The CommonBaseEvent element groups the data for a CommonBaseEvent instance.
The attributes of the CommonBaseEvent element give basic information about a CommonBaseEvent instance. The element has a number of attributes that are common to all instances of common base events. These attributes are described in detail in the Common Base Event specification.
For example, in a WebSphere Process Server environment if an event is sent using the ECSEmitter class, the following attributes are required.
Attribute | Description |
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creationTime | The local time on the WebSphere Process Server at which the event is created. This time is set automatically by the runtime environment. |
extensionName | Identifies the structure and content of the event. You
can use the event catalog to publish guidelines on how to read events with
a certain extension name. For example, all process events sent by process choreographer have the extension name of WPC:ProcessInstanceEvent. |
globalInstanceId | The globally unique identifier of the common base event instance. This ID is set automatically. |
sequenceNumber | The number of common base events generated so far within a millisecond interval. This value is set to 1 but it can be overwritten. |
severity | A number that describes the impact that the event has on the creator of the record. The value is set to 10 but it can be overwritten. |
version | The version of the Common Base Event specification. This is set to 1.0.1. |
The following example shows a typical use of these attributes:
<CommonBaseEvent creationTime="2004-06-11T16:22:55.060Z" extensionName="WPC:ProcessInstanceEvent" globalInstandId="CE98004140BBC311D8AC0CE749FC318A97" sequenceNumber="1" severity=10" version="1.0.1"> ... </CommonBaseEvent>
For more information on the CommonBaseEvent element, see the Common Base Event specification in the Autonomic Computing Toolkit Developers' Guide delivered with the IBM Autonomic Computing Toolkit, http://www.ibm.com/autonomic.
Parent topic: Common Base Event properties