Filtering for a Specific Event Priority

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Filtering for a Specific Event Priority

This scenario describes how to receive events of a specific priority.

The Scenario

A managing director needs to know about all critical events. The MD wants the events to be sent by an eventlist to the workstation theboss.reo.dec.com.

One action, one filter and one dispatch are required. The action will use the eventlist action routine to dispatch the events.

Assume that the events, classes and serviced systems have already been created in the configuration database, and that the DECwindows Motif transport is TCP/IP.

The Solution

To set up the filtering mechanism for a specific event priority, do the following:

Step	Action	For Command Line Interface	For C3 Interface
1.	Start the configuration editor	Starting the Configuration Editor in Chapter 4, “Modifying the Configuration Database”	Starting the Configuration Editor in Chapter 4, “Modifying the Configuration Database”
2.	Create an action with the following attributes: Name Enter Critical Information Enter Critical events on all systems Command Enter: CONSOLE$EVENTLIST Action Type Select the “ALL events and EACH userdata item” option Parameters To Pass Select Userdata only, deselect all others To Action	Adding Actions in Chapter 11, “Setting Up the ENS Components”	Adding Actions in Chapter 11, “Setting Up the ENS Components”
3.	Create a filter with the following attributes: Name Enter Critical Information Enter Critical events on all systems Events Select All Events Classes1 Select All Classes, Systems Select All Systems Groups Select All Groups Subsystems Select All Subsystems Priorities Deselect All Priorities. In the Priorities dialog box, select Critical, and deselect all the other priorities	Adding Filters and Dispatches in Chapter 11, “Setting Up the ENS Components”	Adding Filters in Chapter 11, “Setting Up the ENS Components”
4.	Create a dispatch for the filter with the following attributes: Action to Enter Critical dispatch Information Enter Critical events Userdata Enter.theboss reo.dec.com 0 0 tcpip Select Execute at all Times on All Days	Adding Filters and Dispatches in Chapter 11, “Setting Up the ENS Components”	Adding Dispatches for Your Actions in Chapter 11, “Setting Up the ENS Components”

1Compare these fields with the corresponding fields in the scenario described in Filtering for a Specific Event Class. These two fields are the major functional differences between this scenario and the scenario described in Filtering for a Specific Event Class.