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Overview of AOF Test Panels for Different Rule Types

When the AOF places you in the rule test environment, the actual panel you see depends upon the type of rule you selected for testing. For example, if you select a command rule to test, the AOF displays the AOF Test CMD panel. If you select an OMEGAMON rule, the AOF displays the AOF Test OMG panel.

When you finish typing data into an AOF test panel and press Enter, the AOF tries to match the information you specified on the panel to the enabled rules of the AOF. The AOF displays the test results in the bottom part of the AOF test panel. Once you see the results, you can press PF3 to terminate the rule test session. If you want to continue testing, you can change some of the field data and press Enter again. For more information about viewing test results, see Guidelines for Using the OPSLOG Browse Test Data Results Panel in this chapter.

Although there is a different panel for each of the eight types of AOF rules, they are very similar. In fact, many of the same fields appear on all of the AOF test panels.

The next eight sections describe how to use the AOF test panels for each rule type. Each section includes a sample panel and descriptions of all the fields that are unique to the panel. For descriptions of the fields that are common to many or all of the panels, see Common AOF Test Panel Fields in this chapter.