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Domain Element

The domain element defines the context in which the rule exists. The association between a rule and its domain designates when a rule is tested and under which Analysis Report section the rule firing is reported.

The definition of a domain for Performance Manager knowledge base processing is based on the sub-records that are read from collected data. Each rule exists within a single domain. Also, each data cell is associated with a set of domains. Rules can reference any data cells in the domain in which the rule exists. If you omit the domain element, the default domain for the rule is LOCAL.

The format of the domain element is as follows:

DOMAIN domain_name [TRACE]
domain_name

Can be one of the following names: