Create Actions

Security Requirements and Controls

  • Create actions permission

This content covers how to create automated actions in LogScale through the Actions page, including step-by-step instructions for creating actions from scratch, from templates, or from existing packages. The 'Create actions' permission allows you to configure different action types with specific properties, utilizing message templates and variables for sending automated messages.

The Actions page provides an overview of the automated actions previously created and allows for creating new actions.

To create a new action:

  1. From the Repositories and Views tab, select a repository or view for which you want to configure an action.

  2. Click the Automation tab

  3. In the left-hand panel, select Actions, the Actions overview page is displayed:

    screenshot showing the Actions overview page

    Figure 154. Actions Page


    For information on the available actions metadata in this page such as action type or labels, see Manage Actions.

  4. Click New action to create a new empty action from scratch → give your new action a name → click Create.

  5. Alternatively, right-click the ⋮ menu to:

    • Import from template, this allows you to upload a template that has been previously exported

    • Import from package, this allows you to upload an existing action template that is part of an installed LogScale package.

    In either cases, click Import to continue.

  6. Whether you have created a new empty action or an imported one, the Action type dialog is displayed:

    Choose an Action Type

    Figure 155. Choose an Action Type


  7. From the drop-down menu, select a type and fill in the required fields (vary depending on the type). For a description of the fields, see the description of each action type.

  8. When you finish setting the properties for the new action, click Create action.

  9. Optional: click Test action to verify that the action is working properly before creating it. See Action testing messages for the list of errors you may encounter.

LogScale uses message templates and variables to create the messages sent by actions. They currently apply to some of the available action types — see Message Templates and Variables for more information.

Action testing messages

When testing actions to identify issues, you may encounter messages from LogScale. The following table contains messages and resolutions for actions.

Table: Actions errors and solutions

MessageVersionSeverityStatusDescriptionSolution
Problem invoking test action  Error Testing the action failed. In this case, you must look at the specific messages in the errors field and fix them, if possible.
Successfully invoked test action  Info Testing the action was successful. None. This message is informational.
Invoking action test  Info The user invoked testing of the action. None. This message is informational.