For each of the derived classes, you can define any number of user properties. The User Properties tab in the details pane displays any user properties for this class. It also lists any user properties that exist in the class from which this class was derived.
To view or update the user properties
If you change the Name, Type, Description, Category, or Dynamic settings for a user property, Operations Sentinel deletes any managed objects defined in that class and any classes derived from that class. |
CautionIn Administration mode, select the Managed Objects node in the navigation pane. The display pane lists the classes and the managed objects in each class.
In the display pane, select the class whose user properties you want to view.
Select the User Properties tab in the details pane. The User Properties tab displays the name of any user properties in a list on the left side. When you select a user property from the list, Operations Sentinel displays the settings for that property on the right side. See User Property Settings for a description of the settings.
To update any of the existing values, click the value for the setting that you want to change. Depending on the value, you either directly enter the value in the table grid, click the arrow button to display a list from which you select the appropriate value, or click the ellipse button to display a dialog box where you enter the value.
Save your changes.
To add a new user property
If you add a user property to a class, Operations Sentinel deletes any managed objects defined in that class and any classes derived from that class. |
You can add user properties to any derived class but not to a base class. Operations Sentinel does not limit the number of properties that you can define for a site-defined class. If you add a property to a derived class, it is automatically included in all classes derived from it.
Navigate to the User Properties tab if it is not already on display.
At the bottom of the Names column, click Add.
Click OK to acknowledge the warning or Cancel to quit. If you click OK, Operations Sentinel adds the property to the User Properties tab.
Select the property in the Names column. The settings for the property appear in the Settings column.
Review and update the settings for the property. See User Property Settings for a description of the settings. To change any of the default values, click the value for the setting that you want to change. Depending on the value, you either directly enter the value in the table grid, click the arrow button to display a list from which you select the appropriate value, or click the ellipse button to display a dialog box where you enter the value.
To delete a user property
If you delete a user property from a class, Operations Sentinel deletes any managed objects defined in that class and any classes derived from that class. |
Navigate to the User Properties tab if it is not already on display.
Select the property you want to delete in the Names column.
At the bottom of the Names column, click Delete.
The following table describes the settings for the user properties.
| Category | The category under which the property appears in the detail pane in Operations mode. |
| Default Value | The value to which the property is automatically set when an object is created, unless the AC event report creating the object sets it to another value. Also, if the property is not explicitly set to a value after the Timeout Period has elapsed since it was most recently set, the property is automatically reset to this value. |
| Description | The text description that appears below the detail pane when the property is selected in the detail pane on Operations mode. This can be a multiline value. |
| Dynamic | If true, the value of the property can be altered by an AC event report. (A dynamic property can also be set administratively.) This implies that the value can be altered from Operations mode by an external application that sends an AC event report, provided such an external application has been defined by the site. If false, this property is available for object filtering. |
| Name | This is the name of the property as it appears in the display and detail panes in Operations mode. It is also the name that must be used in AC event reports to set a value for the property in a managed object. For this purpose, the name is case insensitive. It is limited to 64 characters, and can contain spaces. |
| Popup Information | If true, indicates that the property name and value appear in the text that is displayed when the user mouses over the icon representing the object in a topology. By default, this is true. |
| Timeout Period | If a value is not set in this number of seconds, the value reverts to the Default Value. A value of 0 means that the value does not time out. |
| Type | Data type of the property, either string, Boolean, or integer. A string can be of any length, and can include any characters, including newlines and multi-byte characters. If you change this property, Operations Sentinel deletes any managed objects defined in this class and any classes derived from this class. |