Director Settings Navigation
Option
Description
Settings
Displays the configuration settings for the Director. See Chapter 9 for information on changing the Director settings.
Register Knowledge
Displays the knowledge rule sets that can be installed. See Chapter 8 for more information on rule sets and analysis.
Exit System Event Analyzer Settings
Closes the settings screen.