Policy event fields

Use this information to understand the fields in policy events.

The following Netcool Configuration Manager-specific fields are presented within policy events.
Table 1. Fields in policy events
Column name Description

Node

Name of the device. This value corresponds to the device name provided in the device seed file from Network Manager.

Agent

Contains the text Policy trap, identifying this event as a IBM Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager policy event.

AlertGroup

Contains the text Policy trap, identifying this event as a IBM Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager policy event.

AlertKey

Contains a combination of the following data:
  • Name of the device. This value corresponds to the device name provided in the device seed file from Network Manager.
  • Unique ID for the device. This value corresponds to the entity ID for the device provided when Netcool Configuration Manager was seeded with devices from Network Manager. This value corresponds to the entity ID of the device in the Network Manager NCIM topology database.
  • Name of the policy applied.
  • Key of the policy applied.

LocalNodeAlias

Unique ID for the device. This value corresponds to the entity ID for the device provided when Netcool Configuration Manager was seeded with devices from Network Manager. This value corresponds to the entity ID of the device in the Network Manager NCIM topology database.

NmosEntityId

Unique ID for the device. This value corresponds to the entity ID for the device provided when Netcool Configuration Manager was seeded with devices from Network Manager. This value corresponds to the entity ID of the device in the Network Manager NCIM topology database.

Summary

The textual summary of the cause of the alert.

Identifier

Contains a combination of data in the event and enables deduplication of events based on policy instance, version, and device.