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title: "Viewing Event Definitions"
slug: "viewing-event-definitions-tg"
tags: ["5.4"]
updated: 2026-10-28T01:54:33Z
published: 2026-10-28T01:54:33Z
canonical: "docs.vastdata.com/viewing-event-definitions-tg"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.vastdata.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Viewing Event Definitions

From the left navigation menu, select Alarms & Events and then Event Definitions to open the Event Definitions page.

The following information can be displayed for each event definition:

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> Tip
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> To display or hide fields, click ![column_menu.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/89b91113-5dc6-49db-86ec-57b16dc8ce56/Images/Documentation/img-7f1bcc5ffaeed9cbf182efe768970783(8).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-08T09%3A56%3A35Z&se=2026-11-08T10%3A56%3A35Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=kTcQywGyJMr4EniBGq6fHmXNnGojkjImwUS9WwMn3i8%3D) to the right of a column title, and then click ![columns.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/89b91113-5dc6-49db-86ec-57b16dc8ce56/Images/Documentation/img-918b4797fca5961ded0a6026c39d1bb1(9).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-08T09%3A56%3A35Z&se=2026-11-08T10%3A56%3A35Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=kTcQywGyJMr4EniBGq6fHmXNnGojkjImwUS9WwMn3i8%3D) to open a dropdown where you can select or unselect fields.

| ID | The ID of the event definition. |
| --- | --- |
| Object Type | The type of objects being monitored for the event. This could be the cluster, a hardware component such as a NIC, or a logical entity such as a snapshot. |
| Property | The monitored property of the object. For example: state, number of PCI errors, percentage memory usage. |
| Event Type | Indicates the type of change in the property value that triggers an alarm. See [Event Types](/docs-5-4/docs/en/event-types-tg) |
| Severity | The severity of the alarm triggered by this event. Can be *critical*, *major*, *minor* or *N/A*. If *N/A* , no alarm is raised. |
| Enabled | Indicates Yes if the event definition is enabled (default), or No if it was disabled. |