Event Attributes

The following list describes some of the predefined attributes that can be contained in an event. The natural language name for an attribute is shown without parentheses. The attribute name as viewed in an event is shown within the parentheses. See the IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console Adapters Guide for additional information about attributes.

ACL (acl)
The list of event group roles required to modify the event.
Adapter Host (adapter_host)
The host on which the adapter is running.
Administrator (administrator)
The operator who acknowledged or closed the event.
Cause Date Reception (cause_date_reception)
If not 0, the value for the date_reception attribute of the event that caused this event, as determined by a correlation rule.
Cause Event ID (cause_event_hndl)
If not 0, the value for the event_hndl attribute of the event that triggered this event, as determined by a correlation rule.
Class (class)
The class name of the event as defined in the BAROC file.
Credibility (credibility)
The event server assigns this value depending on how the event was sent from the adapter. The value is 1 if an event was sent using a communications channel provided by Tivoli Management Framework services or a TME adapter. The value is 0 if an event was sent from a non-TME adapter.
Date Event (date)
The date and time the event was generated.
Date Reception (date_reception)
A unique identifier showing the time an event is received at the server. The time is displayed as an integer of the number of seconds since January 1, 1970.
Duration (duration)
The number of seconds since the event was received by the event server until it was closed. This attribute has a value of 0 until the event is closed.
Event ID (event_handle)
A number assigned by the event server and used as an identifier for an event. If multiple events are received in the same second, the event_handle will ensure a unique ID other than time.
Hostname (hostname)
The name of the system on which the event occurred.
Message (msg)
A text summary of the event.
Message Catalog (msg_catalog)
For future support of internationalized event messages; not currently implemented.
Message Index (msg_index)
The message ID used to obtain the internationalized message.
Modified (modified)
The date and time the event was last modified.
Number of Actions (num_actions)
The number of actions currently being tracked by the response engine.
Origin (origin)
The protocol address or host name of the source system.
Repeat Count (repeat_count)
A counter for keeping track of the number of times a duplicate event type is received.
Server ID (server_handle)
A number assigned by the event server upon reception that identifies the event server that received this event.
Severity (severity)
The severity of the event.
Source (source)
The source of the event (for example, the OpenView adapter).
Status (status)
The status of the event.
Sub-origin (sub_origin)
An optional attribute that further categorizes the origin of the event.
Sub-source (sub_source)
An optional attribute that further categorizes the source of the event.