5.1.1 Viewing JP1 events

The Event Console window displays the JP1 events registered in the logged-in manager's event database. New JP1 events are added at the bottom of the list. The JP1 event with the most recent arrival date/time is displayed at the very bottom.

Organization of this subsection

(1) Items displayed in the events list
(2) Events displayed on the screen
(3) Applying a filter

(1) Items displayed in the events list

The events list displays the attributes of JP1 events and their handling status. For the event attributes, you can also display extended attributes instead of basic attributes or common extended attributes.

You can change the column width of the items displayed in the events list by holding the mouse button down on a column edge and dragging. If you change a column width on one page (on the Monitor Events page, for example), it is also changed on the other two pages (Severe Events and Search Events pages).

You can set up the Monitor Events, Severe Events, and Search Events pages so that background colors are added to specific events displayed in these pages. You can add background colors to events with the following levels of severity: Emergency, Alert, Critical, Error, and Warning.

If you use the severity changing function to change a severity level, set up a background color for the events at the changed severity level.

You can set the severity changing function if you are using the integrated monitoring database.

For details about how to set up the integrated monitoring database, see 1.4.2 Setting up the integrated monitoring database in the Job Management Partner 1/Integrated Management - Manager Configuration Guide.

For details about how to set up the severity changing function, see 4.11 Setting the severity changing function in the Job Management Partner 1/Integrated Management - Manager Configuration Guide.

In the Preferences window, you can specify whether to save the column width for each display item when you log off, and whether to add background colors for specific events. For details about the Preferences window, see 2.22 Preferences window in the manual Job Management Partner 1/Integrated Management - Manager GUI Reference.

(a) Attributes of JP1 events

The events list displays the attributes (basic attributes or common extended attributes) of each event. The default is that the severity level, registered time, registered host name, user name, event ID, message, object type, and action are displayed. You can change the items displayed in the events list from the Preferences window. For details about how to change displayed items, see 2.22 Preferences window in the manual Job Management Partner 1/Integrated Management - Manager GUI Reference.

The items that can be displayed (columns) in the events list are those event attributes that are listed in the table below.

Table 5‒1: Items displayed in the events list
Attribute	Explanation
Response status display item	Displays information (Processed, Processing, Held, or Unprocessed) that indicates the response status of JP1 events. If the response status of a consolidated event is different from the response status of repeated events, `!` is displayed.
Consolidation status	This attribute shows the number of times a consolidated event is repeated. It is only displayed when monitoring of repeated events is suppressed or the display of repeated events is consolidated. For events that are being consolidated, `+` is displayed after the repetition count, indicating that consolidation is in progress.
Severity	This attribute indicates the urgency of a JP1 event, in the following descending order: `Emergency`, `Alert`, `Critical`, `Error`, `Warning`, `Notice`, `Information`, and `Debug`. When you are using the integrated monitoring database, if you use the severity changing function to change a severity level, this attribute indicates the urgency of the JP1 event after the change.
Registered time	Time at which a JP1 event was registered in the event database of the event source host.
Registered host name	Name of the agent (event server) that registered the JP1 event.
Source host name	Name of the host on which an event generating a JP1 event occurs. A name is displayed when the integrated monitoring database is used, and source host mapping is enabled.
User name	Name of the user that issued the JP1 event.
Event ID	Value that indicates the source program of the event that occurred.
Message	Message text that shows the content of the JP1 event.
Object type	Character strings, such as `JOB` and `JOBNET`, that indicate the type of object where the event that triggered event generation occurred.
Action	When automated actions are set up and if an event becomes the target of action execution, an action icon (action that was not suppressed) (action that was suppressed), or (action that was partially suppressed) is displayed. If a large number of events occur while the corresponding action is suppressed by the repeated event monitoring suppression function, is displayed in the Event Console window. When monitoring of repeated events is suppressed or the display of repeated events is consolidated, and the action status of a consolidated event is different from the action status of repeated events, `!` is displayed.
Product name	Name of the program that issued the JP1 event.
Object name	Name of the object (job, jobnet, etc.) where the event that triggered event generation occurred.
Root object type	Object type. The root object type is normally the same as the object type, but the highest-order object type is displayed for multi-level jobs, such as jobnets and jobs.
Root object name	Object name. The root object name is normally the same as the object name, but the highest-order object name is displayed for multi-level jobs, such as jobnets and jobs.
Arrival time	Time at which the JP1 event arrived at the event database of the connected manager. For the Search Events page, this attribute shows the time at which the JP1 event was registered in the event database of the search-target host.
Start time	Shows the time zone in which the execution started.
End time	Shows the time zone in which the execution ended.
Occurrence	Shows the phenomena (execution start, definition creation, etc.) that occurred for the object.
Serial number	Order in which the JP1 event arrived at this event server, regardless of the source.
Source process ID	Process ID of the source application program.
Source user ID	Source process user ID. The ID is `-1` if the event comes from Windows.
Source group ID	Source process group ID. The ID is `-1` if the event comes from Windows.
Source user name	Source process user name.
Source group name	Source process group name. The name is left blank if the event comes from Windows.
Source serial number	Serial number at the source host (the value does not change through forwarding).
Type	JP1 event type. Either the correlation succeeded icon or the correlation failed icon is displayed. If a large number of events occur that are suppressed by the repeated event monitoring suppression function, is displayed on each page of the Event Console window to indicate that a large number of events have occurred.
Action type	Action type. An icon indicating the action type (command) or (rule) is displayed.
Severity (before change)	Severity level before the change. This attribute can be set when the integrated monitoring database is used and the severity changing function is enabled.
Severity changing	When the severity level is changed, the icon is displayed. This attribute is displayed when the integrated monitoring database is used and the severity changing function is enabled.
Memo	When there are memo entries for the JP1 event, the icon is displayed. This attribute can be set when the integrated monitoring database is used and the function for setting memo entries is enabled.

(b) Extended attributes of JP1 events

You can display the content of an extended attribute in the display item (basic attribute or common extended attribute) column of the events list. For example, when an SNMP trap is converted into a JP1 event to be displayed in the events list, you can display the SNMP trap source host name in the registered host column.

When an extended attribute is displayed, it is preceded by the hash mark and a space (# ).

To display an extended attribute, you need to map a display item to the extended attribute. For details about mapping extended attributes, see 5.1.3 Displaying extended attributes of JP1 events (mapping of event information).

(c) JP1 event response status

You can display a response status icon indicating the event's response status (Processed, Processing, or Held) in the far-left column of the events displayed in the events list. For details about how to display response status icons, see 5.1.4 Displaying the response status of JP1 events.

If you are using the repeated event monitoring suppression function or the consolidated display of repeated events function, and the response status of a consolidated event is different from the response status of repeated events, ! is displayed.

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(2) Events displayed on the screen

Types of events displayed on the screen:

Events displayed on the screen are normal JP1 events, consolidated events (including events being consolidated and consolidation completion events), and correlation events.

Consolidated events

The number of repetitions or a plus sign (+) indicating that consolidation is in progress appears in Summary status.

For details about displaying and working with consolidated events, see 5.1.8 Displaying consolidated events when events with the same attributes occur consecutively.
Correlation events

The icon or is displayed in Type.

For details about displaying and handling correlation events, see 5.1.10 Displaying and handling correlation events.

Number of events that can be displayed on the screen:

The number of events that can be displayed on the screen is the value specified in Scroll Buffer in the Preferences window. The maximum number of JP1 events that can be displayed is 2,000.

If you use the integrated monitoring database, you can display all events saved in the integrated monitoring database. You can use the slider to adjust the event display start-time located in the event display start-time specification area, or by specifying a date and time. For details about how to set up the integrated monitoring database, see 1.4.2 Setting up the integrated monitoring database in the Job Management Partner 1/Integrated Management - Manager Configuration Guide.

When the number of JP1 events exceeds the number of JP1 events that can be displayed, the following operation takes place:

Monitor Events page

Regardless of its response status, the JP1 event with the earliest arrival time is erased.

Severe Events page

Even if its response status is Processed, the JP1 event with the earliest arrival time is erased.

If there are Processed severe events, the JP1 event with the earliest arrival time is erased regardless of its response status.

Even those JP1 events that are erased from the screen are registered in the event database. To view the JP1 events that have been erased from the screen, search for JP1 events. For details about how to search for JP1 events, see 5.5 Searching for JP1 events.

JP1 events that are displayed when the screen starts:

JP1 events that are displayed when the screen is started are the latest JP1 events that satisfy either of the following conditions:

JP1 events that occurred after the logged-in manager started but before the screen was started
JP1 events that were acquired from the event database beginning from the event acquisition start time set by the jcoimdef command until startup of the currently logged-in manager.

The number of JP1 events that are displayed when the screen is started is limited to one of the following values, whichever is smaller:

The value specified in Event Buffer in the System Environment Settings window (event buffer count)
The value specified in Scroll Buffer in the Preferences window (scroll buffer count)

Note that the JP1 event count also includes the communication events^# used internally. Therefore, during the initial display, the number of JP1 events displayed may not reach the upper limit.

#: Communication event: A communication event is internally generated when the response status of a severe event is changed or deleted, or when an automated action is executed and is not displayed on the screen.

Updating the events list:

The events list is updated at a user-specified updating interval, and displays the latest JP1 events. However, if automatic updating is not set up, the latest JP1 events are not displayed even when the screen is started. To display the latest JP1 events in such a case, from the View menu, choose Refresh.

Specify whether to automatically refresh the screen, and the automatic refresh interval, in the Preferences window.

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(3) Applying a filter

By applying a filter, you can restrict the JP1 events that are displayed in the Event Console window.

If an event acquisition filter is set, JP1 events acquired by JP1/IM - Manager from JP1/Base are restricted.

If a user filter is set, the JP1 events that are displayed are restricted according to the logged-in user.

If a view filter is set, by selecting the filter you want to apply from the Filter name list box and selecting the View Filter check box, you can display only those JP1 events that satisfy the set filtering condition.

To display only severe events, switch to the Severe Events page. When a severe event is received, the color of the light in the top area of the screen changes to red. If you change all severe events to Processed or delete them all on the Severe Events page, or if you cancel the severe events, the color of the light returns to green. For details about the Severe Events page, see 5.1.5 Displaying only severe events.

You can set to save which view filter is applied, and whether the View Filter check box is selected, on the Monitor Events or Severe Events page (selected in the Event Console window). If you choose to save the applied status, it is saved when you log out from JP1/IM - View, and then restored at the next login. (Events will be displayed according to the status.)

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