IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Version 8.1

Displaying event information in full

From the event list, you can view full details of any selected events. Event information that is stored in the alerts.status, alerts.details, and alerts.journal database tables is shown.

About this task

To display full information about one or more events:

Procedure

  1. From the event list, perform one of the following actions:
    • To view information for a single event, double-click the event, or select the event and then click Alerts > Information.
    • To view information for multiple events, select the events and then click Alerts > Information.
    The Event Information window opens.
  2. Use this window as follows:
    Alert Fields
    Click this tab to view a list of all the columns and their corresponding values for a selected event. This information is stored in the ObjectServer alerts.status table. You can click any column in the list to see the complete text for its value in the field below the list of columns. The full value of the Summary column is shown by default.
    Alert Details
    Click this tab to view alert details that are stored in the ObjectServer alerts.details table.
    Journal
    Click this tab to view the journal entries for the event, as stored in the ObjectServer alerts.journal table.
    You can enter additional journal entries by clicking Add To Journal to open the full Journal window for the event that is currently selected. On completion, close this window to return to the Event Information window.
    Tip: While within any of the tabs, you can copy alert information from the Event Information window to the clipboard. Select the information that you want to copy, right-click the selected text, and then click Copy to Clipboard (UNIX) or Copy (Windows) from the pop-up menu. You can then paste this information into another application.
    Previous
    If you selected multiple events from the event list, click this button to display detailed information for the previous event in your selection. This action can fail if events have been deleted elsewhere in the system.
    Next
    If you selected multiple events from the event list, click this button to display detailed information for the next event in your selection. This action can fail if events have been deleted elsewhere in the system.
    Close
    Click this button to close this window.


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