Configure superordinates

To configure superordinates:

1. Open the Service Editor
   1. Select your top-level services folder in the console tree.
   2. Click the Configuration toolbar to open the Service Editor.
2. Select the service that you want to configure.
3. Select Properties.
4. Select Superordinates.
5. Double-click the superordinate service that you want to edit to view the General, Rule, and Association tabs.

6. In the General tab, you can select the rule that will applied to the status of the service when it is included in the calculation of the superordinate.

   The Rule tab is read-only and displays the Propagation Rule that the service you are editing uses when propagating its status to a particular superordinate.

   In the Association tab, you can examine some of the superordinate and subordinate service properties.

7. By right-clicking in the Weight column, you can change the weight that the service you are editing has for each superordinate. By changing the weight you make the service more or less important than the other services that contribute to the superordinate. See the severity calculation tutorial for an interactive example of how weight affects the status calculation.

NOTE:
To edit a rule or create a new rule, select Propagation Rules in the Service Configuration editor.

Related Topics:

• Configure subordinates
• Propagation Association