Defining Supporting References

Use the Supporting References page to search for existing supporting references or navigate to the Create Supporting References page to define a new supporting reference and assign one or more sources to the details. You can define a maximum of five supporting reference details.

To define supporting references:

  1. Navigate to the Supporting References window.

  2. Click Create.

  3. In the Code field, enter a unique code for the supporting reference using a combination of upper case letters, digits, underscores and no spaces.

  4. In the Name field, enter a name for the supporting reference.

  5. In the remaining fields, optionally enter information as required.

  6. Click Add detail.

  7. In the Detail Code field, enter a unique detail code for the supporting reference detail.

  8. In the Detail Name field, enter a name for the supporting reference detail.

  9. In the Description field, optionally enter a description for the supporting reference detail.

  10. To assign a source to the selected supporting reference detail, click Assign Sources.

    You can search for sources defined for a particular application or event class and search by source name in the Assign Sources page.

  11. Enter search criteria and click Go.

  12. Select one or more sources from the search results and click Apply to assign the sources to the supporting reference detail.

    The Supporting References page appears confirming that the supporting reference has been updated.