Alerts sorting by Ack status

[n_lev]

Hi!

I am trying to work out if it is possible to sort alerts by ack status.

What I am trying to achieve in my alerts banner and also alerts panel is alerts sorted by:
1. Ack/Unack state (!!! / x)
2. Priority
3. Timestamp

So basically any unack'ed alert should be on top. Is that possible?
Adding "Ack" column to the sorting order doesn't seem to work. also clicking on that column shows down or up triangle but doesn't actually sort the alerts

[n_lev]

The only way I've come up with so far is to create a custom column with the value of "DPA" and attribut "_alert_hdl.._ack_state" and then use that new column for sorting.

It seems a bit clunky and I'm not sure that's the right way to do it. any ideas?

[chris@blue-catalyst.co.uk]

You can use "_alert_hdl.._ackable" this is a Boolean where as "_alert_hdl.._ack_state" is an integer.

The value of ack_state is dependent on how the alarm is acknowledged (single or multiple i.e. "xxx" or "x"), therefore if you use this you will also sort by acknowledgement type.

Using _ackable does not care how the alarm was acknowledged and hence does not give any additional sorting to the table.

[adaneau]

I'm afraid that using "_alert_hdl.._ackable" would also filter alarms which cannot be acknowledged by class definition and not only because already acknowledged. Maybe with "_ack_possible", thus you can filter the pending alarms which require ack.

BR
Alex