---
title: "Event monitoring rule settings"
slug: "event-monitoring-rule-settings"
tags: ["Totara Platform", "Reference", "Content Creator"]
updated: 2026-08-13T16:01:37Z
published: 2026-08-13T16:01:37Z
canonical: "totara.help/event-monitoring-rule-settings"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://totara.help/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Event monitoring rule settings

When [creating](/totara-20/docs/create-an-event-monitoring-rule) or [editing](/totara-20/docs/edit-an-event-monitoring-rule) an event monitoring rule the following settings are available.

| **Setting** | **Description** | **Notes** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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. | - |
| 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. | - |
| Event | Once an area has been chosen, the events for that area will display here. | - |
| 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. | - |
| Notification threshold | The number of events within a specified time period required for a notification message to be sent. | - |
| 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. | - |
| Notification message | A notification message is sent to subscribers once the notification threshold has been reached. | See [Event monitoring notification placeholders](/totara-20/docs/event-monitoring-notification-placeholders) for more. |

## Next steps

- [Create an event monitoring rule](/totara-20/docs/create-an-event-monitoring-rule)
- [Edit an event monitoring rule](/totara-20/docs/edit-an-event-monitoring-rule)
- [Event monitoring notification placeholders](/totara-20/docs/event-monitoring-notification-placeholders)
- [What is event monitoring?](/totara-20/docs/what-is-event-monitoring)

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