Using Action Group Editor

By Action Group Editor, users could define and edit all the Action Groups. This section describes how to use it to create and configure Action Group.

About this task

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Procedure

Creating Action Group

  1. Click Action Group tab to launch Action Group Editor.
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  2. Press + button to launch the creation wizard.
  3. In the creation wizard, enter the Action Group name and description.
    • Name: The name of Action Group cannot start with numbers or include space and special characters.
    • Description: To describe the function or usage of Action Group.
  4. Press OK. The Action Group is created and displayed in the Action Group list.

Configuring Action Group

  1. Then you could define conditions and actions for the Action Group. Set conditions for an Action Group, please refer to Defining Conditions for an ECA rule.
  2. Two options are provided to set actions for an Action Group.
  3. In the Actions panel of the Rules tab, select multiple actions from the list of actions with the help of CTRL or SHIFT.
  4. Copy or cut the set of actions and paste it to the Actions panle of an Action Group that have been previously created.
    Note: In this way, the condition associated with these Actions, if any, would not be added into the Action Group. You should manually define it.
  5. Additionally, you could also prompt Actions in the Actions panel into a new Action Group. For more information, please refer to Prompting a set of Actions into Action Group