Event Action Editor window: Set an event system variable

Sets a user-defined system variable to a new value or resets the value of an existing system variable. IBM® Systems Director provides user-defined system variables to help you test and track the status of network resources according to the needs of your organization. System variable names and values can be referenced wherever event data substitution is allowed.

Note: This event action affects an IBM Systems Director-provided, user-defined system variable, not an operating-system variable.

Fields

Variable name
Specifies the name of the system variable.
New value
Specifies the value assigned to the system variable when this action is initiated.
Reset value to use when IBM Systems Director Server restarts
Optional: Specifies the value to set for the system variable if one of the following criteria is met:
  • The interval specified in the Time until automatic value reset field is expired.
  • IBM Systems Director Server is restarted.
If you do not specify a value, the value resets to a null value.
Time until automatic value reset
Specifies the interval, in seconds, that must elapse before the system variable's value is reset. The interval begins when this action is initiated, that is, when the value is reset. This setting is applicable only if you have specified a reset value.

Menu bar

File
The File menu provides the following actions:
Rename
Displays a window in which you can type a new name for the selected event action.
Save
Saves the information in this window under the current name of the selected event action.
Save as
Displays a window in which you can type a new name for the current settings.
Close
Closes this window. If you have made any changes since opening the window, you are prompted to save or discard the changes.
Advanced
The Advanced menu provides the following actions:
Language
Sets the preferred language that the event-data substitution uses, for example, in the &text variable.
Time zone
Sets the time zone that event-data substitution uses, for example, in the &time variable.
Related concepts

Set an event system variable
Event-data-substitution variables
Related tasks

Creating an event action to activate in an event automation plan

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