Create an alert message for actions taken by a scanner or filter.
From the product's user interface, click → .
The Shared Resources page appears.
Click Scanners & Alerts tab.
From the Category drop-down list under Alerts section, select the alert you want to configure for a scanner.
Click Create New.
The Alert Editor page appears.
Type a meaningful Alert name.
Select the required Style, Font, Size, and Tokens from the respective drop-down lists.
Note
These options are available only if you select HTML content (WYSIWYG) from the Show drop-down menu.
Use any of these tools to customize your alert:
Toolbar optionsOptions
Description
Bold
To make the selected text bold.
Italic
To make the selected text italic.
Underline
To underline the selected text.
Align Left
To left align the selected paragraph.
Center
To center the selected paragraph.
Align Right
To right align the selected paragraph.
Justify
To adjust the selected paragraph so that the lines within the paragraph fill a given width, with straight left and right edges.
Ordered List
To make the selected text into a numbered list.
Unordered List
To make the selected text into a bulleted list.
Outdent
To move the selected text a set distance to the right.
Indent
To move the selected text a set distance to the left.
Text Color
To change the color of the selected text.
Background Color
To change the background color of the selected text.
Horizontal Rule
To insert a horizontal line.
Insert Link
To insert a hyperlink where the cursor is currently positioned. In URL, type the URL. In Text, type the name of the hyperlink as you want it to appear in the alert message. If you want the link to open a new window, select Open link in new window, then click Insert Link.
Insert Image
To insert an image where the cursor is currently positioned. In Image URL, type the location of the image. In Alternative text, type the text you want to use in place of the image when images are suppressed or the alert message is displayed in a text-only browser. If you want to give the image a title, type the title name in Use this text as the image title. Click Insert Image.
Insert Table
To insert a table at the current cursor position. Type the values in Rows, Columns, Table width, Border thickness, Cell padding, and Cell spacing to configure the table, then click Insert Table.
From the Show drop-down menu, specify how the alert message should be displayed within the user interface. You can select:
HTML content (WYSIWYG) — To hide the underlying HTML code and display only the content of the alert message.
HTML content (source) — To display the alert message with the HTML code as it appears before compilation.
Plain-text content — To display the content as plain text.
You can use the following notification fields to include them in your alert message. For example, in your alert message, if you want the name of the detected item and the action taken when it was detected, use %vrs% and %act% on the Alert Editorpage. For more information on the notification field options, see the Notification fields that you can use section.
Tip
Trellix recommends that you save the log files in plain text format so that the content can be viewed by any email client.
Click Save to return to the policy page.
Note
Click Reset to undo all changes you have made since you last saved the alert message.