Alarm Dashboard only showing device alarms for Spectrum Global Collection Group

Products

• Network Observability
• CA Performance Management

Issue/Introduction

When setting up a Alarm Dashboard for a Spectrum Global Collection, the dashboard is only showing device alarms. 

Cause

When selecting the Spectrum global collection it will only show device alarms this is FAD. If you want to see interface alarms you have to create a group rule to do this.

Resolution

Select Administration -> Group Settings -> Groups

Select Add Group

Click on "Include the Children of Managed Items."

Create a New Rule.

Select "Device" for "Add Items of Type"

Set the Condition "Device is member of <Spectrum Global Collection>

Where <Spectrum Global Collection> is the name of the Global Collection.

Select this group when creating the Alarms Dashboard. You will now see interface alarms.