2.3.2 Events area

The Events area displays the JP1 events occurring in the selected system components. The latest events are collected and displayed periodically. If JP1 events are consolidated by use of the suppression of repeated-event display provided by the Intelligent Integrated Management Base, consolidation events are displayed in the events list.

This section describes the Events area.

Operation menu button

Shows the following operation menu items:

• Repeated event list: This menu item is activated when one selected JP1 event is a consolidation start event. When you click it, the Repeated event list window is displayed in a separate window.

• Monitor: This menu item is activated when one selected JP1 event is an event for which monitor startup is specified. When you click it, a window that corresponds to the selected JP1 event is displayed.

Toolbar

Oldest button

Displays 100 old events starting from the oldest event in the Events area excluding dummy events.

Previous button

Displays 100 events listed on the previous page.

Next button

Displays 100 events listed on the next page.

Latest button

Displays 100 events older than the latest event (excluding dummy events) shown in the Events area as a starting point.

Filter by status button

Narrows down the status of events based on the color of the selected button. Multiple buttons can be selected for filtering.

For example, when you click the button that indicates the Error state, the list in the Events area is narrowed down to show only JP1 events in orange and the button changed to .

button

After filtering is performed, this button changes to . You can click it to clear the filter.

Event view

Displays the JP1 events occurring in the component selected in the Operating status area or a Each tab area.

The event view displays up to 100 events. New JP1 events appear under the older ones.

The event view displays the following items: Event status, Consolidation event, (Severe event), Event level, Serial number, Registered time, Event source host, User name, Event ID, Message, Object type, and Action.

You can change the width of a column by dragging its boundary. You can also change the column order by dragging the column.

Select All/Clear All check box

To select all JP1 events in the Events area, click the check box on the header of the area. To clear all selection, click the check box to deselect them.

To select an event, select the check box for the event.

Details button

Displays the Event detail dialog box for the selected event.

• Full screen button

  Displays the Event detail dialog box in a full screen view. Click the button to return the dialog box to its original size.

• Close button

  Closes the Event detail dialog box.

• Monitor

  This button is activated when the selected JP1 event is an event for which monitor startup is specified. When you click it, a window that corresponds to the selected JP1 event is displayed.

• Guide

  Displays the event guide information for the shown JP1 event. If the event guide function is disabled or no event guide information exists for the JP1 event, the Guide area is not displayed.

  The event guide information to be displayed in this area must be specified in the event guide information file. For details, see Event guide information file (jco_guide.txt) in 2. Definition Files in the manual JP1/Integrated Management 2 - Manager Command, Definition File and API Reference.

Event status

Displays the status of an event (Processed, Unprocessed, Processing, or Held) with a status icon that corresponds to the event status. For a consolidation event, the event status of the consolidation start event is displayed.

The following table lists the event statuses and the corresponding status icons. If the event status of the consolidation start event differs from the event status of a repeated event consolidated with it, an exclamation mark (!) is displayed in the Event status column of the consolidation start event.

Users who have JP1_Console_Admin permission or JP1_Console_Operator permission can use this menu.

Table 2‒9: Event statuses and corresponding icons

Event status	Status icon
Processed
Processing
Held
Unprocessed	(No icon)

If you change the event status, select the check box for the event you change, and select an event status from the pull-down menu under Event status.

Note that when the check box for a consolidation start event is selected, only the event status for the consolidation start event is changed. The event status of repeated events is not changed.

Consolidation event

Displays if an event is the consolidation start event.

(Severe event)

If an event is the severe event, is displayed. If an event is the consolidation start event, is displayed when the consolidation start event is the severe event.

When repeated events consolidated as a severe event actually consist of not only severe events but also non-severe events, an exclamation mark (!) is displayed.

Event level

Indicates the following levels of the event: Emergency, Alert, Critical, Error, Warning, Notice, Information, and Debug. The Event level column displays text that indicates the level of the event and the corresponding icon. The text color and background color cannot be changed.

The following table lists the event levels and the corresponding icons, text colors, and background colors.

Table 2‒10: Event levels and corresponding icons, text colors, and background colors

Event level	Icon	Text color#	Background color
Emergency		Black	For severe events: Red For non-severe events: White
Alert
Critical
Error			For severe events: Orange For non-severe events: White
Warning			For severe events: Yellow For non-severe events: White
Notice
Information
Debug

Serial number

Displays the serial number in the event database for the received JP1 event. The serial number is displayed in decimal format.

Registered time

Displays the registered time for the received JP1 event.

The registered time is displayed in the time zone on the machine that displays the integrated operation viewer, in YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss format.

Event source host

Displays the name of the host where the event that triggered the JP1 event occurred. If any control characters are contained in the host name, they will be removed from the displayed name.

User name

Displays the user name for the JP1 event. If any control characters are contained in the user name, they will be removed from the displayed name.

Event ID

Displays the event ID for the JP1 event. The event ID is displayed in 8-digit hexadecimal format. A to F are displayed in uppercase letters.

Message

Displays the message text for the JP1 event.

Object type

Displays the object type for the JP1 event in a string. If any control characters are contained in the string, they will be removed from the displayed string.

Action

When the function for suppressing automated actions is used, the suppression status is displayed with an icon in the Integrated Operation Viewer window.

Table 2‒11: Action suppression status icons

Icon	Description
	Action that has not been suppressed
	Action that has been suppressed
	Action that has been partially suppressed

If many events occur when execution of automated actions is suppressed by a condition for suppressing monitoring of repeated events, the icon is displayed. If a common exclusion-condition prevents an action from being executed, the icon is displayed.

When the action status differs between a consolidation start event and repeated events, an exclamation mark (!) is displayed in the Action column.

Organization of this subsection

• (1) Repeated event list window