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Contact Types


The Contact Types screen enables you to define the type of person who must be notified about incidents. The information specified on this screen is used in choice lists on other incident management screens, such as the Alarms screen.

Detail View Header

The field in the top section of this tab defines the data that displays.

Contact type

Identifying name of the entity to be contacted in the event of an incident that you are defining or that is currently displayed in the grid. This field is required, and the contact type must be unique. The maximum field length is 10 characters. This field has a list box.

If the name already exists, its description displays in the unlabeled field to the right.

Detail View

The bottom section of the tab enables you to describe the contact type. The field is optional.

Description

Description of the contact type. The maximum field length is 30 characters.