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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 name of the node in question. Normally the same as the NMIS node name.

 

host

The IP address or hostname of the node in question.  Optional.

 

event

Name of the event

Node Down, Node Up

element

What is the element of the node the event refers to. Optional.

FastEthernet1, Neighbor 1.2.4.5

state

Is the state good or bad, up or down.
Optional, but always present if stateful is present.

up/down, open/closed, etc

stateful

Name of the stateful object. Optional, but always present if state is present.

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
 
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 

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