New/Edit Test window
The New Test and Edit Test windows are typically accessed via the FileNew Test... or File
Edit Test... menu commands or the corresponding toolbar buttons are chosen.
This window is divided into seven pages. Below is a brief description of each; click on the page name for more information about each:
Summary: The first page includes fields where you can name this test and write comments about it, plus an overview of the other pages.
Options: This page contains the frequencies of checking this test, and other options.
Service: This page contains a pop-up menu listing the available services. When you choose a service kind from this menu, the fields below change accordingly.
Filters: This page enables adding any number of filters, to look for changes and/or narrow down the output text. This is quite a useful feature; click the link for more information.
Notifiers: This page allows adding any number of change, failure, or recovery notifiers, so you are alerted when one of those events occurs.
Reports: This page lets you specify whether to include this test on all reports, on no reports, or only on some.
Auto Pause: This feature allows you to suspend checking this test on specified days (or any day) and times. Useful if a monitored server is restarted at midnight, or you don't want to check during known idle times, etc.
Show Source: Click this button to open a Source window for the current test. Only active if the service plug-in supports this function.
Preview: Click this button to open a Preview for Web (HTTP) or Preview for Others window for the current test. Only active if the service plug-in supports this function.