Events
The i4connected event management functionalities allow the users to manage the actual event definitions from the database.
The Events functionality of the i4connected portal covers all the event occurrences possible inside the i4connected system, such as:
events imported from various Devices, Adapters or Databases:
Interpolation failed
Connection failure
Connection warning
Signal inactivity
Invalid counter values
Data not plausible
Data gap
server alarms, which represent a predefined set of event occurrences which are opened by the i4connected server in specific situations;
manually triggered events.
Based on the i4connected events workflow, there are two separate denominations which are used though out the portal and this topic:
Events - An event is an abstract definition of a possible situation. It is not tied to a specific scenario or device, but can be associated to an event script.
Event occurrences - An event occurrence is the actual manifestation of an event definition, when triggered manually or by an associated event script.
To sum up, an event is an abstract definition of a scenario while an occurrence is the manifestation of the event.
The list of Events can be accessed by clicking the Events tile by users having at least the View events permission enabled.
The Events panel
Events are displayed as cards in a scrollable list. Each Event card displays the following information:
The Event card
Name or Alias
Event type icon
Event group
Priority
The existence of an interval (Acknowledge, Ownership or Close interval)
The list of events features a complex filtering mechanism, that allows the user to easily pin-point the desired Event.
Tip
For a detailed description of the Event filtering mechanism, please visit the Events Filter article.
The Events list can be manually updated / reloaded by clicking the Refresh toolbar button.
The Refresh button
Adding a new Event definition
The Events panel allows the user with possibility to create new Events by clicking the Add toolbar button. The Add new Event functionality is only available for users having the Manage Events permission enabled.
The Add Event button
The Add event panel features the following Event properties:
The Add event panel
Name - the name of the event. This field is mandatory.
Alias - the friendly name of the event. The events with an Alias, will by default display the Alias, instead of the Name.
Description - the description of the event.
Event cause - the description of the cause of the current event.
Event effect - the description of the effect that the current event has.
Event repair - the description of the mitigation procedure for the current event.
Help link - the link leading to the documentation that provides help for the current event.
Enable event queries - enables additional query processing for the event. The user should enable this setting only if it is necessary to run additional queries in the post processing pipeline for this event.
Manual Event - enables the possibility to manually trigger the event. The user should enable this setting only if it is necessary to manually create an occurrence of that event.
Tip
For more details regarding management of manual events, please also visit the following article.
Acknowledge interval - enables an acknowledge interval.
Insert Acknowledge interval - allows the user to set the acknowledge interval (number of Days, Hours and Minutes).
Ownership interval - enables an ownership interval.
Insert Ownership interval - allows the user to set the ownership interval (number of Days, Hours and Minutes).
Close interval - enables a close interval.
Insert Close interval - allows the user to set the close interval (number of Days, Hours and Minutes).
Event priority - the event priority. The priority can be chosen using the Priorities panel.
Event type - the event type. The type can be selected from the Event types panel.
Event group - the group to which the event belongs. The group can be selected by marking the radio-button of the desired group. Due to the inheritance mechanism, selecting a derived group enables the assignment of the parent group as well.
The Event group selector
After all the Event information have been filled in the user can decide to preserve the new event, by pressing the Save button, or to Close the panel without saving.
Editing a listed Event
Users having the Manage events permission enabled can also change an Event settings, clicking on the Event card that requires changes.
Opening an Event in edit mode
In the Edit event panel all the information of an event can be changed as desired.
The Edit event panel
By pressing the Save button all the changes are applied. Pressing the Close button will close the Edit event panel without preserving any changes.
Deleting Events
Users having the Manage events permission enabled can remove redundant Event, by clicking the Delete button located in the toolbar of the Edit event panel.
The Delete button
The Delete event panel provides information concerning the impact of the deletion operation. To confirm the deletion, the user is required to manually type in the provided code.
The Delete event panel
As soon as the Delete button is selected, the event will be completely removed from Events panel.