Milestone XProtect Advanced VMS 2014 - Manual (Page 166)

Milestone XProtect ® Advanced
VMS 2014
Administrator's Manual
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carry out this test at any step of the analytics event creation/editing process and as many times as you
want to.
Information on the Tasks tab
The first tab, the Task tab, lists these conditions in the order they are tested:
Changes saved (step 1)
If the event is new, is it saved? Or if there are changes to the event
name, are these changes saved?
Analytics Events enabled (step
2)
Is the analytics event feature enabled?
Address allowed (step 3)
Is the IP address/hostname of the computer that sends the event(s)
allowed (listed on the address list)?
Analytics event used in alarm
definition (step 4)
Is the analytics event used actively in any alarm definitions?
Send analytics event (step 5) Did sending a test event to the event server succeed?
Each step is marked by either failed: or successful: .
Information on the Errors tab
The second tab, the Errors tab, shows a list of errors corresponding to any possibly failed conditions.
Possible errors are:
Step 1:
Error Solution/explanation
Save changes before testing
analytics event
Save changes.
Step 2:
Analytics events have not
been enabled
Enable analytics events.
Step 3:
The local host name must be
added as allowed address for
the Analytics Event service
Add your computer to the list of allowed IP addresses/hostnames.
Error resolving the local host
name The IP address/hostname of the computer cannot be found or is
invalid.
Step 4:
Analytics event is not used in
any alarm definition
Use the analytics event in an alarm definition.
Step 5:
Event server not found Unable to find event server on the list of registered services.