when an application component goes down I send an email with the following:
<b>Region :</b> ${N=SwisEntity;M=Application.Node.CustomProperties.Region}
<b>Country :</b> ${N=SwisEntity;M=Application.Node.CustomProperties.Country}
<b>Site Name :</b> ${N=SwisEntity;M=Application.Node.CustomProperties.SiteCode}
<b>Device Name :</b> ${N=SwisEntity;M=Application.Node.Caption}
<b>Device IP :</b> ${N=SwisEntity;M=Application.Node.IP_Address}
<b>Device Model :</b> ${N=SwisEntity;M=Application.Node.MachineType}
<b>Application :</b> ${N=SwisEntity;M=Application.Node.ApplicationName}
<b>Alert Name :</b> ${N=Alerting;M=AlertName}
<b>Node Status :</b> Device listed above is ${Application.Node.Status}
<b>Application Status :</b> ${N=SwisEntity;M=ApplicationAlert.ApplicationAvailability}
(bits in red do not resolve)
So that the person receiving the email knows the name of the application the component is a component of and the status of the application as a whole. Unfortunately I cannot work out how to show any information about the parent application of the faulting component for my alert.
I would also like to include a link to the applications URL.