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Contents of GLOBAL.OPNF.ALERT

The GLOBAL.OPNF.ALERT global variable that the OPNFMSUR REXX program sends to CA OPS/MVS is specially formatted so that you can easily find the fields in the alert in which you are looking. The variable contents are formatted as follows:

alert-field-name=alert-field-value####

Alert-field-name is the name of one of the following CA NetView alert fields:

• ALERT_DESCRIPTION
• HIERARCHY_NUMBER
• ALERT_TEXT
• HIERARCHY_n
• ALERT_TYPE
• PROBABLE_CAUSE_NUMBER
• EVENT_CODE_NUMBER
• PROBABLE_CAUSE_n
• EVENT_CODE_TYPE
• RECOMMENDED_ACTION_NUMBER
• EVENT_CODE_n
• RECOMMENDED_ACTION_n

The alert-field-value is the value of the field for a particular alert. To process the alert, write a global variable rule modeled after the sample rule in member OPNFPALR of the OPS.CCLXRULB library. This sample rule echoes the contents of the alert to the console of the operator.