Renaming Tags

The Event Configuration window also allows you to assign names to existing event tag labels. For example, you can rename the label for event tag Ct2 to City. Doing this will result in the event tag that formally appeared in Sentinel Control Center as "Ct2" to now appear as "City". Some places where event tags appear in Sentinel Control Center are filters, correlation rules, and Active Views.

Renaming Tags does not change the name of the variable in Collector scripts, however. Therefore, even if the event tag labeled Ct2 is renamed to City, the variable that must be used in a Collector script to reference this meta-tag will still be s_CT2.

Below is a before and after illustration of this feature in an Active View.

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To rename an event column:

  1. Click Event Configuration in the navigation pane or click the Event Configuration button.

NOTE: The original Event Column name appears above the Label field. In addition, the description of the event column is provided.

  1. Highlight an event column entry.

  2. Enter a new value for your Event Column in the Label field.

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  1. Click Apply.

NOTE: Clicking on Apply saves the changes you made for the currently selected event tag in a temporary buffer. If you don't click Apply, when you select a different event tag, the changes you made to the previously selected event tag are lost. Changes won't be saved to the server until you click Save.

  1. Click Save.

NOTE: Clicking Save will save your changes to the server. The save function saves all changes stored in the temporary buffer (when you clicked Apply).

  1. In order for changes to be visible in Sentinel Control Center, running Sentinel Control Centers must be closed and reopened.