Event Filter Builder window: Event Type page

Use this page to specify the type of events as a filtering criterion.

Fields

Any
Specifies whether you want to filter on specific event types. By default, the Any check box is selected, meaning that none of the events that are listed are filtered, except for Windows-specific and IBM® i-specific events. You must clear the Any check box to select one or more specific event types.
Event types
Specifies one or more event types on which to filter. You can select more than one event by pressing the Ctrl or Shift key. The Event Type tree is created dynamically; and entries are added by tasks and as new events are received. Entries in the tree can be expanded to display suboption events.
Notes: When you select a root option in the Event Type tree, all suboption events are selected as well. For example, when you select IBM Systems Director program in the Event Type tree, all of the collections of events under IBM Systems Director program are selected also.

If additional event types are published after you create the event filter, the newly available event types are included in your event filter only if the new event types are suboption events of an event type that you selected. However, if you want to include a newly published event type that is not a suboption event, you must update your event filter by selecting the new event type.

Include IBM i message queue events
Activates the IBM i message queue event pane.
IBM i.Message Queue
Accepts the IBM i message queue events that you want to include in the event filter.
Note: An IBM i message queue event has the following format:
OS/400.msgq.library/message_queue.messageID
where
  • library is the library for the event monitor
  • message_queue is the message queue for the event monitor
  • messageID is the ID of the event monitor
The IBM i.Message Queue field automatically provides the common message queue event prefix OS/400.msgq. You must type only the unique portion of the message queue event, for example, QSYS/QSYSOPR.CPF0907.
Consider the following examples for monitoring message queue events. In these examples, the library is QSYS and the message queue is QSYSOPR.
All message IDs that belong to a specific message library and message queue
Type QSYS/QSYSOPR in the IBM i.Message Queue field and click Add.
A specific message ID that belongs to a specific message library and queue
For example, if the message ID is CPF1234, type QSYS/QSYSOPR.CPF1234 in the IBM i.Message Queue field and click Add.
A range of message IDs matching a specific pattern that belong to specific message library and message queue
For example, to monitor for all message IDs that start with "CPF12" (all messages from CPF1200 to CPF12FF), type QSYS/QSYSOPR in the IBM i.Message Queue field and click Add. Then, click the Event Text tab. On the Event Text page, clear the Any check box and type the message ID pattern, for example CPF12, in the Event Text field. Also, make sure Any word is selected.

Actions

Add
Adds the IBM i message queue events that are specified in the IBM i.Message Queue field to the list.
Delete
Deletes one or more selected IBM i message queue events from the list.

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