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Supporting New Event Sources with the Event Refinement Library

To support a device, application, database, or other event source that is not already supported, use the mapping and parsing file wizards and the integrations wizard to create the necessary components.

The process involves the following general steps:

  1. Create parsing files to collect event data as name-value pairs.
  2. Create mapping files to map the name-value pairs into the common event grammar.
  3. Create new integrations and listeners to collect data from your event source.

Integrations, parsing and mapping files, and suppression and summarization rules are covered in depth in the CA Enterprise Log Manager Administration Guide and the online help.