5.2.1 Settings for view filters

If you use the attribute value of a JP1 event displayed in the events list as the view condition, select a JP1 event from the list.

From the Event Console window, choose View, and then View List of Filters.

The View List of Filters window appears. This window displays filter names.

To create a new view filter, click the Add button. To use an existing filter, click the Copy button, and then click the Edit button.

Clicking the Add button displays the Settings for View Filter window.

Clicking the Copy button adds Copy view-filter-name to the filters. In this case, select Copy view-filter-name and then click the Edit button to display the Settings for View Filter window.

In the Settings for View Filter window, set the filter.

In the Settings for View Filter window, you can specify the following settings:

• Filter name

  Specify a name for the filter in order to distinguish setting conditions.

• Condition group

  Specify a name for a group of conditions in order to distinguish sets of pass conditions or exclusion-conditions.

  You can set a maximum of five pass-conditions groups and five exclusion-conditions groups. The relationship between condition groups is the OR condition.

  To set condition groups, you must click the Show List button to keep List displayed.

  To add a condition group: Click the Add button to add an unnamed Condition group n (n: number).

  To copy a condition group: Select a condition group and then click the Copy button to add Copy selected-condition-group-name.

  To delete a condition group: Select a condition group and then click the Delete button to delete the selected condition group.

  To rename a condition group: Select a condition group to display its name in Condition group name. Edit this name and move the focus to rename the condition group.

• To set conditions (detailed settings for a condition group)

  Specify pass conditions or exclusion-conditions for the filter.

  You can combine multiple conditions, in which case the relationship between conditions is the AND condition.

  The items that you can set are as follows: Event source host name^#1, Source host, Event level, Object type, Object name, Root object type, Root object name, Occurrence, User name, Message, Product name, Event ID, Response status, Action^#2, and program-specific extended attributes.

  If you are using the integrated monitoring database, you can also set the following items: Memo^#3, New severity level^#4, Original severity level^#4, New display message^#5, Changed display message^#5, Repeated events^#6, and Suppressed event ID^#6.

  #1: This item can be set if the mapping of the event source host is enabled.

  #2: If linkage with JP1/IM - Rule Operation is enabled, you can specify an action type as a condition.

  #3: This item can be set if the memo function is enabled.

  #4: This item can be set if the severity changing function is enabled.

  #5: This item can be set if the display message change function is enabled.

  #6: This item can be set if the repeated event monitoring suppression function is enabled.

  To apply the attribute value of the JP1 event selected from the Event Console window to the conditions list, click the Read From Selected Event button.

  If the repeated event monitoring suppression function is enabled, the Read Suppressed Event ID From Selected Event button appears. To apply the suppressed event ID of the repeated event selected in the Event Console window to Suppressed event ID in the conditions list, click this button. For the repeated events that are consolidated into a single consolidation event, the same suppressed event ID is assigned. Therefore, you can filter the repeated events that are consolidated into a single consolidation event (the repeated events that has the same suppressed event ID as the selected repeated event).

Click the OK button.

The Settings for View Filter window closes and the View List of Filters window is displayed again.

Click the OK button.

The specified settings (for creating a filter) take effect and the View List of Filters window closes.

If you use the attribute value of a JP1 event displayed in the events list as the view condition, select a JP1 event from the list.

Display the Settings for View Filter window.

Use one of the following methods to display the Settings for View Filter window:

• From the Event Console window, choose View, and then View List of Filters to display the View List of Filters window.

  Next, in the View List of Filters window, select the view filter that is to be changed, and then click the Edit button.

• In the Event Console window, on the Monitor Events page, or the Severe Events page, from the Filter name list box, select the view filter that is to be changed, and then click the View Filter Settings button, or from the menu bar, choose View, and then View Filter Settings.

In the Settings for View Filter window, edit the filter settings.

To apply the attribute values of the JP1 event selected from the Event Console window to the conditions list, click the Read From Selected Event button.

To apply the suppressed event ID of the repeated event selected in the Event Console window to Suppressed event ID in the conditions list, click the Read Suppressed Event ID From Selected Event button. For the repeated events that are consolidated into a single consolidation event, the same suppressed event ID is assigned. Therefore, you can filter the repeated events that are related to the selected repeated event.

Click the OK button.

The Settings for View Filter window closes, and the window that called the Settings for View Filter window is displayed again. When the View List of Filters window is displayed again, click OK to apply the specified settings (for changing a filter).

From the Event Console window, choose View, and then View List of Filters.

The View List of Filters window appears. This window displays filter names.

Select the view filter to be deleted, and then click the Delete button.

The selected view filter is deleted.

Click the OK button.

The specified settings (for deleting a filter) take effect and the View List of Filters window closes.