The Implicit Action policy automatically assigns actions to all devices in your database. You cannot opt out of the Implicit Action policy and it only assigns actions to devices. You must create separate action policies for device monitors.

If at any time during the normal operation of WhatsUp Gold you notice that actions are firing and you cannot find the action associated to the down device or monitor, remember to check the Implicit Action Policy. In previous versions of WhatsUp Gold, the Web Alarm action was included in the Implicit Action policy. This is no longer true in WhatsUp Gold. For more information on the Web Alarm action, see About Web Alarms.

To configure the Implicit Action Policy

  1. Select Actions & Alerts > Actions and Policies from the SETTINGS menu to launch the Actions and Policies library.
  2. Select the Action Policies tab.
  3. Select the Implicit Action policy, then click the Edit icon. The Edit Action Policy dialog appears.
    • To add an action to the policy, click the Add icon, select and configure the action, as needed, then click OK.
    • To modify an action in the policy, select it, then click the Edit icon, modify the action's settings, as needed, then click OK.
    • To add an action based on an existing action in the policy, select that action, click the Copy icon, modify the action's settings, as needed, then click OK.
    • To delete an action form the policy, select it, then click the Delete icon.
    • To have WhatsUp Gold execute only the first action in the list for each state and stop when that action fires successfully, enable the Only execute first action for each state checkbox.
  4. Click OK to save changes.