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
`$Additional_Text`	This element contains additional information about the alarm.
`$Alarm_Object`	This element identifies the object for which the alarm has been generated. This identification brings more clarity about the operation context.
`$Event_Time`	This element shows the date and time when the alarm has occurred.
`$Event_Type`	This element identifies the event type of the alarm.
`$Managed_Object`	This element identifies the managed object for which the alarm was generated.
`$OSI_Alarm`	This element contains the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) categorization of the alarm.
`$Perceived_Severity`	This element shows the severity of the alarm as CLEAR, CRITICAL, MINOR, MAJOR or INDETERMINATE.
`$Probable_Cause`	This element indicates the probable cause of the alarm.