CI Impact & Events view

Use the CI Impact & Events view to create reports about the event data for Configuration Items (CI). The CI Impact & Events view contains the following folders and conditions:

Causal Component

Field name	Description
Causal Component Change Number	The change number when the causal component status changes.
Causal Component ID	The unique ID of the causal component.
Causal Status	The status of the causal component.

Causal Component Status Event

Field name	Description
Causal Status Component Guid	The unique system ID.
Causal Status Component Id	The unique ID for the causal component.
Causal Component Status Type	The status type of the causal component.
Causal Component Status	The status of the causal component.
Causal Status Change Number	The change number when the causal status changes.
Schedule	The schedule of the causal component when the status type <add info>
Manual User	The user who manually modifies the causal component.
Manual Comment	The comments of the user who manually modifies the causal component.
Causal Status Incident Date	Displays the interval date of the causal component status.
Causal Status Insert Date - Time	Displays the insert date and time for the causal status change event.
Causal Status Component Cost	The down time cost of the causal component.

Causal Event

Field name	Description
Causal Event Guid	The unique ID of the causal event.
Causal Events	The unique Id of the causal component.

Component

Field name	Description
Component Name	Displays name of the component.
Component Class	Displays classname of the component.
Component ID	Displays component ID of the component.
Status	Displays status of the component.
Impact Manager	Displays cell name of the component.
Site	Displays value of the Site slot of the component.
Site Group	Displays value of the Site Group slot of the component.
Type	Displays type of the component.
Category	Displays category of the component.
Manufacturer Name	Displays value of the Manufacturer Name slot of the component.
Region	Displays value of the Region slot of the component.
Department	Displays value of the Department slot of the component.
Company	Displays value of the Company slot of the component.
City	Displays value of the City slot of the component.
Domain	Displays value of the Domain slot of the component.
Model	Displays value of the Model slot of the component.
Owner Name	Displays value of the OwnerName slot of the component.
Owner Contact	Displays value of the OwnerContact slot of the component.
Description	Displays description of the Component
Primary Capability	Displays value of the Primary Capability slot of the component.
Impacted Areas	Displays value of the Impacted Areas slot of the component.
Impact Cost Per Sec	Displays Cost due to Component Loss.
Impact Cost Unit	Displays monetary unit of loss for loss measurement.
Insert Type	Displays insert type of the component.
Is Virtual	Displays value of the IsVirtual slot of the component.
Create Date	Displays component create date.
OS Name	Displays Component Operating System name.
OS Type	Displays Component Operating System type.
OS Product Suite	Displays Component Operating System product suite.
Supported By	Displays value of the SupportedBy slot of the component.
System Environment	Displays value of the SysEnvironment slot of the component.
System Name	Displays value of the SystemName slot of the component.
System Role	Displays value of the SystemRole slot of the component.
Version Number	Displays value of the VersionNumber slot of the component.
Extended Component Slot Value	Displays the value of the additional slot names of a component.
Extended Component Slot Name	Displays the additional slot names of a component.
Component Slot Name	Displays the available slot names for a component.
Component Slot Value	Displays the available slot values for a component.
Slot Change Time	Displays the time when the component slot is changed.
Summarized Flag	Indicates whether the component needs to be summarized. 1=true, 0=false
Component Configuration	Displays the component configuration.
Last Summarized Date	Displays the date and time when the component was last summarized.
Forward Summarization Date	Displays the date and time when the component was forward summarized.

Component Status Event

Field name	Description
Component Status	Displays the status of the impacted component.
Status Component ID	Displays the auto-generated unique ID for each component.
Status	Displays the component status.
Status Type	Displays the component status change type.
Status Change Incident Date	Displays the incident date when the component status changed.
Change Number	Displays the number of times that the component status has changed.
Manual Comment	Displays the manual comment provided during the status change.
Manual User	Displays the user who manually changed the status of the component.
Schedule	Displays the schedule of the impacted component.
Insert Date	The component status change insert date.
Cost	Displays the cost associated with the component loss.
Status ID	Displays the component status ID.
Status Incident Date	Displays the status incident date.
Status Change Interval	Displays the status change interval. Use as a filter to filter out data in a report.
Latest Incident Date	Displays the latest incident date.

Custom Dimension

Custom dimensions are multi-level filters that you can use to view the data of the parent filter. For example, if you use the Event Host Class - Host custom dimension, you can first filter event host classes. Based on your selection, you can see the hosts for those host classes. The following custom dimensions are available out of the box:

Event Host Class - Host
Event Tool Class - Tool
Event Object Class - Object
Extended Slot Name - Value
Event Origin Class - Origin

Event Custom Dimension

Field name	Description
Event Severity Bucket	Displays the severity of the event if the severity is Critical, Major, or Minor. Otherwise, displays the severity as Other Events.

Event Date Time

Field name	Description
Event Reception Date	Displays the date when the event occurred.
Event Incident Date	Displays the event incident report date.
Event Arrival Date	Displays the date when the event arrived at the BMC Impact Manager network at either an adapter or a cell.
Event Modification Date	Displays the date when the event was modified.
Event Local Reception Date	Displays the event local reception date.
Event Closed Date	Displays the date when the event was closed.

Event Information

Field name	Description
Event ID	Unique Event Identifier.
Event Host	Displays the host associated with the event.
Event Host Class	Displays type of host. This field is important for implementing generic actions, such as rebooting a computer on which a problem has occurred. In the background, a generic action can be translated into a specific action based on this field.
Event Class	Displays Event Class. For example, Abnormality, Alarm.
Event Status	Display status of an event.
Event Severity	Indicates the seriousness of the event.
Event Priority	Determines which event requires action before the other.
Event Message	Displays a short description of the reason for the event.
Event Category	Displays category of an event.
Event Sub Category	Displays sub category of an event.
Event Owner	Displays the current user assigned to the event.
Event Location	Displays the location assigned to the event.
Application	Displays Event Application.
Origin Severity	Displays severity as given by the mc_origin slot.
Impact Manager Cell Address	Displays cell address of the impact manager monitoring the component.
Event Origin	Event management systems that is closest to the source of the event as possible. For example, if an event originates form an agent, is forwarded to HP OpenView IT / Operations, and is then received by BMC Impact Manager, the name of the agent would be the mc_origin, and the name of the HP ITO instance would be the mc_tool.
Event Origin Class	Identifies the event management system type.
Event Object	Displays sub-component of the host to which the event is related. For example, it could be the name of the disk on which the event is reporting the problem.
Event Object Class	Displays the class of an object. If the object class cannot be derived from the original event, it should be filled in during enrichment.
Event Parameter	Name of the metric or property that went into alarm or that triggered the event.
Event Parameter Value	Displays the parameter value.
Tool	Displays the tool_class value.
Tool Class	Displays a user-defined categorization of the tool reporting the event. For example, the tool_class value for an SNMP adapter could be SNMP. And the tool_class value for an NT Event Log Adapter might be NT_EVENT_LOG.
Tool Class Address	Displays the address of the tool reporting the event.
Event MC Service	Displays business service of the reporting event.
Extended Slot Name	Extended Event Slot Name that was created.
Extended Slot Value	Displays the Extended Event Slot Value.
Event Action Count	Number of actions performed on the event.
Event Repeat Count	Number of copies received from this event.
Event Duration	Elapsed time, in seconds from event creation to the time the event was closed.
Event Administrator	Identification of the user that last modified the event, as user@host or package:rulename.
Event Account	Displays event account.
Event Object Owner	Displays event owner.
Event MC Notification History	Displays event notification history.
Event MC Tool Sev	Displays severity as provided by mc_tool.
Event Origin Key	Unique key that the originating tool uses to enumerate the event. In case of a two-layer implementation, mc_origin_key might have the same value as the mc_tool_key.
Event Original Priority	Records the original priority of the event upon insertion to the cell, which is needed to determine if an event has been escalated or de-escalated.
Event Original Severity	Records the original severity of the event to determine if the event’s severity has been modified.
Event Last Closed By Response	Displays the user who has closed the event.
Event Last Closed Response Time	Displays the date and time when the event was closed.
Original Priority In Number	Displays the original priority IN number of the event.
Severity ID	Displays the system-generated unique ID for severity.
Priority ID	Displays the system-generated unique ID for priority.

Event Measures folder

Field name	Description
Event Count	Displays the total number of events.

Event Notes

Field name	Description
Event Notes Guid	Displays the system generated unique ID for each note on the events.
Event Notes	The contents of this slot is implementation-dependent. Rules or users should not rely on a particular value in this slot.
Event Notes Time	Displays the time when an event not has been written by the operator.
Event Notes Operator	Displays the user who writes the notes on the event.

Event Operation

Field name	Description
Event Operation Guid	Displays the system generated unique ID for each operation
Event Operation	The slot that contains a list of operation history entries.
Event Operation Type	Displays the type of operation that is performed on the event.
Event Operation Time	Displays the time when an operation is performed on the event.
Event Operation Arguments	Displays the fourth value of the mc_operations slot.
Event Operation Operator	Displays the name of the user who operated on the event.

Event Related Incidents

Field name	Description
Incident ID	Displays the incident unique ID.
Incident Status	Displays the status of the incident.
Incident Priority	Displays the priority of the incident.
Incident Submitter	Displays the name of the user who created the incident.
Incident Asignee	Displays the name of the user who assigned the incident.
Incident Date Time	Displays the date and time when the incident was generated.
Incident ACK Event ID	Displays the ID of the event that acknowledged the incident.

Event Response Time

Field name	Description
First Operation Action	Displays the first operation that was performed when the event was created.
First Operation Time	Displays the time when the first operation was performed when the event was created.
First Operation User	Displays the name of the user who performed the first operation when the event was created.
Response Time Per Operation	Displays the response time for every operation.
First Operation Response Time	Displays the first operation response time in minutes.

Event Status

Field name	Description
Event Status Guid	Displays the system generated unique ID of the event status.
Event History Status	Displays the status value of the event.
Event Status Change Time	Displays the time when the status of the event changed.
Event Status Change Operator	Displays the name of the user who changed the status of the event.

Impact Availability

Field name	Description
Availability End Status	Component end status at that particular time.
Availability End Schedule	Displays the end schedule of the component.
Availability Interval Date	Displays the availability interval date.
Availability Day	Displays the daily component availability.
Availability Week	Displays the weekly component availability.
Availability Month	Displays the monthly component availability.
Availability Quarter	Displays the quarterly component availability.
Availability Uptime	The uptime in minutes during the last hour.
Availability Downtime	The downtime in minutes during the last hour.
Availability Value	The ratio of the hourly uptime to hourly uptime and downtime.
Availability Rolling Uptime	Displays the rolling uptime of the component.
Availability Rolling Downtime	Displays the rolling downtime of the component.
Availability Rolling Value	Ratio of the rolling uptime to rolling uptime and downtime.
Availability Uptime (Minutes)	Displays the availability uptime in minutes.
Availability Downtime (Minutes)	Displays the availability downtime in minutes.
Availability %	Displays the availability value in percentage.

Impact Losses

Field name	Description
Losses End Cost	End cost because of component losses.
Losses End Status	Component end status at that particular time.
Losses Interval Date	Displays the losses interval date.
Losses Value	The downtime/cost of the component in one hour.
Losses Day	Displays daily component losses.
Losses Week	Displays weekly component losses.
Losses Month	Displays monthly component losses.
Losses Quarter	Displays quarterly component losses.

Impact Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)

Field name	Description
MTBF End Status	Component end status at that particular time.
MTBF End Schedule	Component end schedule at that particular time.
MTBF Interval Date	Displays the MTBF interval date.
MTBF Failed Uptime	The uptime for which a failure has been found within the hourly interval under consideration.
MTBF Unfailed Uptime	The duration of uninterrupted MTBF uptime.
MTBF Downtime	The downtime for which a failure has been found within the hourly interval under consideration.
MTBF Failures	Displays hourly failures.
MTBF Value	The ratio of hourly failed uptime to hourly failures.
Ever Repaired	Displays whether the component has ever been repaired.
MTBF Rolling Failed Uptime	The uptime for which a failure has been found within the interval under consideration.
MTBF Rolling Downtime	The downtime for which a failure has been found within the interval under consideration.
MTBF Rolling Failures	The number of failure patterns found within the interval under consideration.
MTBF Rolling Value	The ratio of rolling failed uptime to rolling failures.
MTBF	Displays the MTBF value.
MTBF Last Significant State	Displays the last significant state of the component.
MTBF Pattern In Service	Displays the pattern in service for the component.
MTBF Failed Uptime(minutes)	Displays hourly failed uptime in minutes.
Rolling MTBF (minutes)	Rolling MTBF in minutes.
Failed Uptime (minutes)	The uptime for which a failure has been found within the hourly interval under consideration in minutes.
MTBF Day	Displays the daily mean time between failures.
MTBF Week	Displays the weekly mean time between failures.
MTBF Month	Displays the monthly mean time between failures.
MTBF Quarter	Displays the quarterly mean time between failures.

Impact Mean Time Between Service Impact (MTBSI)

Field name	Description
MTBSI End Status	Component end status at that time.
MTBSI End Schedule	Component end schedule at that time.
MTBSI Interval Date	Displays the MTBSI interval date.
Completed Service Impact Uptime	The total uptime falls within a service impact pattern, for which the pattern is not complete. The uptime is carried forward till the pattern is complete.
Completed Service Impact Downtime	The total downtime that falls within an occurrence of a service impact.
Incomplete Service Impact Uptime	The uptime that falls within a service impact pattern, for which the pattern is not complete. The uptime is carried forward till the pattern is complete.
Incomplete Service Impact Downtime	The downtime that falls within a service impact pattern, for which the pattern is not complete. This downtime is carried forward till the pattern is completed.
MTBSI Incidents	The number of service impacts within the hour interval under consideration. If a service incident is incomplete at the boundary of one hourly interval, it is processed in the hourly interval where it completes the pattern.
MTBSI Interval Value	The ratio of the hourly service impact uptime and downtime to hourly incidents.
Ever Failed	Displays whether the component has ever failed.
Rolling Completed Service Impact Uptime	The rolling uptime that falls within a service impact pattern, for which the pattern is not complete. The uptime is carried forward till the pattern is complete.
Rolling Completed Service Impact Downtime	The rolling downtime that falls within a service impact pattern, for which the pattern is not complete. The downtime is carried forward till the pattern is complete.
Rolling Incidents	The rolling number of service impacts within the interval under consideration. If a service incident is incomplete at the boundary of one hourly interval, it is processed in the interval where it completes the pattern.
MTBSI Rolling Value	The ration of the rolling service impact uptime & downtime to rolling incidents.
MTBSI Last Significant State	Displays the last significant state of the component.
Pattern In Service	Displays the pattern in service for the component.
MTBSI Incident Downtime (minutes)	Displays MTBSI downtime in minutes.
MTBSI Incident Uptime (minutes)	Displays MTBSI uptime in Minutes.
Rolling MTBSI (minutes)	Displays Rolling MTBSI in minutes.
MTBSI	Displays the mean time between service impacts in minutes.
MTBSI Service Incidents	Displays hourly incidents.
MTBSI Day	Displays the daily components mean time between service impacts.
MTBSI Week	Displays the weekly components mean time between service impacts.
MTBSI Month	Displays the monthly components mean time between service impacts.
MTBSI Quarter	Displays the quarterly components mean time between service impacts.

Impact Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)

Field name	Description
MTTR End Status	Component end status at that particular time.
MTTR End Schedule	Component end schedule at that particular time.
MTTR Interval Date	Displays the MTTR interval date.
MTTR Repairs	The number of repairs within the hourly interval under consideration.
MTTR Uptime	The uptime within the hourly interval under consideration.
MTTR Repaired Downtime	The downtime for which a repair has been found within the hourly interval under consideration
MTTR UnRepaired Downtime	State (Down) at that time (hr) and the amount of time down till the current time. Recorded when component goes down.
MTTR Value	The ratio of hourly failed uptime to hourly failures.
Repairs	Displays the hourly repairs.
MTTR	Displays the ratio of hourly repaired downtime to hourly repairs.
MTTR Rolling Uptime	The rolling uptime within the interval under consideration.
MTTR Rolling Repaired Downtime	The downtime for which a repair has been found within the time interval under consideration.
MTTR Rolling Value	The ratio of rolling repaired downtime to rolling repairs for component.
MTTR Rolling Repairs	The number of repairs within the total interval under consideration.
MTTR Repaired Downtime (minutes)	Displays the MTTR repaired downtime in minutes.
Rolling MTTR (minutes)	Displays the rolling MTTR value in Minutes.
MTTR Last Significant State	The MTTR state at that time.
MTTR Pattern In Service	The pattern in service (0/1) at that time.
MTTR Day	Displays the daily mean time to repair.
MTTR Week	Displays the weekly mean time to repair.
MTTR Month	Displays the monthly mean time to repair.
MTTR Quarter	Displays the quarterly mean time to repair.

Organization

Field name	Description
Organization Name	Displays the organization name.
Organization ID	Displays organization ID.

TSR User

Field name	Description
User Name	Displays the TrueSight Smart Reporting user name.