Attributes

You can use attributes to create situations based on status information passed to OMEGAVIEW II for the Enterprise. The status information can originate from a number of sources:

When an event occurs, you can examine the values the attributes had at the time of the event.


Action Description Describes the action an operator took to resolve a problem. Typically contains abbreviated text about the action taken. May also describe the person who performed the action and the object of the action. This attribute's values may come from OMEGAVIEW Problem Management, the OMEGAVIEW Status Item Manager, or the OMEGAVIEW Status Data Manager interface with Tivoli AF/OPERATOR on z/OS or with Tivoli OMEGACENTER Gateway on z/OS. Valid format is up to 20 alphanumeric characters.

Comments Area for comments in the OMEGAVIEW Status Data Manager interface with Tivoli AF/OPERATOR on z/OS or with Tivoli OMEGACENTER Gateway on z/OS. Valid format is up to 1000 alphanumeric characters.

Current State Current state of a status item which may come from the OMEGAMON II component of a Tivoli OMEGAMON XE product, the OMEGAVIEW Status Data Manager interface with Tivoli AF/OPERATOR on z/OS or with Tivoli OMEGACENTER Gateway on z/OS, or the OMEGAVIEW Panel Editor. Valid values are NONE, OK, WARNING, and CRITICAL.

Description Describes a status item name. For example, the description of the status item named RDASDBSY might be DASD % busy. This attribute's values may come from the OMEGAMON II component of a Tivoli OMEGAMON XE product, the OMEGAVIEW Status Item Manager, or the OMEGAVIEW Status Data Manager interface with Tivoli AF/OPERATOR on z/OS or with Tivoli OMEGACENTER Gateway on z/OS. Valid format is up to 30 alphanumeric characters.

End Fix Time Operator-provided timestamp requesting when a problem should be fixed. This attribute's values can come from OMEGAVIEW Problem Management, the OMEGAVIEW Status Item Manager, or the OMEGAVIEW Status Data Manager interface with Tivoli AF/OPERATOR on z/OS or with Tivoli OMEGACENTER Gateway on z/OS. Consists of 16 characters in CYYMMDD HH:MM:SS format where:

Origin Node Managed system name associated with an OMEGAMON status item. By default this is the OMEGAMON session name defined in the OMEGAVIEW Configuration Manager. For Tivoli AF/OPERATOR on z/OS or Tivoli OMEGACENTER Gateway on z/OS, this is the NAME parameter on the LOGON command. If this name is blank, the status item cannot be monitored by a situation. This is an output-only attribute. You cannot use it in a situation. Valid format is up to 18 alphanumeric characters.

Problem Description Brief description of the problem the status item reflects. This attribute's values may come from OMEGAVIEW Problem Management, the OMEGAVIEW Status Item Manager, or the OMEGAVIEW Status Data Manager interface with Tivoli AF/OPERATOR on z/OS or with Tivoli OMEGACENTER Gateway on z/OS. Valid format is up to 50 alphanumeric characters.

Session Name OMEGAVIEW name of the collector session that manages the status item. The OMEGAVIEW status item name is 'Session_Name.Status_Item_Name'. This attribute corresponds to the left portion of the status item name. This attribute's values come from the OMEGAMON II component of a Tivoli OMEGAMON XE product, the OMEGAVIEW Status Item Manager, or the OMEGAVIEW Status Data Manager interface with Tivoli AF/OPERATOR on z/OS or with Tivoli OMEGACENTER Gateway on z/OS. Valid format is up to 18 alphanumeric characters.

Start Fix Time Operator-provided timestamp indicating when a problem resolution began. This attribute's values may come from OMEGAVIEW Problem Management, the OMEGAVIEW Status Item Manager, or the OMEGAVIEW Status Data Manager interface with Tivoli AF/OPERATOR on z/OS or with Tivoli OMEGACENTER Gateway on z/OS. Consists of 16 characters in CYYMMDD HH:MM:SS format where:

Status Name Name of the status item, for example RDASDBSY. The OMEGAVIEW status item name is 'Session_Name.Status_Item_Name'. This attribute corresponds to the right portion of the status item name. This attribute's values come from the OMEGAMON II component of a Tivoli OMEGAMON XE product, the OMEGAVIEW Status Item Manager, or the OMEGAVIEW Status Data Manager interface with Tivoli AF/OPERATOR on z/OS or with Tivoli OMEGACENTER Gateway on z/O. Valid format is up to 20 alphanumeric characters.

Transient Text Displays within or next to the OMEGAVIEW status light to augment its meaning and lasts for the life of the current OMEGAVIEW session. This attribute's values may come from the OMEGAVIEW Panel Editor or the OMEGAVIEW Status Data Manager interface with Tivoli AF/OPERATOR on z/OS or with Tivoli OMEGACENTER Gateway on z/O. Valid format is up to 128 alphanumeric characters.

Type OMEGAVIEW status item type.This attribute's values may come from the OMEGAMON II component of a Tivoli OMEGAMON XE product, the OMEGAVIEW Status Item Manager, or the OMEGAVIEW Status Data Manager interface with Tivoli AF/OPERATOR on z/OS or with Tivoli OMEGACENTER Gateway on z/OS. Valid values are DATA, STATUS, and ROLLUP.

Update Timestamp Exact date and time the status item was updated in CandleNet Portal Server.This is an output-only attribute. You cannot use it in a situation. Consists of 16 characters in CYYMMDD HH:MM:SS format where:

User Text General information about the status item rather than about problems. This information persists across OMEGAVIEW sessions. This attribute's values come from the OMEGAVIEW Status Item Manager or the OMEGAVIEW Status Data Manager interface with Tivoli AF/OPERATOR on z/OS or with Tivoli OMEGACENTER Gateway on z/OS. Valid format is up to 128 alphanumeric characters.