On-Call Roles

On-call roles let you assign a predefined duty schedule to an existing group of users. A common use case is to have system engineers in on-call rotations with a defined schedule.

For each on-call role, a user is designated as a supervisor. They are responsible for the group of users assigned to the on-call role, and receive Horizon notifications when no one else is on duty. The supervisor’s account must have admin privileges.

Assign a group to an on-call role

Before you can assign a group to an on-call role, you must create a group. After you have created the group, follow these steps to assign it to an on-call role:

  1. Log in as a user with admin permissions.

  2. Click the gear symbol at the top-right of the screen.

  3. Under OpenNMS System, click Configure Users, Groups and On-Call Roles  Configure On-Call Roles.

  4. Click Add New On-Call Role and specify a name, the associated group, a user to be designated as the supervisor, and a description. The description should be meaningful (for example, describe the team that the on-call role has been created for).

  5. Click Save.

  6. In the calendar, select a date and click the add symbol (+).

  7. Specify the user and designate an on-call schedule.

  8. Click Save.

    Example on-call schedule settings for a single user
    Figure 1. Example on-call schedule configuration

  9. Repeat as necessary for other dates and users.

  10. Click Done to apply the changes.