Simon: New / Edit Test Window

New / Edit Test Window

The New Test and Edit Test windows. This window is typically accessed via the File > New 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.

Help button Click this button to display the page of the User Guide that discusses this window or sheet, i.e. the page you are reading now.