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Element symbols

Element symbols reference the values of an Alarm Management element. The element symbols have a different format on the different types of BMC AMI Ops view.

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Symbolic-values

Element symbols on tabular and detail views

The following table lists the element symbols for tabular and detail views:

Symbol

Description

elementname.H

Element header

elementname.O

Element threshold operator

elementname.T

Element threshold

elementname.V

Element value

elementname.V Xn

Element value

X is the format type for the value. with the following types:

  • H—hex
  • C—character
  • T—time
  • D—date
  • N—decimal number
  • F—floating point

And n is the number (0-99) of decimal places you want to use for a floating-point valve or the width of the format for other values. If n is not specified the following default values are used:

  • 6 decimal places for floating-point values
  • 10 characters wide for other format values

Example

  • elementname.VF3

    A floating-point valve with 3 decimal places

  • elementname.VH8

    A hexidecimal value 8 characters long

Element symbols on summary views

The following table lists the element symbols for summary views:

Symbol

Description

& elementname:XXX.H

Element header

& elementname:XXX.O

Element threshold operator

& elementname:XXX .T

Element threshold

& elementname:XXX.V

Element value

& elementname:XXX.V Xn

Element value

X is the format type for the value. with the following types:

  • H—hex
  • C—character
  • T—time
  • D—date
  • N—decimal number
  • F—floating point

And n is the number (0-99) of decimal places you want to use for a floating-point valve or the width of the format for other values. If n is not specified the following default values are used:

  • 6 decimal places for floating-point values
  • 10 characters wide for other format values

Example

  • elementname:XXX.VF3

    A floating-point valve with 3 decimal places

  • elementname:XXX.VH8

    A hex value 8 characters long

The following table describes the possible values of the summary type (XXX).

Important

The element with the particular summary type must be one that is already in the view.


Where XXX is

The summary type is

SUM

Sum

AVG

Average

PCT

Percent

CNT

Count

MIN

Minimum

MAX

Maximum

Interval average

Interval count

 

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