Example: IMS Event Notification

This example format shows the first line of an IMS event notification API rule.

)API CAGSVP0001

The available REXX variables for IMS event notification are:

REXX Variable	Value
API.APPLICATION	SYSVIEW
API.VERSION	Current release
API.LEVEL	Service Pack/Build
API.ID	CAGSVP0001
API.COLOR	Alert color x'00' - Default x'01' - Green x'02' - Blue x'03' - Red x'04' - White x'05' - Pink x'06' - Yellow x'07' - Turquoise
API.GROUP	Variable metric group name
API.NAME	Variable metric name
API.DESCRIPTION	Variable metric description
API.IMSID	IMS subsystem ID
API.RESOURCE	Associated resource
API.STATUS	Current status
API.VALUE	Current value
API.ELAPSED	Elapsed time after notification
API.TEXT	Exception message text

API.TEXT has the following format:

Parameter	Contents	Max Length
01	System name	8
02	Subsystem - 'IMS'	8
03	IMS subsystem ID	4
04	Metric group	8
05	Metric subgroup	8
06	Metric name	8
07	Resource	8
08	Old metric status	8
09	New metric status	8
10	Elapsed time since notification	8
11	Metric value	12
12	Exception warning limit	8
13	Exception problem limit	8
14	Exception rule type	6