When building management packs, it is often necessary to build custom modules. There custom module will have certain configurable parameters that are necessary to get the correct data or end-result from the module. As a best practice, configurable parameters should have data types that correspond to their values. For example, a Boolean typed parameter should have a value of either true or false.
The data type of a value can affect how it is interpreted in a module, and having the wrong type can drastically change the intended effect. For example, when doing a comparison of two values, comparing two values as strings that were intended to be interpreted as integers could produce the wrong result.
Using the Authoring Console:
1. For all modules, open the Properties dialog. In the Configuration Parameters tab, ensure that the data type for each parameter is the intended type.
Using XML:
<
DataSourceModuleType
ID
=
"
Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.CPUUtilization.ModuleType"
Accessibility
="
Internal"
>
<
Configuration
>
<
xsd:element
name
=
"
IntervalSeconds"
type
="
xsd:int"
/>
<
xsd:element
name
=
"
TargetComputerName"
type
="
xsd:string"
/>
<
xsd:element
name
=
"
NumSamples"
type
="
xsd:int"
/>
<
xsd:element
name
=
"
CounterName"
type
="
xsd:string"
/>
<
xsd:element
name
=
"
ObjectName"
type
="
xsd:string"
/>
<
xsd:element
name
=
"
InstanceName"
type
="
xsd:string"
/>
</
Configuration
>
…
</ DataSourceModuleType >