This documentation supports the releases of BMC Helix Operations Management up to December 31, 2021.To view the documentation for the latest version, select 23.1 from the Product version picker.

Slot data types

Slot definitions specify the slot types that are acceptable for processing by assigning data types to the slot.

Slot types

The following table lists the supported data types for creating custom slots. 


Slot filter conditions

Each data type supports particular filter conditions. These conditions can be specified while creating event policies. 

The following table lists the filter conditions available for the slot types that are used for the out-of-the-box slots:

Enumeration data types

Enumeration (or Enum) data types are related to integral constants that represent special values within a module. 

Slot enumerations specify acceptable values for a particular slot.

The following table lists the out-of-the-box Enum data types:

 

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