Elements

The probe breaks event data down into tokens and parses them into elements. Elements are used to assign values to ObjectServer fields; the field values contain the event details in a form that the ObjectServer understands.

The following table describes the elements that the probe generates. Not all the elements described are generated for each event. The elements that the probe generates depend on the event type.

Table 1. Elements
Element name	Element description
`$cause`	This element displays the probable cause of the fault; for example, `equipment-inoperable`.
`$code`	This element displays the fault code; for example, `F1017`.
`$created`	This element indicates the day and time at which the fault occurred.
`$descr`	This element displays the description of the fault.
`$highestSeverity`	This element indicates the highest severity encountered for this issue.
`$lastTransition`	This element indicates the day and time at which the severity or lifecycle state for the fault last changed.
`$lc`	This element displays the lifecycle state of the fault; for example, `soaking`.
`$occur`	This element indicates the number of times that the event that raised this fault occurred.
`$origSevirity`	This element indicates the severity that was assigned to the fault when it first occurred.
`$prevSeverity`	If the severity has changed, this element indicates the previous severity.
`$resync_event`	This element indicates whether the event was retreived from a resynchronization. Possible values are: `true`: The event was retrieved from a resynchronization. `false`: The event is a notification.
`$rule`	This element contains the identifier of the rule that generated this instance of the fault.
`$severity`	This element contains the current severity level of the fault. The severity can be one of the following levels: `critical` `major` `minor` `warning` `info` `cleared`
`$type`	This element displays the fault type raised by the system. The fault can be one of the following types: `generic` `equipment` `configuration` `connectivity` `environmental` `management` `network` `operational`