User Attributes

The User Attributes refer to user characteristics such as idle time, user name, location, and login time.


Idle Time The number of minutes that have passed since a user last entered a command. Valid entries: numeric values expressed as minutes in the range 0-20160. Use this attribute to check idle time.

Location Information provided by the user about their location. Valid entry is a simple text string, alphanumeric with a maximum length 16 characters. This information varies from location to location, and may not be available for all users or for all UNIX operating systems. Check with your local System Administrator for additional information concerning this attribute.

Login Name The login name of a user. Valid entry is a simple text string, alphanumeric with a maximum length 16 characters. Use this attribute to include or exclude specific user login names in the situation.

Login Name (Unicode) The login name of a user. Use this attribute to include or exclude specific user login names in the situation.

Login Time The date and time a user logged in. Valid entries in the format CYYMMDDHHMMSSmmm, where:

C

= Century (0=20th)

YY

= Year

MM

= Month of the Year (01-12)

DD

= Day of the Month (01-31)

HH

= Hour, in 24-hour time (00-23)

MM

= Minute

SS

= Second

mmm

= Millisecond

Example
To express November 6, 2000, 1:05 p.m., enter 0981106130500000.

Name The full name of a user. Valid entry is a simple text string, alphanumeric with a maximum length 32 characters.

Name (Unicode) The full name of a user.

System Name The host name of the monitored system. Valid entry is a simple text string, alphanumeric with a maximum length 64 characters.

Terminal The identity of a logged-in device. Valid entry is a simple text string, alphanumeric with a maximum length 8 characters.

Example
A value of w14921 could be the name of a device. This could indicate a location, such as Wood Lake. Your location may already have a naming convention for network devices. Check with your local system administrator for additional information.

Timestamp The date and time the agent collects information as set on the monitored system. The timestamp format for SCAN and STR functions is CYYMMDDHHMMSSmmm (as in 1020315064501000 for 03/15/02 06:45:01) where:

C = Century (0 for 20th, 1 for 21st)

Y = Year

M = Month

D = Day

H = Hour

M = Minute

S = Second

m = millisecond

User ID The numeric ID the system assigned to a user. Valid entries are numeric values in the range 0 to 999999. Use to include or exclude a particular user in the situation. This attribute is supported on all platforms. On AIX, you need a patch from IBM in order to get the user ID.

Example

The numeric identification number varies from system to system and user to user. An example of a user ID could be 48765.