event_report()

start-time

time endpoint that specifies the oldest event timestamp that is valid for the
event report
Valid Values
■ " " indicating January 1, 1970 at 00:00:00
■ PSL backward compatible: MMddhhmm[yy]
■ RFC-822: day date month year hh:mm:ss
■ Unix: day month date hh:mm:ss year
■ PSL date(): day month date hh:mm:ss year
The variables have the following values:
day—Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
MM—01 to 12
month—Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
dd or date—01 to 31
hh—00 to 23
mm and ss—00 to 59
year—1902 to 2037
[yy]—00 to 99 (19yy is assumed)
In the PSL compatibility format the current year is used when yy is omitted.

stop-time

time endpoint that specifies the most recent event timestamp that is valid for
the event report
Valid Values
■ " " indicating all event timestamps in the repository
■ PSL backward compatible: MMddhhmm[yy]
■ RFC-822: day date month year hh:mm:ss
■ Unix: day month date hh:mm:ss year
■ PSL date(): day month date hh:mm:ss year
The variables have the following values:
day—Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
MM—01 to 12
month—Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
dd or date—01 to 31
hh—00 to 23
mm and ss—00 to 59
year—1902 to 2037
[yy]—00 to 99 (19yy is assumed)
In the PSL compatibility format the current year is used when yy is omitted.

status

event status that is valid for the event report

*Valid Values* 
O OPEN 
A ACKNOWLEDGED 
C CLOSED 
E ESCALATED 
D DELETED*Examples*

• "O,A,C,D" matches all statuses except ESCALATED
• "O,A,C,E,D" or " " matches all statuses
• "O,C" matches only statuses OPEN and CLOSED

type

event type that is valid for the event report

*Valid Values* 
I INFORMATION 
S CHANGE_STATUS 
E ERROR 
W WARNING 
A ALARM 
R RESPONSE*Examples*

• "S,E,W,A,R" matches all event types except INFORMATION
• "I,S,E,W,A,R" or " " matches all event types
• "W,A" matches only event types WARNING and ALARM

node

computer system name that is valid for the event report

*Valid Values*

• " " indicating all computer systems listed in the PEM repository
• character string indicating a specific host name

origin

application instance or class name that is valid for the event report

*Valid Values*

• " " for all application classes
• character string indicating a specific application instance or class

pattern

character string within the event description field that is valid for the event report

*Valid Values*

• " " indicating any characters
• character string

IDrange

string that defines the range of PATROL event IDs that are valid for the event
report
Valid Values
x event ID x
x/y event IDs between and including x and y
-/y event IDs less than and including y
x/- event IDs greater than and including x
-/- all events (" " is also valid)
x and y are integers in the following range:
0 ≤ x ≤ y ≤ 2,147,483,647

class

event class that is valid for the event report
Valid Values
■ " " indicating all event classes
■ character string specifying a specific event class

severity

lowest event severity that is valid for the event archival
Valid Values
■ string containing an integer between 1 and 5 with 5 being the most severe
■ entering "1" returns events of all severity
Default Value
" " is the same as "2"