Patent ID: 8799452

Claim:
A method for a management apparatus that can manage a plurality of image forming apparatuses via a network, the method comprising: receiving, from the image forming apparatus, event information and event relevant information that includes environmental information including at least one of temperature, moisture, and electric potential which are measured in the image forming apparatus or a plurality of setting values relating to image formation, and storing the received event information and the event relevant information; and providing a screen that enables a user to view the stored event information and the stored event relevant information, wherein when a plurality of events is detected in the image forming apparatus within a predetermined period of time, event relevant information is not transmitted for all of the detected plurality of events, and same event ID is set for event information so that event relevant information which is transmitted at least once can be associated with the plurality of events, the event information and the event relevant information which include the same event ID are managed in association with each other, and the provided screen enables the user to confirm the event information in association with the environmental information, and enables the user to confirm the environmental information in association with the plurality of setting values relating to image formation.