Get Alerts

The Get Alerts object retrieves alerts from IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus according to criteria that you specify.

How it is used

Use the Get Alerts object to retrieve the information from an alert and replicate it to a trouble ticketing system.

Configuration

To configure the Get Alerts object you need to know the name of the ObjectServer that you want to connect to and the filter criteria that you will use to find the alerts that you want to retrieve.

Details tab

 

Connection	Type the name of the ObjectServer connection that you want to use, or click the ellipsis (…) button and browse for it.
Filters	The list displays all 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.

To add a filter:

1.	Click Add. The Add Filter dialog appears.

2.	From the Field 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 Field drop-down list and click OK. The filter is added to the list.

Note: The wildcard character for this filter is ?.

Available Published Data

This object generates one Published Data item. The rest are generated dynamically according to the fields contained in the alerts retrieved by this object.

 

Name	Description
Alert Count	The number of alerts that matched the filter criteria.

Common Published Data

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