Event monitoring rule settings

Rule name

You can call the rule what you like, but it should be something that other users will understand as they may wish to subscribe to the rule you created.

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Area to monitor

Select an area to monitor from the dropdown menu. There are a lot of options for various components of the site, including various activity types and core functionality.  

When you select an area to monitor, for example, Forum (i.e. forum activities in Totara Learn courses), the Event dropdown menu below will then display the events you can select from.

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Event

Once an area has been chosen, the events for that area will display here. 

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Description

You don't have to use a description, but if you do, it should be something meaningful to others as they may wish to subscribe to the rule you created.

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Notification threshold

The number of events within a specified time period required for a notification message to be sent.

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in minutes

The amount of time in minutes for which the notification threshold needs to be met for a notification message to be sent. 

This can be used to prevent notifications being sent too frequently. 

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Notification message

A notification message is sent to subscribers once the notification threshold has been reached.

See Event monitoring notification placeholders for more.