Viewing Alert Events

To view generated alert events you use the Alert Viewer panel. There are multiple ways to open the Alert Viewer:

1. In the Object Explorer, select the Alert Events node under the Automation folder and choose Properties from the shortcut menu.
2. From any defined monitor node in the Object Explorer, choose the Alert Viewer from the shortcut menu.
3. Use top-level Tools->Monitoring->Alert Viewer menu.

The Alert Viewer panel consists of two areas: the alert event list and alert details.

The alert event lists shows all alert events produced by the Sentinel server. You can filter it by the monitor's owner or the number of last events. You can also sort this list by DB Instance, Severity and Date/Time of event. The details area shows the details for an event selected in the alert events list.

The left column in the alert list displays an exclamation mark when there was a failure executing a job associated with an alert or when the Sentinel server failed to send an email notification for the alert event.