Event Filter Builder window: Extended Attributes page
Use this page to qualify the filtering criteria using
additional keywords and keyword values that can be associated with some categories
of events, such as SNMP. These additional keywords and corresponding values
are referred to as the event's extended attributes. Extended attributes can be particularly useful for narrowing
the filtering criteria to a lower level of detail, for example, to isolate
one or more values originating from a specific system.
You
cannot specify
keywords and values on the Extended Attributes page in the following situations:
- If you have selected multiple event types or if the Any check
box is selected on the Event Type page, the Extended Attributes page is disabled.
You must select only one event type to specify extended attributes.
- If the Extended Attributes page is enabled for a specific event type but
no keywords are listed, IBM® Systems
Director Server is
not aware of any keywords that can be used for filtering.
When you specify extended attributes for filtering,
an event must meet the following filtering criteria:
- If you select multiple keywords, all values received must match all values
of all selected keywords (Boolean AND).
- If you specify multiple values for a single keyword, the values received
must match at least one of the values specified for the keyword (Boolean OR).
Because event types are hierarchical, an event has its extended attributes
as well as the extended attributes of its parent event types. For example,
the event type Director>Topology>Offline has extended attributes for Director>Topology>Offline
and Director>Topology.
Note: To determine what extended
attributes an event provides, see the documentation for that specific event
in "Events."
Fields
- Any
- Specifies whether you want to filter on specific extended
attributes. By default, Any is selected. You must
clear the Any check box to select specific keyword
and value pairs.
- Keywords
- Specifies the keywords on which you want to filter. If no keywords are
listed, IBM Systems
Director Server has not
been made aware of or has not published the keywords for the selected event
category. You can select multiple keywords.
- Values
- Specifies a value for the keyword on which you want to filter. You can
specify multiple values, but you cannot specify a range of values.
If
you want to enter multiple values for a single keyword, click Add each
time you want to add a value. The Boolean OR operator is used to determine
whether an event's extended attributes meet the filtering criteria for multiple
values of a single keyword. If you enter more than one keyword and value pair,
the Boolean AND operator is used to determine whether an event's extended
attributes meet the filtering criteria, that is, all keyword values must be
true.
- Case sensitive
- Select this option if you want the specified keyword value to be filtered
as case sensitive.
Actions
- Update
- Changes the value of a selected keyword and value pair. Use this procedure:
- Select a keyword and value pair.
- Select Values to change the corresponding value.
- Click Update to make the change take effect.
- Delete
- Deletes a selected keyword and value pair as a selection criterion.