The Log to File action logs custom messages to specified text files.

Configure the following:

  • Name. Enter a unique name for the action. This name displays in the Actions Library.
  • Description. Enter a short description about the action. This description displays next to the action in the Actions Library.
  • Log file. Enter the full path to the location where the log file will be written.
  • File type. Select either Text (.txt) or Log (.log) as the file type for the resulting text file.
  • Log file write mode. Select Append to have log messages appended to the Log file. Select Overwrite to have log messages overwrite existing log messages.

Active and Passive Monitors

Configure the following:

Log Message. Enter the message to be written to the log file. Additionally, you can use the System, Device, and/or Monitor dropdown menus within the dialog to automatically insert supported variables. The default log message is:

%Device.ActiveMonitorDownNames is %Device.State on %Device.Type: %Device.HostName (%Device.Address).

Details:

Monitors that are down include: %Device.ActiveMonitorDownNames

Monitors that are up include: %Device.ActiveMonitorUpNames

Notes on this device (from device property page):

%Device.Notes

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This message was logged on %System.Date at %System.Time

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Alert Center

Configure the following:

Log Message. Enter the message to be written to the log file. Additionally, you can use the Alert Center dropdown menu within the dialog to automatically insert supported Alert Center percent variables. The default log message is:

New Items (%AlertCenter.Threshold.TotalNewItems)

Occurred at %AlertCenter.Threshold.AlertTime

%AlertCenter.Threshold.ListOfAllItems