Examples of pattern matching

Example 1

For this example, consider the message:

If you want a Rule to fire only for the message DFH346I that contains ABCD anywhere in the text, enter the selection criteria on the Rule Selection Criteria panel:

Example 2

In this example, the Rule matches any message where the first word:

• is 7 characters long and starts with INIT
• has three positions containing characters (not blanks)
• has the word INACTIVE followed anywhere in the character string by the word MISSION

Example 3

In this example, the Rule matches any message where the first word:

• starts with INIT
• has three positions containing characters (not blanks)
• has the word INACTIVE followed at the end of the character string by the word MISSION

Example 4

For better performance, use wildcard characters to widen or narrow the matching criteria as needed.

If you want a Rule that fires for all error messages and all error messages begin with ERR, you can write a Rule with wildcards instead of creating a Rule for every error message. The following Rule matches any message where the first word begins with ERR:

To narrow the matching criteria, you could change the Text-ID field to match only messages that begin with IM9161I and also contain the word STARTED:

Examples of pattern matches

Table 1 shows some additional examples of pattern matches.