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Classify Operation

Classify operations refine an event class from the generic eventtype to more specific classifications. This operation enables specific connector policy to be enacted using different types of events from the same source. The eventtype value searches for a matching <EventClass> in the classification operation to classify an event. Each <EventClass> property can contain several subclasses. For example, you may want to classify events coming from CA NSM into more specific classes according to the source of the event the Event Manager or Event Agent received.

Classify operations do not support inheritance, because classification makes an eventtype property more specific, where inheritance extends more general eventtype properties.

The processing engine traverses all field elements in order until a field is matched, after which no other fields are considered.

Note: Inbound to connector policy must include a specific <EventClass> definition for SiloDataFilter for subsequent delete operations to work. For more information and the detailed syntax for this <EventClass>, see Inbound to Connector Policy Considerations.