IPS Event Viewer

Hi,
I can't seem to be able to view informational events in IPS Event Viewer real time dashboard, they don't appear. Under the monitoring tab on the sensor i can see them no problem. If i change the signature alert to either low medium or high i get them no problem. Also if i enable the graph in IEV i can see them in blue. They just won't appear in the Real Time dashboard.
Does anybody have any idea's? I've also enabled the box to allow me to view them in IEV. I'm on a 4215 sensor running 5.1.5.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Andy

Hi Andy,
Open IEV. Click on Tools / Real Time Dashboard / Properties (Or Ctrl + P). It appears to me, upon IEV installation, Informational alerts may be exluded by default. Or it is also possible I excluded them on the machine I am looking at.
I hope this helps,
Mike

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