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The Basic Procedure for Creating a Poll Condition

The section explains how to use the Poll Condition page in the Poll Definition window to create a poll condition.

 
  To create a poll condition:

1. In the Poll Definition window, select the Poll Condition tab.

   The Poll Condition page is displayed.

   Poll Condition Page

   

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2. From the Base Object drop-down list, select the base object whose attributes you will use in the poll condition.

   A list of the base object's attributes is displayed in the Attributes list.

3. Place your cursor in the Poll Condition text area, and enter the poll condition.

   You can enter the poll condition by simply typing the condition in this text area. However, you can also use several shortcuts to enter text:

   • One useful shortcut allows you to enter a MIB base object plus an attribute (connected by a period) at the point of the cursor. To use this shortcut, position your cursor where you want to enter the text, and double-click an attribute in the Attribute list. (You must have selected a base object from the Base Object drop-down list while the poll condition editing area was empty.)
   • You can enter a Perl operator, a call to a NerveCenter function, or a NerveCenter variable using the poll-condition pop-up menu for Perl. To bring up this menu, click the right mouse button while your cursor is in the poll-condition editing area.

     See the section Using the Pop-Up Menu for Perl for further information about this pop-up menu.

   • You can paste text from the clipboard into the text area.

When you return to the Poll page -- to save your poll -- the poll condition you've constructed appears in the read-only Poll Condition text area.