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title: Editing Events Profile Rules
slug: zen-master/editing-events-profile-rules
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createdAt: 2024-12-27T15:45:22.831Z
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It is possible to create new Event Profiles to be applied on the various objects and/or edit existing event profiles. The options available to edit within a rule depend on the individual rule. Rules are grouped first by resource type (e.g. Adaptive Channel, Broadcaster, Source, etc.), then by error group (e.g. Usage, Configuration, etc.), and then by the error name (Low Bitrate, Low Audio Level, etc.). Rules that have already been modified are shown in the **Modified** list in alphabetical order, and rules in the **Default** list have default settings.
## To add/edit an Events Profile Rule:
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Go to **Configuration > Events Profiles** and select the Events Profile for which you would like to edit the rules, or [Add a new Events Profile](docId:4rOwY-AvfVCI37-shEUjY).
If you are editing an existing rule, details of the selected Events Profile are shown at the right side pane.
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If you are editing the rules of an existing profile, click **Edit. **
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Scroll through the list and click on the desired rule.
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Alternatively, you can use the search box at the top of the page to search for the desired rule.
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The Rule tab expands, showing the settings for that rule. (The options available to edit within a rule depend on the individual rule, see table below.)
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Edit the settings as desired.
When you modify the settings, the rule is marked as "Not Saved" (indicated at the end of the rule's title).
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To save the changes, do the following:
1. Click **Save** at the top of the rule's tab.
The modified rule is indicated by **\***.
2. Click **Save** at the top or bottom of the **Edit Rules** screen.
The modified rules are indicated by the** YES **value under the **Modified **column.
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### To restore an Events Profile Rule to its default settings:
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Go to **Configuration > Events Profiles** and select the Events Profile for which you would like to edit the rules.
Details of the selected Events Profile are shown on the right pane.
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In the **Rules** tab, click **Edit**.
The rules for your chosen Events Profile are shown. Rules that have been modified are indicated by a \*.
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Scroll through the list and click on the desired rule.
The Rule tab expands, showing the settings for the r
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Click the **Reset** button at the top of the rule's tab.
The rule is reset to its default settings.
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When you click on the "Reset" button, the rule's settings are instantly reverted to their default settings and saved. You cannot undo this action.
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## Parameters Table
The table below lists all of the potential parameters from all of the rules. There is also the option to reset rules to their default settings.
| **Parameter** | **Description** |
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| Track only, do not update object state | Select this option if you want the escalation event to be registered in the event log only. In this case, the issue triggering the rule and any resulting escalation, will not escalate the object itself to a warning or error state. |
| Disable | Select this option to disable the rule entirely, so that no Events will be logged for this rule. (If checked, the other rule options are no longer shown.) |
| Generate OK email notification | Select this checkbox if you would like email notifications to be sent to relevant stakeholders when the object returns to an **OK** state. |
| Generate Error email notification | Select this checkbox if you would like notifications to be sent to relevant stakeholders when the object enters an **error** state. |
| Ignore object state for notification generation | Select this checkbox if you would like notifications to be sent to relevant stakeholders for all error events regardless of whether the object was already in an error state. (When not selected, notifications are only sent when an object first enters into an error state.) |
| Threshold | **For Value Thresholds:**
The threshold fiels defines the condition for escalating to a "Warning" and "Error" state and also the condition to de-escalate from "Error" state to "Warning" state and to "OK" state. For example, a CPU Usage rule can determine that if the CPU utilization reaches of above the 50% threshold, it will escalate to a "Warning" state and if the value is above the 80% threshold, it will escalate to an "Error" state.
**Note: **for** Video and Audio Bitrate, **you can enter any number (in KBPS) between **0** and **999999** - the number you want to enter depends on the average bitrate of the stream, and how far below that average you want to flag with a warning or error.
**For** **State-Over-Time Thresholds**
The threshold is defined by a time window and a percentage of time in which that window spent in the relevant state. For example, 50% out of 6 minutes is an error threshold, so if a source reports a blank picture for 3 minutes out of the 6 min window, ZM will put it into an error state. However, if the warning threshold is 5% out of 60 minutes, if a source reports a blank picture for 3 minutes out of the 60 min window, ZM will put it into a warning state. . |
| Escalation/De-escalation Timing | To protect against "flapping", the rule also includes de-escalation and escalation delays that require the object to spend the configured time (in minutes) in the higher/lower state to actually escalate/de-escalate the state.
* **Warning De-escalation Delay** - specify the time in minutes in which the object should spend to de-escalate from "Warning "to "OK" state.
* **Warning Escalation Delay** - specify the time in minutes in which the object should spend to de-escalate from "Warning "to "Error" state.
* **Error De-escalation Delay** - specify the time in minutes in which the object should spend to de-escalate from "Error "to "Warning" state.
* **Error Escalation Delay** - specify the time in minutes in which the object should spend to de-escalate from "Warning" to "Error" state. |
| Clear error after | Specify the time in minutes that the state (error/warning) is maintained before it is cleared. |