Working with Tags

In order to filter sensors for certain criteria, IPCheck features a method for assigning categories to sensors.

A tag is a keyword or descriptive term associated with a sensor as means of classification. Tags will especially help you if you have a large number of sensors.

After sorting sensors into groups the method of tagging is a second way to categorize your sensors. For example you can group the sensors in your sensorlist by device (“Switch 1”, “Switch 2” and “Switch 3”).

Tags are created by the user (you can enter any number of tags for one or more sensors) and automatically created by IPCheck (e.g. the tag “OK” for a sensor that works fine or “Error” for a sensor that shows an error),

E.g. you can associate the tag “mywebsites” to all sensors that monitor your websites. Now you can click on “mywebsites” in the taglist and IPCheck will only show the sensors which are associated with this tag.

Tagging allows for multiple "browseable paths" through the items which can quickly and easily be altered with minimal effort and planning.

Tags come in three different flavors:

·      State tags: These built-in tags are assigned automatically by IPCheck depending on the state of the sensor. There are the following state tags: UP, DOWN, WARNING, PAUSED. You are not able to edit this list of tags.

·      Type tags: These built-in tags are assigned automatically by IPCheck depending on the sensor types that you actually use. Type tags correspond to the actual used set of sensors types. You are not able to edit this list of tags.

·      Custom tags: For each sensor you may define one or more tags (a comma separated list of tag words) which will automatically show up in the interface.

Usage is simple: Just check the boxes left to those tags that you want to be displayed, in any desired combination. IPCheck then filters the sensors for those tags, hiding those sensors that have neither of the chosen tags assigned. Tag selections within one group are linked by OR, selections between groups are linked by AND.

Example: if you check "UP" in the State group and "PING" and "HTTP" in the Type group, IPCheck shows all sensors that are UP and are either PING or HTTP sensors. Sensors that are down or are neither Ping nor Http sensors are hidden from the list of sensors.

Note: changing custom tags in the Edit Sensor windows might not immediately be reflected properly in the taglist, a manual refresh may be necessary after editing.