Multibyte data type

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The multibyte data type is used to flag data that might be in multibyte form.

About multibyte data

Text associated with polled devices can be in languages that require multibyte characters. If you are running Network Manager in a domain that uses multibyte characters such as Simplified Chinese, then you must ensure that Network Manager is configured to use multibyte characters before you configure basic or generic threshold poll definitions.

For information on how to configure Network Manager to use multibyte characters for this usage, see Setting up NCIM to use multibyte characters.

Using the multibyte data type in an eval statement

The following example can be used where m_SysLocation might contain multibyte data.

eval(multibyte, '&m-ExtraInfo->m_SysLocation')

Using the multibyte data type in a configuration file

The following example can be used in a configuration file such as ModelNcimDb.cfg.

"eval(multibyte, 'LOOKUP(`m_DisplayLabel`, &ExtraInfo, &EntityName)')",