9.5.2. Take action

The Take Action feature lets you interact directly with your applications and operating system. Take Action has a text box for entering your own system command, or you can choose from a list of predefined commands. It also has a list of managed systems on which to make the command effective.

The Messenger Services must be running for this exercise.

9.5.2.1. Creating and sending a take action command

Use the following steps for the Take Action feature:

1.Right-click Disk in the Navigator view.

2.Select Take Action -> Create or Edit from the menu.

You can also right-click a row in a table view, slice in a pie chart, or bar of a bar chart.

3.Select <Create New Action> and click OK.

4.Type MyMessage in the Name field in the Action Identity section of the Create New Action window.

5.Type the following in the Command field in the Action Command section:

Net send <local host> The server is running out of memory.

Close some applications.

6.Click OK.

7.Right-click Disk in the Navigator view.

8.Select Take Action -> Select from the pop-up menu.

9.Select the MyMessage in the Name field.

10.Select your system from the Destination Systems section.

11.Click OK.

12.The Take Action message is displayed on your desktop.