What the common event console view shows

A row is inserted in the common event console for each event retrieved from a connected event repository: Cloud Pak System Software Monitoring Server, Tivoli Enterprise Console® event server, and Netcool/OMNIbus ObjectServer. Use the tools to display only events of a certain severity or status, to find specific events, and to control how the display is updated.

Toolbar

When severity or status filters are applied, the event console shows the events that match any of the selected filters. If you filter on both severity and status, the console shows only the events that match both sets of filters. The exceptions are as follows:
  • If you click all of the status filter icons, all status filters are removed; events of all status values appear in the console.
  • If you click all of the severity filter icons, all severity filters are applied; events of all severity values appear in the console.

The filter icons and their descriptions are listed in the following table:

Filter icon Description
Filter Fatal information Filter Fatal Show only Fatal events.
Critical event Filter Critical Show only Critical events.
Minor event Filter Minor Show only Minor events.
Warning event Filter Warning Show only Warning events
Harmless event Filter Harmless Show only Harmless events
Informational event Filter Informational Show only Informational events.
Unknown event Filter Unknown Show only Unknown events.
Filter open Filter Open Show Open events only, including any that were reopened (acknowledgment removed) or whose acknowledgment expired.
Filter acknowledged Filter Acknowledged Show Acknowledged events only.
Filter Stopped Filter Stopped Show Stopped situations only.
Filter problem situations Filter Problem Show Problem situations only. These are situations that are in error for some reason. Use this filter to locate situations that are not functioning properly so you can diagnose the problem.
Filter Expired information Filter Expired Show the events that were acknowledged, the acknowledgment expired, and the condition is still true.
Find information Find Open the Find dialog box for finding events of a particular severity, status, or some other criteria.
Pause (Active) -or- Play (Paused) The event console gets updated as status changes occur. Use this tool to pause automatic refresh, and click again to resume.
Total Events: 31 -or- Filtered Events: 5 of 31 This is the current row count of events in the console and any events waiting to be added.
If a filter has been applied, the count of events that are included in the filtered view is shown. For example, if you click the Fatal eventFatal and Critical eventCritical filters to show only the 2 Fatal events and 3 Critical events out of a total of 31 events, the display is Filtered Events: 5 of 31.
Item Filter: Item_name The item filter is the name of the Navigator item by which the events are filtered.

Event list

By default, the common event console shows information for each event as listed in the following table:

Event Description
Severity The severity of the event. The possible values for a specific event vary depending on its originating event repository, and how the connectors map those severity values to those used by the console. Severity values include:
  • Fatal
  • Critical
  • Minor
  • Warning
  • Harmless
  • Informational
  • Unknown
Status The status of the event. The possible status values for a specific event vary depending on its originating event repository. Status values include:
  • Open
  • Reopened
  • Problem
  • Acknowledged
  • Closed
  • Deleted
  • Started
  • Stopped
  • Unknown
  • Response
If the originating event repository does not supply a status value, this cell in the table is blank.
Note: Changes to event status might not be immediately reflected in the common event console. This is because the console retrieves some status data by periodically polling the originating repositories; changes to the status of an event are reflected the next time the console polls the repository. The polling interval is specified in the common event console configuration; the default interval is 1 minute.
Repository The type of event repository from which the event originated. Currently, the supported values include the following repositories:
  • ITM (IBM® Tivoli® Monitoring)
  • TEC (Tivoli Enterprise Console)
  • OMNIbus (Netcool/OMNIbus)
Name The name of the event. The name is taken from one of the following values:
  • Situation name (Tivoli Monitoring events)
  • Event class name (Tivoli Enterprise Console events)
  • AlertGroup field (Netcool/OMNIbus events)
Display item The display item for a Tivoli Monitoring situation event. This field is not used for events from other repositories.
Source The host name or IP address of the monitored system from which the event originated.
Time created The date and time when the event was generated.
Type The Tivoli Monitoring event type (Pure or Sampled). For events from other repositories other than Tivoli Monitoring, this value will always be Pure.

The following table is a list of fields that are available but not shown by default. You can show them by modifying the properties of the view:

Filed Description
Connector name The name of the common event connector that retrieved the event, as specified in the connector configuration.
Time Modified The date and time when the event was most recently modified.
Owner The owner of an acknowledged event, taken from one of the following values:
  • administrator attribute (Tivoli Enterprise Console events)
  • The user ID of the user who acknowledged the event (Tivoli Monitoring events)
If the event has not been acknowledged, this field is empty. This field is not used for Netcool/OMNIbus events.
Message The message associated with the event. The message is taken from one of the following values:
  • msg attribute (Tivoli Enterprise Console events)
  • Summary field (Netcool/OMNIbus events)
This field is not used for Tivoli Monitoring events.
Incident ID This field is not currently used.
Extra Column 1 These fields are provided for mapping additional event data. If these fields are being used to display user-defined columns, the field names might appear different from those shown here.
Extra Column 2
Extra Column 3
Extra Column 4
Extra Column 5
Short Name

The features that are available to the table view, such as column locking, can be used in the common event console view. (See Table view features.)