Use the Order tab to specify the order of evaluation of
external and managed nodes. The order of evaluation is partly
determined by the pattern settings you make in the Details
tab.
To specify the order of evaluation
In the Details tab, you will have specified the pattern
you want to match.
Select the Check Before Managed Nodes check box to have
external nodes evaluated before managed nodes. This can be faster,
because it avoids some of the checking that occurs with configured
node names. When this box is checked, messages with node IDs that
match the pattern you specified in the Details tab are
associated with the external node. If this box is not checked, the
managed node takes precedence.
The two lists display all external nodes that have been
created. The order of the two list shows the order of evaluation
set for incoming messages. Nodes are evaluated in descending order;
the node at the top of the list has the highest priority and will
be evaluated first. You can change the order of evaluation using
the Move Up and Move Down buttons. After the first
node has matched, the message is assigned to that node and no
further evaluation takes place.
Select the Outage tab to view
outage information for the external node.