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Opalis Integration Pack for BMC Event Manager > Objects > Monitor Event

Monitor Event
The Monitor Event object triggers a Policy when new BMC Event Manager events are generated or existing BMC Event Manager events are updated.
How it is used
Use the Monitor Event object to trigger a diagnostic and corrective action Policy that responds to critical events in your network.
Configuration
To configure the Monitor Event object you will need to know the BMC Event Manager server that you are connecting to and the properties of Events that will trigger the Policy.
Details tab
 
Address
Select the BMC Event Manager server connection that you want to use from the drop-down list. For more information about connecting to BMC Event Manager, see Connecting to BMC Event Manager.
Event class
Select the event class that you want to use from the drop-down list.
Filters
The list shows all BMC Event Manager event filters that you have configured. To edit or remove a filter, select the item and click Edit or Remove respectively. To add a filter, see the instructions below.
Choose slots
Select the slots that you will make available to other objects as Published Data items. Select a slot in the Available slots list and click >> to move it to the Selected slots list. Click OK to return to the Properties dialog.
New events
Check this check box to trigger a Policy when the events that you are monitoring for are new events.
Updated events
Check this check box to trigger a Policy when the events that you are monitoring for are existing events that have been updated.
To add a filter:
1.
Click Add. The Add Filter dialog appears.
2.
From the Name drop-down list, select the field that you want to search in.
3.
From the Relation drop-down list, select the type of relation that you want to use in your search.
4.
In the Value field, type or select the value that will be compared to the item that you selected from the Name drop-down list and click OK. The filter is added to the list.
Filter Behavior for Monitor Event
The Monitor Event object use filters to determine what properties of the detected BMC Event Manager events will trigger the Policy. Each part of the BMC Event Manager event will be compared against the corresponding values of the filter to determine if they meet the filter criteria before any triggering will take place. When matching against text fields, the filter allows you to select three different methods of comparison. An option is provided to either match or not match the filter using each method. The following will describe how each filter method behaves; the “Does not” version of each method type will cause events that do not match the filter to trigger the Policy.
Equals – The property of the event must match the text specified in the filter exactly.
Contains – The property of the event must contain the exact text specified in the filter. Unlike the Equals behavior, there can be other text surrounding the matching text.
Matches Pattern – Use wildcards to specify a pattern that the text must match. The two wildcard values are the asterisk (*) and the question mark (?). The behavior of the wildcards is similar to the Windows Command Prompt. The asterisk will match any number of characters, while the question mark will only match one character. For example, if you have a filter specified as “a*b”, the pattern would match any text that has an “a” at the beginning and a “b” at the end. So, it will match “aab”, “abbbbbb”, and “abbcb”, but it will not match “ba” or “abba”. Using the question mark, if you have a filter specified as “a?b”, the behavior would be that the pattern will match any text that has an “a” at the beginning, any single character in the middle, and “b” at the end. So this filter will match “a b”, “abb”, and “aqb”, but it will not match “abbb” or “ab”.
Available Published Data
This object generates the following Published Data items by default.
Add more Published Data items by clicking the Choose slots button on the Properties dialog and selecting which slots will generate Published Data items.
 
Name
Description
BAROC file
The content of the BAROC file. Each BAROC file holds the contents of a single event. This is a multi-value Published Data item.
Event ID
The event ID assigned to the event that you are monitoring for. This is a multi-value Published Data item.
Results count
The number of events that match the filter criteria.
Common Published Data

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