IBM Netcool Operations Insight Version 1.4.1

Automatic topic management

The IBM Connections integration package includes NetworkMonitorExample event reader service that connects to the Netcool/OMNIbus Object Server and filters for specific events. When there is a match, the service runs the policy that either updates the topic by sending a reply to the topic, or creates a topic if a topic does not exist.

The forum that is used in this example is the same name as the AlertKey in the Object Server event, forumName = @IBMConnections_Forum

You can use the sql scripts in the $IMPACT_HOME/integrations/IBMConnections/db directory to create extra fields in the Object Server or you can use existing fields.

The topic title is created as a combination of a hardcoded string and the node field from the event:

topicTitleVar="Network Monitor is down on node: @Node@" ; 
IBMConnectionsUtils.extractParametersAndSubstitute(topicTitleVar,EventContainer,result);
topicTitle = result;

The policy checks if the topic was created by querying the internal data type TopicCreationTracker. If the topic exists, the policy sends a reply instead of creating a new one.