Historical events

You can view a list of historical events for one or more seasonal events in the table that displays in the Historical Event portlet. You can also export the data associated with the list of historical events for the associated seasonal events to a spreadsheet.

The Historical Event portlet displays a table with the following default columns:

Summary
Displays the description of the historical event.
Node
Displays the managed entity from which the historical event originated. The managed entity could be a device or hostname, service name, or other entity.
Severity
Displays the severity of the historical event. The following list identifies the possible values that can display in the Severity column:
  • 0: Clear
  • 1: Indeterminate
  • 2: Warning
  • 3: Minor
  • 4: Major
  • 5: Critical
FirstOccurrence
Displays the date and time in which the historical event was created or first occurred. The date is expressed as month, day, year. The time is expressed as hours:, minutes:, seconds. The time also indicates whether AM or PM. For example: Apr 13, 2015 4:45:17 PM.
LastOccurrence
Displays the date and time in which the historical event was last updated. The date is expressed as month, day, year. The time is expressed as hours:, minutes:, seconds. The time also indicates whether AM or PM. For example: Jun 2, 2015 5:54:49 PM.
Acknowledged
Indicates whether the historical event has been acknowledged:
  • 0: No
  • 1: Yes

The historical event can be acknowledged manually or automatically by setting up a correlation rule.

Tally
Displays an automatically maintained count of the number of historical events associated with a seasonal event.