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
`$additionalInfo`	This element provides additional information about the alarm.
`$additionalText`	This element contains a brief description of the problem being reported by the alarm.
`$affectedTPList`	This element indicates whether the list of termination points affected by the problem is reported by the alarm.
`$domain_name`	This element shows the domain where the event occurred.
`$emsTime`	This element displays the time at which the alarm was reported by CTM.
`$event_type`	This element indicates the type of the alarm. Possible values are: `communicationsAlarm` `environmentalAlarm` `equipmentAlarm` `processingErrorAlarm` `qualityofServiceAlarm`
`$event_name`	This element shows the name of the event.
`$isClearable`	This element indicates whether or not the alarm can be cleared. Possible values are: true false
`$layerRate`	This element identifies the layer to which the alarm applies.
`$nativeEMSName`	This element shows the name of the object reporting the alarm as given in the CTM user interface.
`$nativeProbableCause`	This element indicates the probable cause as given in the CTM user interface.
`$neTime`	This element shows the time at which the error occurred in the network element.
`$notificationId`	This element contains the unique identifier of the alarm. This is derived from the serial number of the alarm as used by CTM.
`$objectName`	This element shows the name of the object reporting the alarm.
`$objectType`	This element shows the type of object reporting the alarm.
`$perceivedSeverity`	This element indicates the perceived severity of the alarm.
`$probableCause`	This element identifies the probable cause of the alarm.
`$probableCauseQualifier`	This element contains the qualifier used to classify the alarm type.
`$serviceAffecting`	This element indicates whether or not the alarm has affected the service.