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Event Property

Description

Example

eventid (_id)

A globally unique Event ID

 

time and time_tag

Unix time of the event (seconds since 1970)

1385076573

date

The event time in human readable format

2013-11-11T13:39:41

node

The NMIS node name

 

host

The IP address or hostname

 

event

Name of the event

Node Down, Node Up

element

What is the element of the node

FastEthernet1, Neighbor 1.2.4.5

state

Is the state true or falsegood or bad, up or down

up/down, open/closed, etc

stateful

Stateful Name of the stateful object name

Node, Interface, OSPF Neighbor

details

Other event details

 

type

Where did the event originate?

cisco_syslog, trap, NMIS, (remote) API

escalate

Has the event been marked for escalation?

0 or 1
priorityopEvents priority level, see opEvents priority levels vs. NMIS and Syslog levels0 to 10

acknowledged

Has the event been acknowledged?

0 or 1

flap

Is this event a flap?

0 or 1

action_requiredShould the GUI show the event as open?0 or 1

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Event PropertyDescriptionExample
interface_descriptionThe ifAlias (or Description) of the interface in question
  • only available with opEvents versions 2.0 and newer,
  • only for interface-related stateful events (i.e. element is an interface), 
  • and only if the node was refreshed or imported from NMIS with opEvents  2.0 or newer
 
duplicateoflist of Event IDs that this one is a duplicate of 
nodeslists nodes that caused this synthetic event 
eventidslist of Event IDs that were involved in causing this synthetic event 

delayedaction

Unix time, until then the event is held back from processing for actions and policies1385079231
action_checkedHas the event been processed wrt. actions and policies?0 or 1
<scriptname>.outputIf an event triggered a script action that is set to save,
then the script output is stored in this property.
 
syntheticwhether this event was created by a correlation policy action,
or because a watchdog expired
0 or 1
watchdogwhether this is a watchdog expiration event0 or 1