Rule Engine

Rules

Rules can be created in Eliona that trigger alarms.

1. Active: Shows how many rules are currently active.

2. Paused: Shows how many rules are currently paused.

3. Sorting: Rules can be sorted by geography or by function.

4. Pause/enable rule: Click on the icon to pause the rule, or click the icon to activate the rule.

5. Edit rule: Click on the icon, to edit the rule.

6. Delete rule: Click on the icon, to delete the rule.

7. Duplicate rule: Click and then the icon , to duplicate the rule.

Add Rule

For a new rule, click the button .

1. Asset: Select the desired asset.

2. Value: Definition of the value which will be used for the rule.

3. Condition: Selection of the condition at which the alarm is triggered.

   Example (image): If "Lower than or equal to" and "0" are selected for the "Temperature" value, an alarm will be triggered when the asset's temperature value drops to 0 °C.

4. Priority: Selection of the priority of the alarm that triggers the rule.

5. Acknowledgement: The "Acknowledgement" checkbox is used to specify whether the alarm must be acknowledged.

6. Tags: Here you can select a tag for a rule that will be used in a classification or search.

7. Alarm comes message: You have the possibility to define a user-defined alarm text. Furthermore, it is possible to set a separate message for each language setup. This text is displayed under "Alarming" when the alarm is triggered.

8. Alarm gone message: Here you can define whether you want to receive a message when the alarm has gone. Example: An alarm is triggered when the temperature of the asset is above 25.5 °C. After the temperature has decreased again and falls below 25.5 °C, the information "Temperature has stabilized" is displayed.

Templating

In the alarm message, you have the possibility to use templating. You can resolve and display certain values and information related to the alarm in the message. To do this, use two curly braces {{}} in each case.

Example: The asset {{asset.name}} has reached the value {{alarm.val}}. Now the information in the curly braces will be resolved and displayed.

Click "Custom" at alarm message to change the alarm text.

The alarm message with the resolved information is now displayed in the alarm overview: