Event Viewer Window

The Event Viewer window displays events received for the selected resource. The severity of events for instrumented resources is mapped to the status scheme defined on the status page of the Console Properties notebook. The severity of events from NPDA sources is always 'unknown'.

The events displayed in the Event Viewer window are determined by information from the originating heartbeat event of the resource. Or, for RODM resources not managed by SNA topology manager, the events displayed are determined from NPDA alerts of the resource. (Note that for RODM resources managed by the SNA topology manager, events are determined by the SNA topology manager and are displayed in a Status History window.)

The number of events displayed and how they are displayed is determined by the specifications in the Event Viewer Properties notebook.

You can also use the Event Viewer filter to sort the display of events.

Filtering the Data

Clicking the plus sign on the right of the header section opens a drop down menu which contains the following options:

Show Filter Row
Adds the filter option to the header section above each column.
Clear All Filters
Removes any filters that have been set from all of the columns.
Select All
Selects the entire table of data.
Deselect All
Clears the selection of any rows or columns that were selected.
To filter the data in the Event Viewer window:
  1. Select Show Filter Row from the drop down menu on the plus sign in the upper right corner of the header section. A <no filter> area appears beneath the heading of each column.
  2. Click on the <no filter> area. A field appears into which you can enter the data to appear in the table of data.
  3. Type the string you want to appear in the table of data and press Enter. Only the data containing the string you entered for the column appears.

    Notes:

    1. The filter fields are case insensitive.
    2. No wildcards can be used in the string you enter. Wildcards are not necessary since all data entries containing the string you enter are filtered in. This means that if you enter "XYZ" the string "ABXYZC" appears in the list of data that results.

To see all the data again, select Clear All Filters from the drop down menu of the plus sign.