Software Updates Alerts are sent when a Software Update policy has been paused due to too many failures.
NOTE: Software Updates is only available with certain licensing tiers. See OWS Licensing for more information.
Create a Software Updates Rule
- Within the Alerts tab in the OWS Cloud Portal, select Alert Rules from the dropdown menu.

- Click Add New Rule.

- Select an Alert Type from the pop-up menu.

- Click Next.


- Name the alert and give it a Description as desired.

- Click Create.

Configure a Software Updates Rule
The Software Updates rule will generate an alert if a Software Updates policy has been paused due to too many failures.

- Active Alert (Optional) - Check the Active Alert box to add the alert to the Active Alert Dashboard and tag it as an Active Alert in email notifications.
Adding a Policies to a Software Updates Rule

- Click Policies on the navigation sidebar.
- Click Add Policy.
- Click
next to the Policy you want to add.
NOTE: To apply the rule to all, click Enable Auto Include
to include all policies to the health alert.
-
Click Select when finished.
Add Users to an Alert Rule
NOTE: Adding Users to a rule automatically grants them permission to view alerts for cameras and locations they have access to based on their User Group permissions.
- Click Users/Notifications on the left-hand menu.

- Click Add User or Add Group.

- Click + next to each User or Group to send emails and push notifications when the alert is triggered.

- Click Add when finished.

NOTE: To receive email, push or client alert notifications, the Email Alert, Push Alert or Client Alert box must be checked. Simply adding a user only gives them access to see this alert’s history. See Alert Notifications for details.
Deleting an Alert Rule or Updating, Disabling, Clearing All Active Alerts
- Click General Info on the navigation sidebar.

- Edit the Name and Description as desired.

- Click Disable Rule to turn the Alert Rule off without deleting it.
- Click Delete Rule to permanently remove the Alert Rule and delete all history associated with it.
- Click Clear All Active Alerts to permanently remove only the Active Alerts from the history associated with the Alert Rule.
- Click Save when finished.
NOTE: The Name given to an alert will appear as the subject line of email notifications sent by that alert.