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Comment: updated info re eventids

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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
 
authorityThe server name of the system that originated the event;
Optional, only relevant for remotely/API-generated events.
 
locationThe URI for this event at the originating server.
Optional, only relevant for remotely/API-generated events.
 
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.
In opEvents 2.0.3 and newer this is also set for relationships between events,
e.g. for auto-acknowledged events the up event lists the down event's id here and vice versa
 

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
escalation_ageIf the event is or was subject to escalation, then this property indicates the
event's most recent escalation threshold. Note that this property is not cleared when
the event is acknowledged and escalation terminates.
60, 900 etc.
escalation_policyIf the event is or was subject to escalation, then this property lists the
event's most recently active escalation policy name.
Like the previous property, this one persists after escalation terminates.
 
notesa list of originator- and time-tagged comments for this event
(optional, supported in opEvents 2.0 and newer)
 
tag_<anything>These enrichment tags are controlled by your action policy, and have no special meaning
- with the exception of tag_kb_topic, which controls linking to online sources
(in opEvents 2.0.2 and up)
 

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