Alerts can now apply to any class of managed object; they are not limited to systems. However, in the Alerts windows of Operations Sentinel Console, any alert which does not apply to a system is identified by the system to which the object belongs. By default, this system determines in which log information about the alert is recorded. However, the AL event report can control whether this information is logged and where it is logged with the new _LOG attribute. (Regardless of the _LOG attribute, the SP-SPALS log records all AL event reports.) As with AC and DE event reports, the syntax of AL event reports is extended to allow qualification in both the INSTANCE and CLASS attributes.