Environment variables are items of data that are maintained by the operating system, web server, or other control program. They typically reside in memory and reflect the current status of the system. They can contain data such as time, date, path, file name, and login information.
You can refer to environment variables when
Defining the Command property for a command template in an alert policy.
Defining the Command String property for an external application's launch definition When an external application is executed, all environment variables set prior to starting Operations Sentinel Console are available to the external application. Operations Sentinel Console also provides additional environment variables, depending on the context in which the application was started.