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source: Alerting/Device-Dependencies.md
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path: blob/master/doc/
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# Device Dependencies
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It is possible to set one or more parents for a device. The aim for
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that is, if all parent devices are down, alert contacts will not
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receive redundant alerts for dependent devices. This is very useful
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when you have an outage, say in a branch office, where normally you'd
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receive hundreds of alerts, but when this is properly configured,
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you'd only receive an alert for the parent hosts.
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There are three ways to configure this feature. First one is from
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general settings of a device. The other two can be done in the 'Device
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Dependencies' item under 'Devices' menu. In this page, you can see all
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devices and with its parents. Clicking on the 'bin' icon will clear
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the dependency setting. Clicking on the 'pen' icon will let you edit
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or change the current setting for chosen device. There's also a
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'Manage Device Dependencies' button on the top. This will let you set
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parents for multiple devices at once.
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For an intro on getting started with Device Dependencies, take a look
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at our [Youtube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMAarVS9QQ8)
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